Tooling

Milling Tools

Drills Meet Key Aerospace Standard

IMTS 2018: Dormer Pramet’s Precision Twist Drill series of drilling tools are manufactured according to National Aerospace Standards (NAS).

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Dead Centers Feature Interchangeable Points for Fast Setup

IMTS 2018: Riten Industries’s Quick Point dead centers complement the company’s Quick Point live centers.

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Go/No-Go Gages Contribute to Reduced Process Variations

IMTS 2018: Slater Tools offers CNC broaching tools, toolholders and gages.

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Variable-Helix End Mills Interrupt Chatter

IMTS 2018: Mastercut Tool Corp.’s V4 Ultra line of end mills combines variable-helix, four-flute geometry with a honed cutting edge.

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Cutting Tools

In-Process Marking Consolidates Setups

IMTS 2018: Tapmatic's ScribeWriter Force II is designed to reduce the need for secondary marking operations.

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Swiss-Type Tooling for Citizen Machines Built to Last

IMTS 2018: Heimatec offers a line of live and static tools for Citizen Swiss-type lathes. 

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Turning Tools

Using Cameras to Align Tools and Spindles on Swiss-Type Lathes

Installing cameras in the spindles of a Swiss-type lathe can simplify the alignment of tools with the main and subspindles as well as the alignment of those spindles with each other.

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Cutting Tools

Multi-Axis Heads Consolidate Machining

IMTS 2018: Setco’s line of multi- and single-axis heads integrate into machine tools to combine manufacturing operations.

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Workholding Technology Reduces Operations, Scrap, Labor

IMTS 2018: Blue Photon’s photo-activated adhesive workholding system is said to save time and money by reducing the number of operations, scrap and labor.

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Tool Speeds Cross-Bore Deburring

IMTS 2018: Heule Tool’s COFA deburring tool is designed to provide front and back deburring on even and uneven surfaces.

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