Milling Tools

Milling Tools

End Mills Enable Hexalobular Shapes

Mitsubishi Materials’ VQ-XL Series three- and four-flute end mills enable the machining of precision hexalobular (T4, T6, T8, T15, T25 and T40) shapes common to bone screws in a two-step process: drill, then helical mill.

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Milling Tools

End Mills Reduce Stress in Cutting High-Temperature Alloys

IMCO Carbide Tool’s Inconex M8 series end mills are designed for machining high-temperature alloys including Inconel, Hastalloy, Waspalloy and more.

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Milling Tools

Micromachining Evolution

Challenge Machine continues to add high-speed equipment for the increasing amount of micromachining work it is performing. Here are some lessons it has learned along the way, using tools as small as 0.001 inch in diameter.

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Milling Tools

Solid Carbide End Mills Improve Chip Evacuation

Haimer’s Power Mill solid carbide end mills are made from fine-grain carbide and are equipped with the company’s Safe-Lock shank pull-out protection system.

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Milling Tools

Four-in-One Cutting Tool System for Diverse Applications

Millstar’s Quad Force Machining systems of solid carbide cutting tools feature cutting geometry with the capacity to perform four cutting actions in one.

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Milling Tools

Cutting Platform Reduces Horsepower Draw

Widia’s Victory VSM11 platform includes cutter bodies and inserts designed for low-horsepower draw and free machining.

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Turning Tools

ISO 13399—A Key Step Toward Data-Driven Manufacturing

Decisions about the cutting tools used in machining operations are arguably among the most important in modern manufacturing.

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Milling Tools

Cutting Tool Edge Prep: The Invisible Advantage

Edge preparation involves removing material from a cutting tool in order to extend its life. That may sound counterintuitive, but a maker of glass molds says edge prep has dramatically reduced the amount it spends on tools.

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Milling Tools

Cutters and Inserts Enable Continuous Heavy-Duty Cutting

Lovejoy Tool Co.’s MaxCut 651 cutters feature a new chip gullet design and 0.250"-thick inserts for continuous heavy-duty work.

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Milling Tools

Cutting Tool Helps Automotive Manufacturer Implement Design Change

Horn USA’s Mini Mill helped Machine Tool and Gear mill a flat at 90 degrees from other operations.

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