Milling Tools

Milling Tools

Tooling Line Enables Trepanning on a Mill

IMTS 2018: Thinbit’s Mill A Groove line of toolholders and inserts consolidate operations and provide quality finish for sealing surfaces. 

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Milling Tools

Pocketing Cutter Offers Extreme Helical Ramp Entry

IMTs 2018: SwiftCarb’s RampMill is designed for high material removal rates and short cycle times. 

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Holemaking

Drills Tackle Tough Materials, Flat Holes

IMTS 2018: OSG USA’s A-Drill series of carbide drills covers a range of applications and materials. 

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Basics

Understanding Circle-Segment Milling Tools

The circle-segment cutter represents a class of milling tool in which the CAM software is key for using the tool effectively. Cutting profiles presented at the proper angles realize cycle-time reductions in contoured workpieces such as molds. A CAM company engineer discusses the role of this tooling.

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IMTS

Thread Milling Tool Reduces Premature Insert Failure

IMTS 2018: Tungaloy’s ThreadMilling ETLN series of indexable thread milling tools enables a single cutter body to use different thread profiles and pitches for various operations.

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IMTS

End Mills Enable Trochoidal Milling, Fine Finishing

IMTS 2018: YG-1 Tool Co.’s V7PlusA series of end mills features four-flute and six-flute models.

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Milling Tools

Taps Cut Internal Threads in Half a Second

IMTS 2018: Emuge Corp.’s Punch Tap enables helical thread forming in cast and wrought aluminum alloys and similar lightweight materials.

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Holemaking

Drill Handles High Feed Rates in Difficult Metals

Inovatools’ SC SpeedMax drill is designed for drilling at high feed rates in INOX, tool steels and steel. 

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Holemaking

Thread Mills Combine Pros of Thread Milling, Tapping

Walter USA’s range of T2711/T2712 thread milling cutters for large threads has been expanded with three new inserts and two tool bodies for cutting M56 and M64 threads.

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Milling Tools

Taps Combine Performance in Steel with Process Reliability

Walter USA LLC’s TC120, TC121 and TC122 Supreme blind hole taps combine improved performance in steel with increased tool life and process reliability, according to the company.

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