Live Lathe Tools Eliminate Secondary Operations
Designed to fit lathe models with live tooling capability, Eltool’s Titespot live tool modules for ID machining combine with the company’s compact right-angle heads to machine bores as small as 1" in diameter.
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The drive modules feature precision angular-contact bearings, heat-treated and ground shafts, and an anti-backlash design. The tools are lubricated by filtered machine coolant, enabling continuous-duty cycles. All heads are interchangeablewith all drive modules, the company says.
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