Metalworking Fluids

Collet System Keeps Cool Under Pressure

Coolant-through tooling is becoming increasingly popular as manufacturers continue to search for new ways to maintain the tight tolerances, high accuracies and smooth surface finishes required for many of today’s jobs. While coolant-through spindles are now a standard feature on many new machines, the machines and tools themselves represent only part of the equation. The interface between the spindle and the tool—a properly sealed toolholder—is just as important.

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Device Provides Window Into Coolant-Intensive Machining

The company’s latest Visiport model, the VP220C, is a spin window system designed to provide visibility into machines with coolant system pressures of 1,000 psi, such as those found on through-tool coolant delivery systems. Also available is the DiscAir 175T Turbo, which comes standard with Diamond-like, carbon-coa

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