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Cutting Tools
New President At Precision Dormer North America
Mark Wilcox has been appointed president of Precision Twist Drill Co. (PTD), headquartered in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Read MoreMulti-Flute Indexable Thread Milling
The Vardex multi-flute indexable thread mill is said to reduce thread machining cycle times. The inserts are available in either 0.
Read MoreCYCLO CUT
MAG鈥檚 new CYCLO CUT 1.000鈥 diameter 20 flute solid carbide Max-Flute endmill finishes titanium at 100 IPM machining .030 radial and 1.000鈥 axial depth of cut with proven tool life of over four hours. The Max-Flute requires less machine power consumption over the competition, making it perfect for light duty 40 taper machining center spindles.
Read MoreTool Presetters With Linear Drives
DMG offers the Microset VIO Linear, the company鈥檚 first series of tool presetting units with linear drives for presetting of drilling, milling and turning tools. The direct drives in the X and Z axes provide repeatable accuracy of about 卤1 micron, the company says.
Read MoreHow Do You Get The Cutting Parameters Right For Small End Mills?
A reader recently asked about speed, feed rate and depth of cut when using small tools in steel.
Read MoreUsing Small End Mills In Steel Without Breaking
A reader wants to mill with small tools on a straightforward VMC used for full-sized work. MMS Online鈥檚 micromachining expert offers advice.
Read MoreInserts For Threading Applications
Sandvik Coromant says a new insert size for the CoroThread 266 allows the rigid tool to be used in a majority of general threading applications. The new size 16 inserts complement the existing sizes 22 and 27.
Read MoreButton-Style Mill For Heavy Roughing Operations
Valenite LLC introduces the V200, a heavy-duty, button-style mill for facing and profiling. The tool utilizes VP2003 round inserts with MicroForm carbide-grade technology, which enables inserts to be direct-pressed with a micrograin structure.
Read MoreDovetail Grooving Inserts
Thinbit, manufactured by Kaiser Tool Company, has expanded its Groove 鈥楴 Turn line to include dovetail grooving inserts. Dovetail grooving inserts are used to machine O-ring dovetail grooves with 66-degree undercut angles.
Read MorePart-Off Gang Tooling
Arno-Rouse has incorporated existing cut-off support blades into a gang tooling concept. Designed for screw machines, the tooling features 0.
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