Cutting Tools

Milling Tools

Ultrasonic Technology Poised for Advance into General Machining

Formerly applied only to exotic materials such as ceramics and gemstones, ultrasonic machining has been adapted to more general manufacturing. Titanium and CFRP are two workpiece materials in which the counterintuitive technology shows promise.

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Manufacturing News of Note: March 2017

Siemens launches a workforce development program, a new capacity-sharing platform gets funded by GE and other industry news.

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Toolholders

Tooling Line Now Includes Threading Inserts, Round Shank Holders

Tungaloy is expanding its DuoJustCut line to include threading inserts and round shank holders to further its position in small-part machining industries.

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Cutting Tools

Machining Grades Expand Possibilities for Plastics Machining

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products is coming out with a series of Stable Machining Grade (SMG) materials developed to improve the performance and productivity of parts made from polyolefin base materials.

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Deburring

Carbide Bur Series Effectively Machines Soft Aluminum

Although they are said to provide particular benefits in aluminum applications, Pferd’s line of ALU/NF Cut carbide burs can effectively process material ranging from soft non-ferrous metals to harder variants.

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Turning Tools

Insert Grade Shines in Continuous, High-Speed Turning

The Hoffmann Group’s Garant HB 7010-1 turning grade features P10 gradient carbide for wear resistance at the highest cutting speeds.

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Turning Tools

Turning Inserts Cover Various Materials, Conditions

Dormer Pramet offers a line of new Pramet chipbreakers and grades.

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Tool Mfr. Commits to Marketing-Free Product Training Seminars

Responding to feedback from its customers, Dapra Corp. changed its seminar model to focus less on marketing, and more on technical training.

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Milling Tools

Economies of Usable Cutting Tool Edges

Recent introductions from a major cutting tool maker illustrate the engineering and application of tools designed to deliver an increased number of useful edges.

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Cutting Tools

Toolholder with Single-Base Holder and Adapters with ER Collect Pocket

PMTS 2017: According to the company, the modular system is the first tooling system on the market with a single-base holder and multiple tooling adapters that use the ER collet pocket.

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