Tooling

Just don’t Call it Vibration
Holemaking

Just don’t Call it Vibration

The device for rapid peck cycles holds the drill like a toolholder.

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Advanced CNC Milling and Drilling Quiz
Vertical Machining Centers

Advanced CNC Milling and Drilling Quiz

A provider of machine shop training offers these questions for benchmarking metalworking knowledge.

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Insert Coating Makes the Grade in Progress Initiative
Milling Tools

Insert Coating Makes the Grade in Progress Initiative

Exchanging turning inserts for Seco’s Duratomic-coated grade TP2500 helped this manufacturer reduce per-part and perishable tooling costs by 20 and 70 percent, respectively.

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Atomic-Level Coating Manipulation Adds Durability
Cutting Tools

Atomic-Level Coating Manipulation Adds Durability

Seco's Duratomic-grade inserts are said to run faster and longer than competitive models. Key to their performance is a unique texture achieved by manipulating the coating at the atomic level.

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Drilling with Modulation Delivers Pecks for Free
Titanium Machining

Drilling with Modulation Delivers Pecks for Free

A system for center drilling on Swiss-types and other small lathes oscillates the drill up to 1,000 times per second. Cycle time, part quality and predictability all improve.

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Video: Modulation Assisted Machining
Holemaking

Video: Modulation Assisted Machining

This footage shows the effect of a techology that speeds and simplifies center drilling by oscillating the drill through many pecks per second.

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Whisker-Reinforced Ceramic Inserts
Cutting Tools

Whisker-Reinforced Ceramic Inserts

Designed to machine hard materials such as hard steels and nickel- and cobalt-based super alloys, Greenleaf’s WG-300 whisker-reinforced ceramic inserts are said to provide wear and shock resistance at high surface speeds.

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Air Chuck Uses Four-Port Air Tube
Workholding

Air Chuck Uses Four-Port Air Tube

Northfield’s model 450WHF chuck features a special four-port air tube and piston to enable open, close, autolube and air-detect functions.

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Turning Toolholders Deliver High-Pressure Coolant
Turning Tools

Turning Toolholders Deliver High-Pressure Coolant

Sandvik has extended its CoroTurn HP range of turning toolholders to deliver high-pressure coolant at the point of cut when using negative inserts.

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Expanded Modular Tooling System
Milling Tools

Expanded Modular Tooling System

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling has expanded the Kaiser KAB modular tooling system capabilities to include the rigid, high-feed C-Cutter Mini chamfer mill line from BIG Daishowa Seiki.  

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