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Solid Carbide Milling Cutters for Tool and Mold Making
Along with extremely heat-resistant coatings and special carbide substrates, Mapal’s OptiMill-3D solid carbide milling cutters are characterized by the dimensions and geometries specifically adapted to mold making.
Two New End Mills from Kennametal
A 4-flute, solid carbide end mill delivers superior performance for steel, stainless steel, high-temperature alloys, and cast iron. A 5-flute end mill maximizes aluminum roughing for aerospace machining.
Hoffmann Group Expands PPC Tool Family
Parabolic performance cutting (PPC) product family expanded to include copy milling cutters with indexable insert; PPC solid carbide barrel milling cutters optimized for high-alloy and hardened steels.
Mill a Deeper Path with New Inserts and Cutters
Dormer Pramet adds to its milling assortment for die and mold with the double-sided SNGX11 insert for machining corners inside a pocket and SSN11 cutter available in diameters from 1.26 in to 4.92 in.
Inserts Make Back Draft Milling More Efficient
The latest addition to Dapra Corp.’s EDGE² SBN finishing system, SBD inserts are designed to help operators finish back draft jobs more accurately and with fewer insert changes. Available in two premium coatings, they’re interchangeable with SBN series twin-edge ball nose inserts.
Three Announcements from Big Kaiser
The company is manufacturing basic arbors (shell mill holders, end mill holders, shrink fit, and blanks) in inch sizes for the North American market. Three new accessories increase in-process efficiency by automatically cleaning workstations and workpieces.
ANCA Updates ToolRoom RN34 Software
In addition to several new tool types, the package reduces setup time from hours to 5 minutes via a new tool-balancing feature and provides an intuitive interface for creating complex endmill geometries that minimize chatter. For example, the constant-helix ballnose option is replaced by a graphical drag-and-drop designer with optimized irregular helix curves to reduce vibration and near-instant visualization by switching from 2D to 3D projection of the cutting edge.
New Robotic Torch Wire Brake
Lock and hold weld wire stationary while wire touch sensing for joint detection.
Flexible, Semi-Automatic Gooseneck for MIG Torches
The gooseneck from American Weldquip is designed for extreme heat up to 400 amps.
2D Scanner for Nondestructive Testing
Zetec’s manual Sweeper Scanner can replace multiple specialized scanners, lowering costs and reducing the amount of equipment needed to conduct inspections in oil and gas, aerospace, and other applications.
Tube-Bending Machines for Small Diameters
A Chinese components supplier is meeting the continuing strong demand for cars and trucks by using Schwarze-Robitec’s CNC 25 E TB MR and CNC 80 E TB MR tube benders to manufacture small-diameter parts more quickly and easily.
Multihit Tube End Forming Machine
Innovative Engineered Solutions’ newest end former is a digitally controlled 3-hit, wide-vise ram machine. Featuring the FormPro II control system, the fully programmable machine allows the operator to select up to three progressive ram form hits in a single clamping.
