Tooling

Cutting Tools

Exsys Tool Opens New Mexico Sales and Repair Facility

The facility will provide repair services that previously had to be shipped to the United States or Europe.

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Workholding

Vise Reduces Setup Time for Secondary Operations

The Kurt SideWinder vise provides vertical workholding without interfering with an existing host vise or the spindle.

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Cutting Tools

Effective Plastic Machining Requires Effective Chip Control

Clean, burr-free cutting is fundamental to competitiveness for a shop that specializes in micro-machining complex geometry from some of the softest materials in the industry.

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Workholding

Modular Clamping System Enables Mounting of Multiple Workpieces

Exsys Tool offers the pL Lehmann SwissClamp modular clamping system, enabling operators to mount multiple workpieces on machine tool tables for uninterrupted production and unattended operations.

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Cutting Tools

Ballnose Alternative Shines in Five-Axis Finishing

Large cutting edge radii facilitate higher-stepover passes that improve surface finish and reduce cycle time.

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Workholding

Sizing Up Rotary Table Advantages

Smaller may be better when it comes to rotary tables that enable a three-axis VMC to do five-axis machining.

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Additive Manufacturing Makes Subtractive Cutting Tools

Mapal reaps the benefits of additive and subtractive manufacturing with its QTD drills.

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Workholding

Workholding Cuts Setup Time for Cylindrical Gears

A new generation of modular, quick-change workholding systems requiring fewer tools, less time and minimal operator experience has arrived.

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CAM Software Integrates ISO 13399 Tool Library

CNC Software has integrated Sandvik Coromant’s Adveon Tool Library with its Mastercam software for programming milling and turning machining.

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Measurement

App Connects Tool Presetter to Machine Control

Koma Precision’s Elbo Controlli tool presetter app is available through the Okuma App Store.

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