Tooling

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Toolholders 19 Oct 2017

Toolholding Collet Accommodates Long Tool Overhangs

Rego-Fix’s PowrGrip toolholding collet system can generate clamping forces higher than those of shrink-fit holders.

Cutting Tools 18 Oct 2017

New Aerospace End Mill Design Results from Tool Standardization Contest

The latest version of Kennametal’s Harvi tool was developed through efforts aimed at a competition for reducing an aircraft manufacturer’s tooling choices.

Cutting Tools 16 Oct 2017

Insert Geometry Designed for Targeted Cooling

Walter's FM5 finishing and RM5 roughing indexable insert geometries are designed to deliver optimal cooling, longer tool life, and increased productivity in high-temperature alloy and stainless-steel machining.

Workholding 13 Oct 2017

Small, Screw-Down Clamp for Various Tables, Fixtures

The Kurt MiniLock is a small, low-profile screw-down clamp designed as a cost-effective, easy-to-use option for rigidly clamping components on machine tables, fixture plates, tombstones and trunnion fixtures.

Milling Tools 12 Oct 2017

Face Milling Cutters Use Eight-Edged Inserts

The R220.88 face milling cutter family from Seco features eight-edged cutting inserts and optimized geometries for extended tool life and reduced cutting forces.

Grinding 12 Oct 2017

Metal Cutting Tools Designed to Increase Efficiency, Health, Safety

Fabtech 2017: Pferd Inc. will highlight its precision products and power tools from its comprehensive line of metal cutting and finishing products, including files, burs, brushes, grinding and cutting wheels and power tools.

Cutting Tools 11 Oct 2017

What If You Don’t Have a Torque Wrench?

This device ensures that ER collets are torqued to the proper value using any type of wrench.

Workholding 6 Oct 2017

Jaw-Forming Ring Provides Uniform Grip on Workpieces

The Dillon jaw-forming ring is designed to be an easy-to-use tool providing a more uniform grip on the workpiece, maximizing jaw life for cutting and forming operations.

Basics 5 Oct 2017

Buying an HMC: Tooling and Workholding Considerations

Is it time to move up to an HMC? Let’s look at tooling- and workholding-related concerns that those interested in acquiring an HMC will want to keep in mind.

Measurement 2 Oct 2017

Meeting the Machining Challenges of Additive Manufacturing

You can 3D print the part, but can you finish it? Here is how to overcome the challenge of part deflection in the machining of lightweight, complex AM parts.