Tooling
Tips to Make CNC Machining Tool Failure Predictable
Accurate prediction of tool life is key to establishing a controlled, repeatable and reliable CNC machining process.
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Greenleaf-360 Solid Carbide End Mills for Increased Tool Life, Productivity
The submicron grade is said to provide great toughness and wear resistance that offers customers one grade that can be applied in many different applications.
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Precision Machining Technology Review October 2022: Toolholders
Production Machining showcases some of the latest toolholders, including technology from Goeltenbodt, Horn, GenSwiss, iSwiss, Iscar and Kaiser Tool.
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Ceratizit’s Dragonskin Multilayer Tool Coating for Improved Tool Life
The tool coating consists of nanometer-thin layers which are created by combining different properties of different chemical compositions to achieve the desired results.
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PowRgrip Automatic Tool Setter Offers Enhanced Gripping Force
Rego-Fix’s PGU 9800 is an enhanced version of its PGU 9500 powRgrip automatic tool setter and is said to use the mechanical properties of the holder material to generate tremendous gripping force.
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VIDEO: Swiss Shop’s Choice of Collets Facilitates Backworking
This Swiss shop discovered workholding collets that satisfy the needs of its very small, delicate and complex medical parts production on the subspindle, making once impossible processes not only doable but more efficient and esthetically pleasing.
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Air-Actuated Back-Spotfacing is Now an Option
A coolant-actuated, back-spotfacing tool design is now available in an air-actuated version for machines that don’t offer through-tool coolant delivery or parts that can’t be machined using coolant.
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Five-Axis Fixturing Fun
This shop creates intricate fixtures — some of which it has given interesting names — for very complex jobs and high-volume work on five-axis machining equipment.
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EWA Fine Boring Head for Fully Automatic Closed-Loop Operations
IMTS 2022: Big Kaiser’s EWA Automatic Fine Boring System is said to perform closed-loop boring operations without a human operator, eliminating the need to stop the spindle to manually adjust the boring tool and resulting in reduced cost, improved accuracy and minimized scrap.
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Allied Insert for Cutting Stainless Steel, HRSA Materials
Allied Machine and Engineering’s M geometry T-A Pro insert has been engineered to provide a combination of longer tool life, good penetration rates and process reliability for cutting stainless and heat-resistant super alloy materials.
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