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Great Expectations
This family-owned and operated machine shop explains how they found a grooving and cut-off system at a competitive price point that performed beyond their expectations by cutting their insert costs in half and tripling their tool life.
Machining Heat-Resistant Super Alloys? Hold On Tight
The chances of a tool slipping or pulling out in its holder during work is increasing as more shops opt for heat-resistant super alloys – stainless steel, Inconel, titanium and others – over aluminum. These metals are lightweight, strong and corrosive-resistant, but they are very difficult to machine. Here are some insights into tool wear in these applications that can help you select the proper holder for your work.
System Insights and TDM Systems Announce Partnership
Their software systems now communicate and exchange tooling and production data so shops have tighter integration of design and manufacturing processes to reduce tooling costs and decrease time to market.
U.S. Cutting Tools Orders Down
July cutting tool consumption of $147 million slid 16 percent from the previous month.
Allied Machine Acquires Wohlhaupter
This deal gives Allied a manufacturing presence in Europe and adds 30 sales engineers throughout the U.S., Germany and India.
Fullerton Tool Becomes Distributor for 5ME Cryogenic Systems
Fullerton now sells and services carbide end mills and drills for 5ME cryogenic machining systems in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Self-Locking Taps Provide Holding Power That Lasts
Union Butterfield self-locking taps from Dormer Pramet are ideal for working with aluminum or other lightweight soft materials used in transportation, medical or industrial applications.
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.
Safe Heavy Duty Machining of Difficult Materials
The importance of the tool holder is still understated in roughing and heavy duty machining, where metal removal rates are absolutely crucial for productivity. But now, using special shrink fit chucks with drive pins and spiral grooves in the tool shank, it is possible to perform high-feed full slotting up to 2xD (50 mm) or more in difficult to machine materials.
Velocity/Briney Joins Partners in THINC
They now supply the Velocity SMART Tool toolholding system exclusively for Okuma CNC machining centers.
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.
