Cutting Tools

Cutting Tools

Expanded Dovetail Grooving Insert Line

The Thinbit line of Groove ‘N Turn dovetail grooving inserts, by Kaiser Tool Co. has been expanded to offer more sizes.

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Milling Tools

Three-Flute Drill Extends Tool Life at Higher Feed Rates

Mapal’s three-flute Tritan-Drill is said to achieve more bores, a longer tool life and lower machining costs compared with two-flute drills.

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Multitasking Gantry Center Performs Five-Sided Milling, Turning, Laser Hardening

Fermat introduces a five-axis, multitasking gantry center with a fixed table and a movable column combining drilling, milling, turning, grinding and laser hardening operations.

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Milling Tools

End Mill Series Extends Lengths of Cut, Corner Radius Options

M.A. Ford has expanded its TuffCut XT Series 278 range of end mills with more than 400 new product variants.

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Cutting Tools

Exsys Tool Opens New Mexico Sales and Repair Facility

The facility will provide repair services that previously had to be shipped to the United States or Europe.

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Cutting Tools

Effective Plastic Machining Requires Effective Chip Control

Clean, burr-free cutting is fundamental to competitiveness for a shop that specializes in micro-machining complex geometry from some of the softest materials in the industry.

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CAD/CAM

Ballnose Alternative Shines in Five-Axis Finishing

Large cutting edge radii facilitate higher-stepover passes that improve surface finish and reduce cycle time.

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Additive Manufacturing Makes Subtractive Cutting Tools

Mapal reaps the benefits of additive and subtractive manufacturing with its QTD drills.

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Cutting Tools

CAM Software Integrates ISO 13399 Tool Library

CNC Software has integrated Sandvik Coromant’s Adveon Tool Library with its Mastercam software for programming milling and turning machining.

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Cutting Tools

App Connects Tool Presetter to Machine Control

Koma Precision’s Elbo Controlli tool presetter app is available through the Okuma App Store.

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