Tooling

Milling Tools

End Mills Improve Productivity in Hardened Steels

The Omega M7 line of end mills from Imco Carbide Tool is designed for machining hardened steels ranging to 58 to 62 HRc, running wet or dry.

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Toolholders

Video: Installing a Right Angle Head on a Toolchanger

This video steps you through the process for installing a standard right-angle head on a machine’s tool changer.

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Workholding

Five-Axis Tombstone for HMCs Limits Backlash

KME CNC’s standard five-axis tombstone for horizontal machining centers is equipped with four platters and can be customized to include as many as 12 platters.

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Cutting Tools

Corner-Rounding Inserts Available in Metric Radii Sizes

SwiftCarb now offers additional metric radii sizes in its Superbee line of indexable corner-rounding inserts.

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Holemaking

Benchtop Mill/Drill Accommodates Range of Tooling

Grizzly Industrial’s model G0761 mill/drill provides power feed and tapping capabilities and is intended for benchtop use with a footprint measuring 21 5/8" × 17 3/4".

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Eliminating Tool Pullout in Titanium Milling

Toolholder employs a secondary locking system to counter the high axial cutting forces encountered during the development of a tool for high-metal-removal-rate milling of titanium.

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Presetting Becomes Prevalent

Next Intent implemented presetting and shrink-fit toolholding when it bought a five-axis machining center, but it has since seen these resources deliver value to machining centers throughout the shop.

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Micromachining

Micro-Drills Feature Internal Cooling

Walter USA has expanded its Titex X-treme DM micro-drilling line with tools in the 16×D and 30×D drilling depth ranges.

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Automation

Custom Conveyor Systems Enable Flexibility

Glide-Line offers multi-strand panel and pallet-handling conveyor systems designed for the assembly automation industry.

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Toolholders

Toolholder Accommodates Micromachining Tools

Schunk’s Tribos-RM precision toolholder features an ISO interface and is well-suited for holding the small tools used in micromachining operations.

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