Tooling
Tooling Up for Micromachining
Choosing the right tools and matching them to the correct operations and process techniques for micromachining applications is critical to success in this burgeoning market.
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Cutting Tool Coating Production
This article looks at the coating methods available for carbide cutting tools.
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Taking Production and Instruction to the 4th Axis
Rotary tables deliver capabilities needed for this shop to meet customer demands while providing an important training tool as well.
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Precision Lathe Operations on a CNC Mill
Sometimes a shop doesn’t do enough turning work to justify the purchase of a CNC lathe. But when it needs to produce precision turned parts, even if for a very small lot size, the shop needs a solution.
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Insertable Form Drill System for Maximum Efficiency
In many applications, the switch from solid carbide drills to insertable form drills has shown to provide unit cost reductions of as much as 40 percent. As the demand for highly complex parts continues to rise, production improvements such as these become even more significant.
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Twin Cutter Boring System
The Kaiser 319 SW series is a twin cutter rough boring system with corrosion-resistant boring heads.
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The Evolution of Feeding Barstock
When the ancient Egyptians employed the first known turning machines, productivity was probably not a top-of-mind issue. Given an abundance of slave labor, it’s likely the pharaohs enjoyed relatively low production costs. Today, of course, improving productivity is critical in any manufacturing operation that does not rely on plentiful, cheap labor.
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Practical Automation for a Variety of Turning Applications
A key way to reduce labor costs on turning centers is to add automation for part loading and unloading.
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Many machining applications require custom solutions.
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2-Start Indexable Carbide Insert Hob
Ingersoll introduces a 2-Start indexable carbide insert hob, which almost doubles productivity for machining gears with large numbers of teeth when compared with single-start ICI hobs.
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