Tooling

Toolholders

Cutting Tools for Titanium, Aluminum and Composite Aerospace Components

 The company offers a range of Cyclo Cut cutting tools and Cyclo Cool metalworking fluids designed and blended for all aspects of aerospace machining.

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Basics

Creating the Indexable Insert

In the shop, we are often told how to use a cutting tool, but not necessary the mechanics behind the tool itself or how the tool is manufactured. A few articles Production Machining has published in the past discuss this topic.

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Workholding

Custom Holder Keeps Needle Maker on Point

One department at Phoenix Medical Products (Mountain City, Tenn. ) is devoted entirely to needle design, production, sterilization and packaging, as this work has a unique set of challenges and all the concerns of any machine shop that does work for the medical market.

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Workholding

Change This Chuck: Save Setup Time

 Quick change workholding is one way shops are reducing setup when dealing with higher-mix/ lower-voulme work.

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Cutting Tools

Continuous Improvement Streamlines Throughput on CNC Swiss-types

Applying continuous improvement is how this Swiss shop keeps ahead of the crowd. 

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micromachining

Micro-Drilling Calls for Considerations

“Tiny” usually comes to mind when the term “micro” is used. So it is easy to assume that micromachining equates to very small parts found in the medical and electronics manufacturing industries.

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Workholding

Online Tools Improve Customer Satisfaction

As companies look to provide the best service possible to their customers, much attention should be given to convenience. Streamlining processes through ease of operation can help customer satisfaction in the buying process.

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Toolholders

Quick Change for Screw Machines

New quick-change dovetail form toolholders bring lean operations at a lean price.

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Workholding

Self-Centering Vise

Hirschmann Engineering USA now has a self-centering vise for use in its System 9000 zero point reference system. This vise allows a cost effective and universal method to quickly clamp different types of workpieces for five-sided machining.

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Basics

Proper Workholding Selection

An in-depth look at the overall application is the best way to determine the most suitable workholding for a job. Experienced workholding engineers can play an important role in the selection process.  

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