CUTTING TOOLS

Making Micro Threads

Production of micro threads can be challenging, but using the most suitable tools for a given application can simplify the task.
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Tool Path Improves Chip Management for Swiss-Type Lathes

This simple change to a Swiss-type turning machine’s tool path can dramatically improve its ability to manage chips.

Kyocera Turning Inserts Provide Fracture, Wear Resistance

The KBN010 high-speed CBN grade gives users more flexibility, range, performance and tool life when turning hardened materials.

Tungaloy Boring Bar System Features Vibration Dampening

The BoreMeister boring bar system features a variety of exchangeable heads and shanks for internal turning, profiling, threading and grooving.

Walter Indexable Drill Inserts Provide High Wear Resistance

The WNN15 drilling grade features a hard substrate, which provides high cutting-edge strength and sharpness on indexable inserts.

Broaching Tool Technology For Lathes Used to Slot Inconel Parts

This shop finds value in using an indexable-insert-style broaching tool to create blind-hole slots in heat-treated Inconel aerospace parts on a CNC lathe.

Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining magazine

The Ins and Outs of Inserts

Understanding how inserts are made provides valuable insight into how their performance can be optimized.

Tungaloy Fine-Boring System Increases Machine Utilization

The latest KKH cartridge modules for the SwissBore digital fine boring tool system is designed to provide maximum machine utilizations with minimum measuring, setup and tool changing time.

Sandvik Coromant Grooving Tool Provides Stable Performance

The CoroCut 2 system features an improved clamping finger design, which offers a higher clamping force and better side stability.

Precision Machining Technology Review: December 2023

Production Machining’s December 2023 technology showcase includes some of the latest technology from Sandvik Coromant, Nikon Metrology, The L.S. Starrett Co., Walter USA, Kennametal and SolidCAM.

Walter Ceramic Inserts Enable Efficient Turning, Milling

Suitable turning and milling applications of the WIS30 ceramic grade include roughing, semi-finishing and finishing, as well as interrupted cuts.

The Value of Tool Monitoring on Rotary Transfer Machines

By using a tool monitoring system, shops can save costs associated with machine maintenance and downtime for tool changes while increasing cutting performance.

Addressing Micro-Boring Challenges

This boring bar/tool holding system for Swiss-type lathes is said to offer high rigidity and positioning repeatability. In addition, the boring bars can be changed out using no hand tools.
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Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining magazine

VIDEOS

IMCO Carbide Tool Inc. End Mills for Faster Part Cycles

The M936 Pow-R-Feed series is designed to make various toolpath moves without slowing down, providing faster cycle times and more production.

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The Value of Dual Thread Whirling Units for Bone Screws

Dual thread whirling units on a Swiss-type enable it to produce medical bone screws with two different thread leads in one setup, eliminating the need for time-consuming, single-point threading.

Custom Tooling, Workholding Help Whip Rotors Into Shape

Whipple Superchargers uses unique form tools and dead-length-collet workholding for its B-axis turn-mill enabling it to create more accurate rotors for its brand of engine power-adders.

Parting Off: The Case for Standardizing on Sawing

The value of rotary saw cutting for parting off operations could boil down to simple economics paired with process efficiency gains.
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Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining magazine

New Cutting Tool Technology Discovered at Paul Horn Open House

During a tour of the company’s campus in Tubingen, Germany, I and more than 3,000+ others were introduced to a number of new advances the company has made in cutting tool technology particularly as it relates to the medical industry.

The Value of CAD/CAM and Cutting Tool Manufacturers Working Together

Overall machining efficiency can be increased when software and tooling companies combine to tackle machining challenges.
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Sandvik Coromant Turning Grade Enables High-Feed Roughing

The GC4405 steel turning grade features a new carbide substrate with an optimized microstructure, which reduces plastic deformation in high-feed applications.

Horn Tool Configurator Shortens Lead Times

The HTC system enables quotations to be generated within one working day, with technical drawings available the next working day.

Kyocera Precision Tools' Coated Carbide Optimizes Turning

The CA115P/CA125 series is designed to provide extended tool life and superior performance in a variety of machining scenarios.

Big Daishowa Enhances Boring Tools With Vibration Damping

Smart Damper technology shortens the distance from the damping mechanism to the cutting edge, which is the source of vibration.

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