Tooling

Milling Tools

Carbide End Mills Offer Fast Chip Removal

Monster Tool Co.’s HPNF series of carbide end mills feature a 45-degree helix for rapid chip evacuation.

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Turning Tools

Inserts Enable Wide Face Grooving, Turning

Iscar’s Mincut inserts and tools feature an expanded diameter range.

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Workholding

Five-Axis Vise for Close-Tolerance Repeatability

Kurt's MaxLock vise is designed to hold parts with maximum rigidity for close-tolerance repeatability in all axes.

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Toolholders

Modular Tooling System Adds Extended, Shrink-Fit Adapters

Type 02 extended adapters and shrink-fit adapters have been added to Exsys Tool’s Preci-Flex line of high-precision modular tooling systems.

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Toolholders

Shrink Chucks Feature Cooling Jacket

Haimer's toolholding system features Cool Flash technology designed to wrap coolant around the tool and protect it from air turbulence common to high-speed machining.

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Toolholders

Angle Heads Offer High Speed, Accuracy

Tecnara Tooling's MST angle heads are designed for 90- and 45-degree apllications as well as invariable-angle applications.

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EDM

A Big-Picture View of Micromachining

 Matrix Tooling makes injection molds for components that have features you cannot see.

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Deburring

Hone Offers Finishing Flexibility

Brush Research Manufacturing offers two examples that showcase how its Flex-Hone hole-finishing tool can help manufacturers meet exacting surface finish requirements both in the shop and in the field.

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Automated VMC Fills Capacity Gap

A new Feeler VMC from Methods Machine Tools has not only met this manufacturer’s need for additional capacity, but also taken on more work than initially expected.

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Milling Tools

High-Feed Cutters Keep Mold Shops Competitive

Ingersoll cutting tools designed specifically for high-feed machining helped these three mold-makers improve productivity on deep cavities and hostile combinations of layered material.

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