Milling Tools
Video: HEM Versus Conventional Machining
A short video illustrates the differences between conventional machining with multiple shallow passes versus high-efficiency machining with a tool designed for deeper cuts.
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Seven-Flute Cutters Maximize High-Efficiency Machining Benefits
Imco Carbide Tool offers its Pow-R-Path IP cutting tools designed to maximize the benefits of high-efficiency machining methods such as those which use continuous tool paths.
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Shop Invests in Tooling Up Front, Saves Money in the Long Run
Valve supplier Vortex needed to optimize its in-house machining operations. Seco tooling helped the shop improve tool life, cycle times and finish.
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Ballnose Cutter Adds Cutting Edge for Fast Feed Rates
Designed for the production of homokinetic joints of hardened steel in automotive applications, Mapal’s CPMill ballnose milling cutter has been updated for efficiency in pre-machining (soft milling).
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Octagonal Face Mills Achieve Quality Surface Finish on Cast Iron
Walter USA’s M2025 and M2026 octagonal finishing face mills are designed to deliver high surface quality on large cast iron components.
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Multitasking Tool Eliminates Need for Pilot Holes
The CMR multitasking tool, part of the Carmex Tiny Tool line, enables users to bore, turn, face and chamfer with a single tool.
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End Mill’s Truncated Radius Avoids Wear
SwiftCarb offers its XT7 RampMill seven-flute end mill, with an end geometry that enables helical ramp engagement to 8 degrees in steel and exotic metals.
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The Cutter Affects Capacity
New machine tools allowed CTG to cut cycle time by 75 percent, but that wasn’t enough. Finding the right tool and process cut that cycle time further, giving the oil-industry manufacturer the capacity needed to support an important new product.
Read MoreMilling App Aids Cutting Parameter Calculation
Helical Solutions offers the Helical Milling Advisor, a milling calculator designed to help users optimize use of the company’s end mills.
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End Mills Make Economical Option for Cast Iron, Stainless
The solid-carbide APG end mill series from Monster Tool is said to bridge the gap between general-purpose and high-performance tooling.
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