Cutting Tools
Tangentially-Clamped Threading Insert with 10 Cutting Corners
Iscar’s Deca IQ Thread is a round insert with five double-sided corners, providing 10 functional cutting edges. The line is designed to boost production, raise quality and reduce costs.
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Lights Off, Profit On
Various tooling considerations contribute to profitable lights-out machining.
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Value beyond the Tool Catalog
Both cutting tool suppliers and the manufacturers they serve have plenty to gain from deeper collaboration.
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Haimer, Mapal Sign Licensing Agreement
Mapal will offer select cutting tools featuring Haimer’s Safe-Lock shank beginning in October 2016.
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Measurement Vs. Experience in Optimal Machining Parameters
When it comes to finding chatter-free cutting speeds, measurement is the faster way to go. An anecdote illustrates this.
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Thinking Beyond the Tool Catalog Helps Everyone Succeed
In an era when many are doing more with less, both cutting tool suppliers and the manufacturers they serve have plenty to gain from deeper collaboration.
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AFM Creates New Association of Machining Companies
AFMEC will provide services to machining, boiler-making and metal-forming companies.
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Mobile App Helps Users Identify, Correct for Tool Wear
Walter USA’s wear optimization app, which works on all current mobile devices and operating systems, enables users to identify specific forms of wear on indexable-insert and round-tool solid carbide applications, from milling, drilling and threading to turning, grooving and parting.
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All Fired Up
After Taurus Tool and Engineering, a manufacturer of custom cutting tools, lost its production facility in a fire, it was able to rebuild the business on an entirely new basis.
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Grooving Tool's Rigid Insert Clamping Prolongs Tool Life
Tungaloy introduces its AH7025 PVD grade for TungCut, a multifunctional grooving tool with two-cornered inserts.
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