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Advanced New Coating Lowers Friction and Increases Productivity
Walter USA introduced grooving and cutoff inserts with new Tiger·tec® Silver PVD coating, which combines both high-temperature wear resistance and toughness in a single coating.
Emuge Announces New President
Emuge recently hired Bob Hellinger as president of U.S. and Canadian operations.
Seco Tools Makes Key Organizational Changes
Seco Tools has appointed a new product marketing manager and promoted several others.
New Inserts Boost Productivity in a Wide Range of Tough Turning Applications
Walter‘s new geometries bring production efficiencies for turning high temperature alloys, titanium machining and tough roughing jobs.
When Good Gets Better
To improve the machining of one of their key products, this leading German metalworking firm turned to a solid carbide modular milling system that yielded big gains in accuracy and productivity.
When Good Gets Better: Cutting Tools Industry Snapshot
In their search to reduce production cycle times, lower tooling costs and achieve higher precision machining of new materials, shops are demanding new cutting tool solutions that meet higher machining parameters, more process complexity, exotic alloys and a variety of other challenges. Here are some of the newest cutting tools that meet these needs.
Turning Options for Every Cast Iron Application
The addition of the AC405K and the AC415K grades from Sumitomo Electric Carbide rounds out turning options for every cast iron application.
Greater Flexibility With Exchangeable Head Coupling
This exchangeable head coupling from Sandvik Coromant uses a self-centering screw thread for secure mounting and maximum strength and security for long reach extensions used to mill 0.394 in to 1.26 in diameters and bore 0.394 in to 1.42 in diameters.
U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption Down 16.6% in November
The U.S. Cutting Tool Institute and AMT announced that cutting tool consumption was down 16.6 percent from October’s total and down 7.0 percent from November 2012.
U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption up 13.1 Percent in October
The U.S. Cutting Tool Institute and AMT announced that October U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $176 million.
Seco Tools Awarded for Marketing Excellence
Seco Tools was recently named 2013 Supplier of the Year for Marketing Excellence by the Affiliated Distributors’ Industrial Supply Division
Sandvik Coromant Appoints Eduardo Martin as President of Market Area Americas
Sandvik Coromant recently appointed Eduardo Martin as president of Market Area Americas (MAA).
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