Tooling

Workholding

Vise within a Vise System Enables Economical Five-Axis Machining

A unique vise-within-a-vise system using Kurt workholding enables Peterson Machining Inc. to cost effectively use five-axis manufacturing for complex parts.

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Turning Machines

Vertical Turning Centers Accommodate Large, Asymmetrical Workpieces

The Yama Seiki GV-1 series vertical turning centers offer heavy-duty cutting capabilities to complete turning, milling, contour milling and drilling applications on one machine.

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Cutting Tools

Tools Improve Process Reliability in Oil and Gas Applications

Horn offers a range of tooling for mechanical machining of pipes and sleeves for the crude oil and gas industries.

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Workholding

A Hollow-Access Unit for Wire EDM

By simultaneously rotating and tilting the workpiece, this rotary tilt/turn hollow-access device from Hirschmann enables the EDM wire to cut complex openings that may have different paths at the top and bottom of the opening.

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Toolholders

Manually Actuated Clamping Devices Ease Tool Changes

The SVP-Mini and SVP-RM manually actuated clamping devices from Schunk are run on factory-defined set pressure.

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What to Know about Torque Motors

Torque motors are commonly used in indexing tables on machine tools. This succinct article helps you evaluate this and other applications in which power transmission for rotation calls for the advantages of a torque motor.

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Turning Tools

Blade-Style Tooling for Internal Grooving

ThinBit, manufactured by Kaiser Tool Co., is expanding its line of DeepGroove support blade-style tooling.

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Holemaking

Video: 1964 Game Show Demos Drilling through Human Hair

See a clip of the founder of Maryland’s National Jet on the “I’ve Got a Secret” game show demonstrating his company’s ability to drill through something as small as a human hair.

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Cutting Tools

Fixed-Pocket Drill Heads Improve Straightness

Ingersoll offers its TBTA-H series drill heads in diameters ranging from 0.984" to 2.559" (25 to 65 mm).

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Milling Tools

Four-in-One Cutting Tool System for Diverse Applications

Millstar’s Quad Force Machining systems of solid carbide cutting tools feature cutting geometry with the capacity to perform four cutting actions in one.

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