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New Cutting Tools Unveiled

Among the 10 products being introduced in the U.S. for the first time are the 109 type Supermini series grooving and boring tools and the S100 cutting insert with internal cooling.

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Tapping Oil Field Parts

Emuge’s Rekord DZBF taps promote the uninterrupted flow of chips out of the cutting zone to protect oil field components during hole-threading operations.

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Breaking Through to Stable Large-Hole Drilling

A new drilling head from Seco Tools offers three points of contact to provide stability in applications involving deep, large-diameter through-holes.

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Inserts Withstand Heavy, High-Feed Cuts

Swapping standard button inserts for a new grade from Ingersoll helped this manufacturer of downhole oil-drilling equipment double throughput on a troublesome arbor milling job in hardened steel.

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Rethinking the 30-Taper Drilling and Tapping Machine

 By enhancing milling capability in a compact, high-speed vertical machining center, DMG/Mori Seiki has redefined the role of the 30-taper machine in high-production applications.

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Cryogenic Machining of 787 Fuselage

Starting early next year, Boeing South Carolina will mill and drill composite fuselage sections for the 787 Dreamliner through cryogenic machining.

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Sumitomo Electric Carbide Drill Series Offers Large Diameters

Sumitomo Electric Carbide’s WDX series drills are available in diameters ranging from 0.5625" to 2.625" in 2×D, 3×D and 4×D body lengths.

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Haas St-10Y Compact Turning Center Includes Milling Capabilities

Haas’ ST-10Y compact turning center features 4" off-center milling, drilling and tapping capabilities.

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Saw/Drill Cuts Railroad Rails

The Amsaw R-series saw from Advanced Machine & Engineering is designed to produce smooth, accurate cuts, resulting in improved efficiency and productivity.

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Larger Equipment Helps Expand Vision

The largest vertical-capacity Carl Zeiss CMM in the Western hemisphere and four large boring mills from MAG Giddings & Lewis prove critical to machining massive wind turbine components at Three-M Tool and Machine.

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