Tooling

Holemaking

Fast-Hole Drill EDM for Aerospace Blade and Vane Machining

The EDBV3 fast-hole drill EDM from Makino is designed for discharge machining of cooling air holes and shaped diffuser holes in aerospace blade and vane segments.

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Milling Tools

Milling Line Features General-Purpose Face Mill

The 45-degree DGC cutter from Sumitomo Electric Carbide is a general-purpose face mill that accepts double-sided square and octagon inserts.

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Aerospace

Savings from Sustainability

A project aimed at energy-efficient machining delivered production efficiencies, too.

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Milling Tools

End Mills Cut a Variety of Materials

CoroMill Plura end mills from Sandvik Coromant are designed for a variety of applications, component sizes, shapes and materials, reducing the need to change tools for different operations.

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Workholding

Workholding Kit for Lean CMM Inspection

Kay-Jay Products, a subsidiary of Phillips Precision, offers the Inspection Arsenal workholding kit for lean CMM inspection.

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Workholding

Hydromechanical Vises Offer Built-in Hydraulics

Hilma's NC series standard hydromechanical vises feature built-in hydraulics.

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Cutting Tools

Inserts for Die and Mold Roughing

Ingersoll’s Form-MasterR inserts are designed for die and mold applications.

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When Reshoring Really Happens

Bob’s Design Engineering illustrates how a shop that used to be organized for short-run work transformed its process for ongoing production.

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Milling Tools

Line of Multipurpose, High-Performance End Mills

Emuge’s Top Cut high-performance carbide end mills are available in a range of styles and geometries as well as in both metric and inch sizes.

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Holemaking

Rigidity Proves Key to Precision Boring

Thanks to a more rigid boring head from Big Kaiser Precision Tooling, a new machine that had been relegated to only roughing jobs is now holding the tight true-position and diameter tolerances that this shop’s customers have come to expect.

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