Tooling

Milling Tools

Ramping Cutter Promotes Process Reliability Even at High Speeds

The M2131 Sky-tec ramping cutter from Walter USA brings improved process reliability to the machining of nonferrous metals such as the aluminum-wrought alloys or aluminum-lithium alloys often used in aircraft structural components.

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Cutting Tools

Walter USA Appoints Marketing Director for Americas, UK

Kurt Ludeking has been with Walter since 2010.

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Basics

When a Turn-Mill Doesn’t Turn

LeanWerks uses innovative probing, tooling and workholding strategies to enable its turn-mill to machine castings complete, in effect turning it into a five-axis machining center.

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Using Additive Manufacturing to 3D-Print Fixturing, Machine Tool Components

Machine shops can consider 3D printing technology a handy way to make custom fixturing and other components.

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Workholding

Inner-Diameter Part Clamping Offers Lathes Complete Outer-Diameter Access

Royal Products' CNC expanding mandrels provide access to the entire outer diameter of the workpiece.

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Milling Tools

Rethinking Standards for One-Offs

Orchard Lake Machining's standard mill used to rupture 10 minutes into the cut. Ingersoll's Di-Pos Tetra mill increased tool life and operator productivity.

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Turning Tools

Double-Sided Inserts for Rough Turning Applications

Walter has introduced double-sided ISO indexable inserts with RP7 geometry, providing maximum process reliability in rough turning by combining a ground contact surface with an optimized profile that has a tailored protective chamfer to guard against fracturing.

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Workholding

Carr Lane Roemheld Releases Power Workholding Catalog

The catalog has 192 pages and provides specs on a variety of clamps, cylinders, valves and other devices.

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Cutting Tools

Economy Automatic Toolholders Available for Range of Lathe Sizes, Types

Automatic Tool Changers Inc. introduces a complete range of economical tool turrets for CNC lathes and turning centers, including replacements for the now-discontinued Dorian turrets used on Haas TL-series lathes.

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Turning Tools

PcBN Tool Grades for Hard Turning Applications

Fives offers Citco’s CiBN HT series of cutting tools with coated polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PcBN) grades for hard turning applications.

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