Tooling

Workholding

Sliding Jaw Chuck Can Be Customized

Northfield Precision Instrument’s model NF-800 standard sliding jaw chuck can be customized, depending on customer needs.

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Workholding

Fifth-Axis Trunnion Converts Three-Axis VMCs to Five-Axis

KME CNC offers a fifth-axis trunnion to complement the Multi-5 Axis tombstone.

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Consistency Is Key to Titanium

An important part of this shop’s successful approach to titanium machining is a toolpath strategy that keeps the load on the cutter constant. Another important element is the way this shop captures and reapplies what it learns about how effective it can be in this metal.

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Cutting Tools

Three-Effective Ballnose Contour Roughers Feature Double-Sided Insert Technology

Designed for copy, channel and deep-pocket machining, the Pro-Trio ballnose contour roughers from Ingersoll feature three-effective flutes to increase productivity.

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Cutting Tools

Indexable Insert Line for Machining High-Temp Alloys

The Synergy line of indexable carbide turning inserts from American National Carbide is designed to machine challenging, high-temperature alloys such as Inconel.

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Holemaking

Point Geometry Drives Drilling Efficiency

The Hy-Pro Carb drill from OSG Tap and Die helped make the difference in this shop’s efforts to reduce cycle time enough to win a bid for high-production medical parts.

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Workholding

Machines Make Light of High-Tech Production

Productivity and flexibility are key reasons this company standardized on Haas machines for in-house production of high-tech photonics equipment.

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Milling Tools

Variable-Geometry End Mill Outguns Chatter

This shop boosted cutting speed and tool life on a troublesome tool steel application by switching to SGS Tool Company’s Z-Carb AP end mill, which features a custom geometry designed to reduce chatter.

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Holemaking

New Cutting Tools Unveiled

Among the 10 products being introduced in the U.S. for the first time are the 109 type Supermini series grooving and boring tools and the S100 cutting insert with internal cooling.

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Milling Tools

Line of Cutters Now Offers More Sizes and Depths

Hougen Manufacturing has expanded its Copperhead line of carbide-tip annular cutters to include more sizes and depths.

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