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Corporate Profile: Scientific Cutting Tools, Inc.
An overview of the company and its organization, products, services and capabilities.
Sandvik Coromant Unveils New California Productivity Center
Ribbon cutting ceremony, open house, and presentations on the importance of innovation, technology and partnership mark the opening of the Cypress productivity center.
Sandvik Coromant Appoints New Executives
Israelsson’s new role supports the company’s new strategic business direction, to become a more global organization.
Strong Spindle Connections: The Key to Machining Titanium
Manufacturers have several spindle interface choices when making a machine tool investment. Keith Wiggins of Kennametal explains why choosing wisely to achieve and maximize cutting-edge performance is a must on materials such as titanium that are tough to machine and require considerably higher cutting forces.
5-Flute Tools Designed for Titanium and Stainless Steel
Using advanced geometries and specialized coatings for maximum cutting efficiency and precision, enDURO end mills from IMCO Carbide Tool are ideal for tackling hard-to-machine metals, including superalloys, titanium and stainless steel.
How to Increase the Production of Heat Exchangers
Without heat exchangers, all process and thermal powergen plants would grind to a standstill. To meet demand, a new milling cutter from Ingersoll Cutting Tools has debottlenecked one of the most time consuming and repetitive operations in shell-and-tube heat exchanger fabrication and reduced tube sheet grooving down to one third the time so that finished units can ship days or even weeks sooner.
METALWORKING CATALOG HAS THOUSANDS OF NEW PRODUCTS
The V80 Metalworking catalog from MSC Industrial Direct is the most comprehensive inventory of cutting tools and metalworking products of its kind in the entire industry.
SAW ARBORS FOR CNC SWISS MACHINING
These arbors from GenSwiss provide added flexibility to hold an extra tool such as an end mill, drill, engraving tool or spot tool to suit limited live tool position capacity while achieving added capabilities for maximum productivity.
EXPANDING COLLET SYSTEMS WITH THRU-HARDENED, INTERCHANGEABLE COLLET HEADS
This patented system of expanding collets and between center arbors (mandrels) from Hardinge grip the internal diameter of a part for turning, milling, grinding, assembly, inspection and automation applications with durability for long production runs with superior surface finishes and fast collet changeover from the front.
Slotting or Gear Hobbing on One Machine
Shops no longer have to rough gears on one machine, then transfer them to another for gear hobbing. This compact system from Exsys Tool can now generate splines, spur or helical gears in one operation on a horizontal turning center.
COOLANT THRU TOOL HOLDERS
Ideal for Swiss type machining, these tool holders from GenSwiss deliver coolant through the shank for optimal insert lubrication and cooling, as well as longer cutting tool life.
2012 State of the Industry: Cutting Tools
Forecast: Creative metal-cutting tactics abound as shops focus on optimizing their manufacturing processes to tackle notable growth in the automotive and aerospace sectors.
