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Superior Products Extend the Lifespan of Tools
Long tool life is a critical component toward ensuring your shop remains competitive.
It’s All About the Connections
Improvements and advancements in chucks, collets and quick-change tooling speed up your tool changing processes.
REGO-FIX Tool Corp. Acquires Swiss-Based Manufacturer GEWITEC
Both companies share the same core values in terms of quality, customer service and Swiss-made precision.
Accessorize and Extend the Life of Your Machines
A wide variety of accessories — from chip blowers to modular cutting tools to brushes to cleaners that remove particles in a machine tool spindle — maximize the life of your tools, decrease downtime, and increase productivity so your shop can take on more jobs.
Don’t Overlook the Most Important Piece of the ER Holder Puzzle
It turns out, nuts are the most important pieces in ER collet systems.
The One Big Flaw in CNC Milling That’s Costing Tool Life
Early adoption of JM Performance Products’ High Torque retention knobs helped a titanium machining company overcome deficiencies at the spindle to advance its aerospace production trajectory.
Gear-Cutting Shop Hops Hurdles With Tool-Holding Investments
A woman-owned Massachusetts company solved its feed and speed struggles with conventional side-lock and collet holders by turning to HAIMER shrink fit products. Short projection length with the Ultra Short Power Shrink creates more rigidity, and the Power Mini helps operators handle hard-to-reach areas.
To Balance, Or Not To Balance? Toolholders, That Is
It’s time for machine tool builders and machining companies to shelf the long-standing ISO 1940-1 standard in favor of ISO 16084:2017. Not only is balancing tools rarely necessary, it can also be risky.
Collet Chucks Provide Flexibility Without Compromising Runout Accuracy
Available in a wide variety of toolholder lengths and diameters for optimal rigidity and clearance, Samchully Workholding’s SK series provide 1 micron runout accuracy as well as three times better runout repeatability and double the gripping force of a comparable ER collet chuck.
Quick-Change Nuts Cut Jaw Change Time By At Least 50%
Ideal for workholding applications that require durability and high strength, such as high-speed machining, Dillon’s Fast-Trac jaw nuts provide more productivity per square foot of manufacturing space. They convert standard chucks 6 inches to 24 inches in diameter into quick-change chucks.
Coating Chemistry Ingenuity Stands Behind Stainless Steel Turning Results
Seco Tools’ Duratomic TM grades has thermal and mechanical properties as well as chrome-colored Used-Edge Detection technology to minimize waste. With new geometries and chipbreakers, three grades are tailored for distinct application demands.
Problem-Free Disc Milling for Tough Metals
Seco’s 335.18 and 335.19 cutters have close-pitch insert pockets to create stability. Meanwhile, a corrosion-resistant cutter body contributes to high performance when milling stainless steel, titanium and superalloys.
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