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Expansion of Fullcut Mill Tools Lineup for Wider Applications and Better Depths
![BIG DAISHOWA, BIG-PLUS BBT, fullcut mill FCM tools, larger diameters and additional lengths, BIG-PLUS BBT series, 63 mm diameter cutter, 25 mm and 32 mm diameter series, 105 mm (4 in), Fullcut Mill FCM BBT, BIG-PLUS BBT shank, BIG-PLUS and existing BT spindle machines, grooving and shoulder milling](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/BBT30-FCM-rgb-300x150.jpg)
BIG DAISHOWA has expanded its lineup of Fullcut Mill FCM tools to include a larger diameter cutter and new lengths so machinists can tailor their tool selections to a variety of applications.
50 Years of Wohlhaupter’s MultiBore
![Frank M.Wohlhaupter, Allied Machine and Engineering, multibore, holemaking, metal cutting, boring, spindle, boring heads, machine tools](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Boring-Grouping-300x150.png)
Celebrating the world’s first modular boring tool system.
Powerfully Simple, Simply Powerful: GibbsCAM 2024
![Tobias Unosson, GibbsCAM 2024, GibbsCAM, Sandvik Coromant, CoroPlus Tool Library, cutting tool software, ISO 13399, cloud-based tool library, digital connectivity, CAM, CAD, Sandvik Coromant’s PrimeTurning, inserts, milling, Thorsten Strauß, Marc Freebrey, machining centers](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fig1-300x150.jpg)
GibbsCAM announces the release of GibbsCAM 2024, which continues to boost end-user productivity for programming advanced machining centers, underpinning the GibbsCAM promise of Powerfully Simple, Simply Powerful.
New steel turning grade for high-feed roughing
![next-generation steel turning series, high metal removal rates in stable conditions, high metal removal rates in stable conditions, GC4425, GC4415, steel turning grades, Torbjörn Ågren, Grade GC4425, new carbide substrate with optimized microstructure, reduces plastic deformation in high-feed applications, GC4305, Inveio®, Inveio® technology coating, Inveio®, P05 applications, alumina coating, considerable increase in productivity and tool life, machining softer steels without the need for coolant, GC4305, next-generation GC4405, increase in tool life ranging from 30 percent up to 130 percent, crater wear resistance, softer steels below 300 HB, P05 (P01–P10), P2.5 low-alloy hardened steel, low-alloy P2.1, unalloyed P1.2 steel, Sandvik Coromant, New steel turning grade for high-feed roughing](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sandvik-Coromant_GC4405-Coolant-Action_IMAGE-300x150.jpg)
The Sandvik Coromant Grade GC4405 is designed for high metal removal rates in stable conditions, particularly in harder steels.
Henninger’s Machining Center Spindle Speeder Products Available in North America
![Henninger Speed Increasers, Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc., mechanical speeders, air speeders, electric motor driven speeders, spindle speeders](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/834-022-500-mit-SK50-und-HAV-80-1000DPI-300x150.jpg)
The speed increasers maximize productivity by achieving a higher spindle RPM that is required for certain applications in today’s markets.
Platinum Tooling Technologies Expands Its Tool Program for Automatic Lathes
![Platinum Tooling Technologies, Heimatec, Swiss-type CNC automatic lathes,](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Swiss2-3-050-33-000_47_b-300x150.jpg)
The exclusive importer of Heimatec live and static tools, Platinum will offer 1:4 speed increasers for most Citizen machine models.
Redesigned Machining Block Spindle Is 25% Faster
![Suhner’s BEX 15 high-speed machining block spindle](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Suhner_BEX-15-300x150.jpg)
An AC inverter drive on the BEX 15 high-speed block spindle from Suhner Industrial Products increases spindle speed to 23,000 rpm at 87 Hz. Two slide-assembly mounting options enable multiple operations.
High-Speed Milling Spindle Enables Lights-Out Machining
![NSK America’s electric spindle system](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-NSK-America_iSpeed5_Dramatic-RET-300x150.jpg)
NSK America’s electric i-Speed5 spindle system eliminates the need for motor cables or air tubing. Variable-speed system integrates with control system for complete tool changeability.
Redesigned Machining Block Spindle Is 25% Faster
![Suhner’s BEX 15 high-speed machining block spindle](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Suhner_BEX-15-300x150.jpg)
An AC inverter drive on the BEX 15 high-speed block spindle from Suhner Industrial Products increases spindle speed to 23,000 rpm at 87 Hz. Two slide-assembly mounting options enable multiple operations.
Electro-Spindle Monitors Cutting Processes in Real-Time
![](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/e-Spindle-300x150.jpg)
The e-SPINDLE from PCI / Absolute Machine Tools integrates sensors and actuators to monitor cutting processes and adjust parameters to optimize tool life and part quality.
Improved Online Access to 2D and 3D Tooling Data
![](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/big-kaiser-dxf-step-online-rgb-300x150.jpg)
BIG KAISER redesigns the manuals, DXF and STEP (STP) Search models on their website.
BIG KAISER Donates to NRL
![](https://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BIG-KAISER_NRL_Donation_2019-300x150.jpg)
They donate $6,675 to the National Robotics League.