Tooling

Workholding

Collets Offer Quality Consistency

Quality consistency is a crucial characteristic to have for a shop to succeed. Producing such work for customers requires quality consistency inside the shop as well, including everything from shop management to the machines’ tooling and workholding.

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Cutting Tools

Wipe Away Rough Surfaces

Not only do wiper inserts accomplish smooth surfaces—and if the material allows, they will eliminate a grinding operation—but these additional radii are also designed to double the feed rates of roughing and semi-finishing operations while achieving the specified surface finishes.  

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Bar Feeders

CNC Bar Pullers

CNC bar pullers can provide an inexpensive means of automating any CNC lathe.

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Keep Your Eye on the Ball

Whether the goal is lights-out production or simply maintaining a more refined machining process, monitoring systems and software can contribute a great deal to accomplishing success.

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Bar Feeders

Bar Feeders Provide New Paths to Productivity

 The lastest advances in bar feeding can help you prepare for the coming manufacturing resurgence.  

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Technology Hits the Road

As a strategy to assist in its tradeshow follow-up efforts, this company has put a demonstration vehicle on the road to bring its technology to prospective customers.

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Toolholders

Collet Chuck-Style Broach Toolholders

The new collet chuck-style broach toolholders are said to be versatile because they use ER-style collets, which are designed to reduce the three-screw method of centering the HSS broach in the broach toolholder. The ER-style collet will hold virtually any diameter shank broach tool in the holder within the range of the collet.  A built-in stop screw allows the operator to adjust for different length broaches and to compensate for different lengths on re-sharpened broaches.

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Watkins Manufacturing Inc.

Watkins Manufacturing has been doing business in the Cincinnati area since the late 1800s. The company manufactured a variety of products during its long history as a job shop. In the 1960s, Watkins developed a unique cutoff process for internal use.

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Modular Tooling System for Multi-Spindle Automatics

A modular tooling system for multi-spindle automatics is available, including the latest models for Davenport machines. Besides being more rigid than dovetail form tools, the modular system allows for much faster tool changes, the company says. This system consists of a modular insert holder assembly and a cross-slide holder assembly, offered in both up-cut and down-cut versions.

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Cutting Tools

Double-Sided Turning Inserts

The Utilis Multidec 3000 series double-sided turning inserts are said to provide long life and repeatability to 0. 0004" for cutoff, front and back turn, groove and turn and threading work. The holder features a recessed pocket for precise locating, increased insert rigidity and absorbed cutting forces, making the series especially useful for a range of tough applications, the company says.

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Iscar
Horn USA
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Kyocera SGS
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Ingersoll Cutting Tools
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IMCO
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