Tooling

Cutting Tools

Save Time with Polygon Turning

Polygon turning provides the capability to manufacture both flat surfaces and radii.

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Workholding

Firm Grip on the Future

This Indiana workholding manufacturer has been in business for 97 years. Its recent and ongoing investment in plant and capital equipment ensures its place as a leading supplier of standard and specialty workholding solutions for the turned parts industry.

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Toolholders

Holder Design Locks Tools in Place

Tough to machine materials, aggressive metal removal rates and long, awkward tool overhangs are machining conditions that require toolholders to perform flawlessly and provide strong gripping force, high precision and vibration control.

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Bar Feeders

Bar Feeder Knowledge Center

feeders are perhaps the most common automation accessories used in metalworking. To see a nice collection of information about bar feeders, visit Production Machining’s Bar Feeds zone.

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Cutting Tools

Tool Alliance Launches New Website for Tungsten ToolWorks

Tool Alliance launched an and improved version of the Tungsten ToolWorks website, where users can customize their own solid carbide cutting tool and receive a quote in less than 1 minute.Registration on the site is free and you create an endless amount of customized tools.

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Toolholders

What's in a Name?

Despite the ER collet’s prevalence in the industry, its users are not necessarily familiar with its history.

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Cutting Tools

Insertable Form Drill System Provides Quality Surface Finish

To be able to manufacture the components of electro-pneumatic valves in production batches of millions, Nass Magnet (Hanover, Germany) invested in a new machining center with a rotary transfer machine with eight stations for double-sided machining, which came with drills from another supplier.  

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Workholding

Company Chosen to Machine Dental Components to Tolerances of 0.0005 Inch

Marshall’s new multi-function Swiss machines were best suited for the job of manufacturing DrillStops because the device demand numerous turning and milling operations.

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Cutting Tools

Grooving Tools as Fine as a Strand of Hair

Imagine being able to cut grooves to the thickness of a human hair (0.0019 inch). It’s hard to picture, but when you see for yourself micro-medical devices, dental implants and micro-electronic components that feature micro grooves, you realize that indeed micro grooving tools are necessary. 

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Cutting Tools

Cost Efficiency with Hard Part Turning

Either as an alternative or complement to grinding, hard part turning offers a number of advantages that have become even more evident with further developments in insert concepts.

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Ingersoll Cutting Tools
Sumitomo
Horn USA
Kyocera SGS
Specialized Plastic Packaging for Cutting Tools
IMCO
Iscar
CERATIZIT
Specialized Plastic Packaging for Cutting Tools