Tooling
Moldmaker Speeds Production with 3D-Printed Fixtures
A 3D printer helps this mold manufacturer save time and money in making custom fixturing.
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Five-Axis Blends Require Minding Ballnose Tolerances
Proper symmetry, expressed via the end mill’s diameter and radius tolerance, is critical to ensure smooth surface finishes during five-axis contouring operations.
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Video: Accelerated Blisk Milling
CAM and cutting tool companies develop a process for machining a titanium bladed disk in less than half the conventionally expected cycle time.
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Choosing the Best Threading Method
What’s the difference between rolling and cutting threads? This tip sheet provides useful insights into which method will best produce a threaded part that will meet your requirements.
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Carbide End Mills for Titanium, Steel, Stainless Alloys
Supermill offers its XPV and XPVS series of carbide end mills for roughing or finishing difficult materials, featuring a four-flute, variable-pitch and helix design.
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Video: The Advantages of Serrated Button Inserts
Although round cutting inserts have a well-deserved reputation for efficiently roughing contoured geometry, they sometimes work best when they’re not perfectly round.
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Toolholders Designed for Specific Machine Makes
ITI Tooling Co. offers a variety of static toolholders, including the VDI and BMT series.
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Standard Tool Classification for Better Data Communication
Cutting tool manufacturers have worked together to create a generic tool catalog format that helps link cutting tool information with applications supporting data-driven manufacturing.
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Toothed Edge Extends Button Insert Advantages
Particularly for long reach applications, a button insert with a serrated edge can provide greater stability, less heat-generating friction and better chip evacuation than one without.
WatchBenchtop Tool Presetter Now Operates via CNC
The Speroni Magis benchtop tool presetter from Big Kaiser is now available in a CNC version for operator-independent measuring results.
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