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Ramping Cutter for Aluminum Machining
The M2131 Sky·tec from Walter is ideal for machining non-ferrous metals, such as the aluminum wrought alloys or aluminum lithium alloys often used in aircraft structural components.
Medical Machining: Tooling
Take a closer look at some of the newest tooling that can help contract manufacturers meet the machining, micro machining, and laser processing demands for smaller and more complex surgical implants, orthotic devices and medical instruments that are being made from newer materials – and still hold their costs down.
PVD Inserts for Medical Parts Made from Difficult to Machine Materials
Tiger·tec Silver PVD coated inserts from Walter USA efficiently machine stainless steel, high temperature alloys and other materials with challenging properties.
Versatile Milling of Small Features on Any Size Medical Component
The versatile CoroMill 390 end mill with size 07 inserts for small diameters from Sandvik Coromant is ideal for shoulder milling, deep shoulder milling, edging, linear and helical ramping, plunge milling, slot milling and face milling.
Solid Carbide End Mills for High-Feed Milling
SN 200R/400R/500R solid carbide end mills with 2-, 4- and 5-flute options from Niagara Cutter allow medical parts manufacturers to achieve maximum productivity when performing face, slot and select plunge milling operations.
Application Specific Thread Whirling Inserts in Less Than Three Weeks
GenSwiss offers quick delivery of Utilis inserts for thread whirling that improves thread surface finish and can be utilized for threads smaller than 12 mm diameter in medical devices.
Management Changes at Whitney Tool
Bob O’Callaghan retires as GM, Scott Baker is their new CEO, and Sam Dean now directs sales and marketing.
Cutting Tool Orders Up in June
Orders totaling $175.4 million were up almost six percent over the previous month.
Compact Burnishing Tools for Swiss-Type Machines
Monaghan Tooling offers cost-effective, easy-to-use Swiss ID Burnishing Tools by Elliott Tool Technologies that improve surface irregularities and tool marks for optimum surface finishes of 4 Ra to 8 Ra in a single pass.
New Geometry Tackles the Toughest Rough Turning Applications
Double-sided ISO indexable inserts with RP7 geometry from Walter combine a ground contact surface with an optimized profile that has a tailored protective chamfer to guard against fracturing.
Haimer and Mapal Reach Licensing Agreement
Starting in October, Mapal will offer selected cutting tools for high-performance machining with the Safe-Lock shank from Haimer.
U.S. Cutting Tool Orders Down in May
Cutting tool consumption fell 4.6 percent from the previous month to $165.68 million.
