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COOLANT THRU TOOL HOLDERS
Ideal for Swiss type machining, these tool holders from GenSwiss deliver coolant through the shank for optimal insert lubrication and cooling, as well as longer cutting tool life.
2012 State of the Industry: Cutting Tools
Forecast: Creative metal-cutting tactics abound as shops focus on optimizing their manufacturing processes to tackle notable growth in the automotive and aerospace sectors.
Composite Hub Wheel Brushes
NamPower composite hub wheel brushes from Brush Research Manufacturing are used in the production of turbine blades, steel gears, machine parts, and cam shaft and cutting tool inserts.
Hero Emerges in Oilfield Product Machining
Raised Eyebrows: Even with HEM toolpaths, success in machining at Kline Oilfield Equipment still turns on a general purpose end mill from IMCO Carbide Tool.
Tooling Manufacturer Thrives With Sophisticated Vending System
When Pentagon EMS originally started talking about purchasing a tool crib, several employees thought the end of the world had arrived, assuming they would spend all day trying to get tooling out of the machine. But they quickly discovered the CAP 1000T vending system from MSC Industrial Supply takes only 30 seconds to log in and get their tool.
MAKE OR BRAKE
Talk about a competitive edge. SolidCAM CAD/CAM software enables Alcon Components to perform continuous 5-axis machining on more complex 3D surfaces, produce more of a part in one operation, and convert design ideas into functional metal components more rapidly than ever before.
PIN VISE TOOL HOLDERS FOR MINIATURE BRUSHES
Pin vises from Brush Research Manufacturing reduce operator fatigue and improve efficiency by securely holding small diameter miniature deburring brushes when stem diameters are too small for chucking in automated machines.
CHAMFER MILLS FOR INCREASED VERSATILITY
Super Turbo chamfer mills from Seco Tools provide high metal removal rates on steel, stainless steel, cast iron, hardened materials, high-temperature alloys and non-ferrous materials while reducing production costs, allowing manufacturers to increase the versatility of their operations without additional spare parts.
Producing High-Quality Dentures Economically
To deliver more added value to customers and increase their scope of production in-house, dental laboratories are using the new Mlab cusing laser melting system from Concept Laser GmbH to produce dental implants or crowns with batch sizes as small as 20 units.
Sandvik Coromant Recognized as Best New Supplier by Grainger
The award recognizes the cutting tool manufacturer as a supplier who achieves excellence in responsiveness, information integrity, on-time shipping, management commitment and order fulfillment.
Showroom On Wheels Travels Through North American Industry
The exhibiting vehicle has an interior large enough to accommodate the complete DE-STA-CO product line, including large-scale valve-actuated pneumatics, a pick-and-place robot, and a coin stamping machine.
FLEXIBLE WORKHOLDER FOR AUTOMATED TOOL AND CUTTER GRINDING
Ideal for automated tool and cutter grinding of small batch sizes of all cutting tool types, the PRISMO workholder from Schunk clamps diameters between five mm and 20 mm without additional components or time-consuming changeovers, at high repeat accuracies of less than 0.005 mm.
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