Tooling

Workholding

Rotary Table Positions Heavy Loads

Fibro’s Fibromat heavy-load positioning table is designed to position large and heavy parts or equipment quickly and precisely, and is especially suited for car body assembly applications in the automobile industry.

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Cutting Tools

Long Drills Last Longer, Cut Downtime

When cutting stainless steel and cast materials, PCT-GW Cutting Tools’ SXC series high-performance long drills are designed for increased tool life, faster runs and reduced downtime due to premature tool changes

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Holemaking

Coolant-Through Drills Boost Metal Removal Rates

OSG Tap & Die has added coolant-through capabilities to its Hy-Pro Carb 3D and 5D drill series.

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Cutting Tools

Grade Recommended for Hardened Steel Turning

Mitsubishi Materials’ BC8020 coated CBN grade features 31 specific geometries designed to handle turning applications in hardened steel that are unstable or interrupted cutting.

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Cutting Tools

Solid Carbide Drills Available in Non-Coolant-Through Versions

Walter USA has expanded its line of Walter Titex X-treme high-performance solid carbide drills to include non-coolant-through versions, designed to cover the same application areas and provide increased performance and tool life.

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Cutting Tools

Grooving Inserts Feature Better Chip Control

Iscar’s TigerV-CW heavy-duty grooving inserts are designed with a chipformer to ensure better tool security, chip control and ejection in difficult grooving operations on carbon and high-alloy steel, even at slow speeds.

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Toolholders

Toolholding System Boosts Removal Capacity

The Coromant Capto C10 toolholding system from Sandvik Coromant is designed to improve performance by enabling higher feeds and greater depths of cut for heavy machining operations in large components.

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Workholding

Air-Bearing Grinding Fixtures Enable Cutter Sharpening

Rush Machinery’s air-bearing end mill grinding fixtures enable precision sharpening of end mills, reamers, shell mills and other cutters.

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Milling Tools

Video: Milling Inconel 718 with Cermic Inserts

Metal removal rate is high and the cut is dry. See other basic tips for milling with ceramics.

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Workholding

Rotary Table Compliments High-Speed Machines

The HRT160SS “super-speed” rotary table from Haas Automation provides indexing speeds as fast as 570 degrees per second to take advantage of the increased speeds and feeds of high-speed machining centers.

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