Tooling
A New Face Grooving Technique for Mills
Here is an alternative to standard end milling — an operation performed on a CNC milling machine to produce circular grooves in the part face. This new single-point trepanning tooling strategy can produce both symmetrical and asymmetrical face grooves, too, and perform fly cutting.
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Cutter Considerations for Turning Titanium
Effective titanium turning requires the proper selection of cutting tools and machining processes to mitigate the effects of the material’s unique chemical and physical properties.
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Sumitomo’s SMDT-NAL Replaceable Drill Tip for Machining Aluminum
Sumitomo adds SMDT-NAL Drill Tip to its lineup of high-quality, high-efficiency products for drilling aluminum.
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Ceramic Inserts Can Boost Turning Productivity
When applied correctly, ceramic inserts can dramatically increase cutting speeds, providing shorter cycle times and cost savings compared to carbide for turning operations.
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Greenleaf Carbide Insert Grade G-9610 for Machining Titanium
Using a PVD coating combined with a submicron substrate, G-9610 is said to provide added productivity for turning titanium-based alloys.
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Horn 304 Milling System for Small Threads
The company says the vibration-dampening carbide shanks with integral through-coolant ports make the system versatile and easy to use.
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Fast Change Tooling System Increases Spindle Uptime
This coolant-through tooling system replacement for the gang plate on a Swiss-type machine can save hours of spindle downtime per day as well as increase tool life and enhance chip control.
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Precision Machining Technology Review January 2022: Toolholding
Production Machining’s toolholding showcase includes Schwanog, Somma Tool, Big Kaiser (Big Daishowa), Allied Machine & Engineering, Kaiser Tool Co. and Exsys Automation.
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Walter’s A3001 Anti-Vibration Boring Bar Features Larger Boring Diameters
The boring bar features a large diameter and is designed to provide superior surface finishes with no time-consuming fine-tuning.
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Dillon Large-Diameter Full Grip Pie Jaws Designed for Strength, Reliability
Maximum contact area from the full grip jaws is said to provide a solid gripping surface, which yields more friction for drive with reduced part distortion.
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