Cutting Tools

Milling Tools

Emuge-Franken USA Expands End Mills Range

Emuge-Franken USA’s Top-Cut VAR end mills feature flute and profile geometries that are said to be optimized for long tool life and superior performance in both roughing and finishing applications.

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Holemaking

Unisign Machine Tools Launches New CNC for Truck Industry

Unisign’s Uniaxle CNC machine enables simultaneous milling and drilling on both axle ends. It provides a dedicated CNC machining center where welded and cast rear axles can be machined in a single setup

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Milling Tools

High-Performance Chip Splitter Maximizes Metal Removal Rate

Hanita’s VariMill Chip Splitter is said to deliver higher metal removal rate (MRR) by separating long, undesirable, stringy chips from deep cavities and dynamic milling paths by cutting material into shorter, more manageable sections.

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Holemaking

Palmgren Delivers Powerful Precision Drill Press

The 25" Power Feed Gear Head Drill Press’ gear drive transmission reportedly delivers full power at any speed, driving the cutting tools at nearly 100% of the available motor horsepower.

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Milling Tools

Walter Introduces New Milling Grade That Finishes With One Cutting Edge

Walter’s new WHH15X milling grade can reportedly provide extra-long tool life, especially with hardness of 58 HRC or greater. The new grade can be used universally for finishing on ISO materials P, K and H, and is said to be ideal for copy milling in die and mold making.

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Turning Tools

New Kennametal Turning System Has Eight Cutting Edges Per Insert

Kennametal’s Fix8 turning system is said to increase productivity of heavy-duty turning operations while providing the lowest cost per edge and reducing cutting forces up to 15%.

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Medical

High-Pressure Coolant System Reduces Cycle Time More Than 6 Hours

A suite of systems from LNS has enabled Velco Tool & Die to reduce cycle times and increase its throughput. 

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Milling Tools

3D Printing Lightweights Large Cutting Tools

Larger parts require larger, heavier cutting tools. 3D printing enables Star SU Neher to produce lightweight large tool bodies and add features that improve tool life and performance.

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Five-Axis

Okuma Launches New Double-Column Machining Center

Okuma’s MCR-BV is capable of five-axis contouring and five-sided heavy milling applications. The company says these heavy-duty applications are made possible through the machine’s powerful integral motor and spindle, as well as an expanded work envelope.

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Holemaking

Tungaloy Adds Wear-Resistant Insert Grade to Gun Drill

Tungaloy’s DeepTri-Drill reportedly enables increased penetration rate over conventional brazed gun drills, boosting productivity and application security during deep hole drilling applications.

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