Tooling

Holemaking

Tap Offers Increased Tool Life, Tapping Efficiency

The CBTz chipbreaking technology used in Emuge’s Rekord DZBF series taps is designed to eliminate the formation of long, continuous chips that commonly occurs when tapping carbon steels, alloy steels and austenitic stainless steels.

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Holemaking

Chipbreaker Incorporates Strong Geometry for High Metal Removal

Seco’s M5 positive-lock chipbreaker insert is designed to increase productivity in turning and boring steel, stainless steel, cast iron and superalloys in applications ranging from semi-finishing to tough roughing operations in harsh environments.

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Holemaking

“Slugger” Brand Encompasses Fein, Jancy Drill Lines

Fein Power Tools (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has announced that it will market its entire lineup of magnetic drills and cutters under the brand name Slugger, a decision made after the recent acquisition of the brand’s original developer, Jancy Engineering.

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Workholding

Catalog Features Variety of Workholding Products

Lang Technovation’s 2010/2011 catalog, which will also serve for most of 2012, features a profile clamping system for profile parts; Makro Grip, a center vise for five-axis machining; Quick Point, a zero-point clamping system; and Grip Fix, which is said to provide maximum clamping force.

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Toolholders

Expanding Collet Systems Feature Interchangeable Heads

Sure-Grip expanding collet systems from Hardinge grip the internal diameter of a part for turning, milling, grinding, assembly, inspection and automation applications.

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Workholding

Rigid Collet Chucks for High-Speed Applications

Techniks' TE ER collet chucks are suited for CAT40, CAT50 and BT40 collets.

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Workholding

Air Chuck Uses Three Jaws for Gripping

Northfield Precision Instrument’s Model 700 air chuck features a 7" diameter and three jaws that grip the automotive “hub” to drill and chamfer the holes.

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Holemaking

Tapping Attachments Reduce Cycle Times

Tapmatic’s RCT50 and RCT150 self-reversing tapping attachments for CNC machining centers are designed to reduce cycle time for high-production tapping.

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Holemaking

New Tap Features Innovative Emuge Chip-Breaking Technology

(sponsored content) Emuge offers a tap with superb chip-breaking capabilities that is ideally designed for machining applications in the energy and related industries. The new Rekord DZBF Series Taps feature technology developed by Emuge (Emuge CBTz) that eliminates the formation of long continuous chips that commonly occur when tapping carbon steels, alloy steels, and austenitic stainless steels.

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Milling Tools

Insert Geometry Doubles Hard Milling Throughput

Insert geometry can make a huge difference in throughput, as demonstrated by the gains this manufacturer realized by swapping tools in a long-reach slot-finishing application in hardened tool steel.

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