Tooling

Milling Tools

Cutting Tool Edge Prep: The Invisible Advantage

Edge preparation involves removing material from a cutting tool in order to extend its life. That may sound counterintuitive, but a maker of glass molds says edge prep has dramatically reduced the amount it spends on tools.

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Turning Tools

Second Chances for Surplus Tools

A new website aims to give shops with excess tooling a way to sell that tooling to other shops. Cutting tool suppliers are using the site for their own excess tools.

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Workholding

Three-Jaw Pneumatic Chuck Holds Round Workpieces

Samchully Workholding’s MCA pneumatic chuck is a three-jaw stationary chuck designed to hold round workpieces in a machining center or mounted on a tombstone.

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Toolholders

Presettable Toolholders Enable Quick Tool Changes

Available from Schwanog, Göltenbodt’s next-generation line of toolholders is designed for Tornos MultiSwiss 6X4 and Star Swiss-type automatic lathes.

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Workholding

Collet Chuck Features Removable Part Stop

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. offers an internal-grip collet chuck originally designed to help a customer clamp the internal diameter of valve balls.

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Workholding

Collets and Guide Bushings for Swiss Workholding

Hardinge Workholding has expanded its range of products for workholding in Swiss-type machining with additional collets and guide bushings.

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Milling Tools

Cutters and Inserts Enable Continuous Heavy-Duty Cutting

Lovejoy Tool Co.’s MaxCut 651 cutters feature a new chip gullet design and 0.250"-thick inserts for continuous heavy-duty work.

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Turning Tools

Chipformers Improve Surface Finish in Turning Applications

Iscar introduces three new chipformers for finishing medium and rough turning of steel: the F3P, M3P and R3P.

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Workholding

Got Glue (And UV Light)?

Here’s an effective albeit atypical way to fixture parts such as thin-wall castings that are prone to flexing when conventional mechanical clamps are used.

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Milling Tools

Cutting Tool Helps Automotive Manufacturer Implement Design Change

Horn USA’s Mini Mill helped Machine Tool and Gear mill a flat at 90 degrees from other operations.

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