Tooling

Holemaking

Accurate Live Tools Save Lives

By swapping its previous live toolholders for Mimatic models from Lyndex-Nikken, this manufacturer improved accuracy and rigidity in a critical drilling operation for a life-saving emergency rescue tool.

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Workholding

Rotary Tables Accommodate Large Workpieces

Fibro’s Fibromax NC heavy-duty rotary table features large roller bearings that enable high accuracy, even with large workpieces.

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Die/Mold

Cell Controller Boosts Production Flexibility

By serving as the “brains” of a cell consisting of two machining centers and a work delivery system, cell control software from Erowa helps this manufacturer run lights-out 24/7 and achieve 90-percent spindle utilization.

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Holemaking

Long-Lasting Inserts Break Drilling Bottleneck

Allied Machine & Engineering’s Gen3sys XT high-penetration drilling system helped this small job shop alleviate a drilling operation bottleneck and realize significant time and cost savings.

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Turning Tools

Grooving Tools for Turbine Machining

Iscar offers a line of extra-strength, standard grooving tools designed to efficiently and securely machine T and L slots, which are common in turbomachinery.

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Workholding

Dovetail Fixtures Hold Small Stock

5th Axis Fixtures’ D-series dovetail fixtures are designed to hold stock as small as 0.06" (1.52 mm) and are compatible with 3-, 4- and 5-axis CNC machines.

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Workholding

Workholding System Is Easy to Mount

Designed to quicken and ease precision machining, the T-Slot Block workholding system from Tau Ceti features T-slots and threaded holes that enable users to employ existing in-house tooling, such as T-nuts, studs, clamps and straps.

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Workholding

“Lean” CMM Workholding Features Quick Part Change

Designed to compliment intelligent CMMs, Mitee-Bite’s “lean” line of workholding products are designed to increase productivity by enabling one-handed part swaps.

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Cutting Tools

Cutters, Inserts Increase Feed Rates

Dapra’s Rhino-Feed line of heavy-feed cutters and inserts are designed to enable faster feed rates in moderate- to heavy-DOC and -FPT applications.

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Holemaking

Micro Collets Increase Spindle Accuracy

Ibag North America’s micro collet system is designed to improve accuracies for precision milling and ultra-small drilling applications, such as in medical and other micro-manufacturing industries.

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