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Gun Drilling in Tool Steel
Swedish steel maker SSAB explains how progress is being made on long hole drilling in wear resistant and harder mold and die steels as a way to avoid heat treating.
LIGHTWEIGHT, BUT TOUGH AS NAILS
St. Louis Prestress, a manufacturer of precast building components, needed a portable drill with the raw power to get the job done. They found a perfect fit in a rugged but lightweight magnetic core drill from Fein Power Tools.
MAKE OR BREAK: HOLEMAKING
These new drills and equipment could help reduce your costs and make your drilling operations more competitive.
OCTAGONAL TOROID INSERTS ARE EXCELLENT FOR GENERAL FACE MILLING
These inserts from Dapra Corporation feature a 45 deg lead angle that increases feed capacity for face milling, profiling, helical interpolation and chamfering.
MILLING CUTTER REDUCES OPERATIONS ON STEELS, CAST IRONS AND HARD MATERIALS
The Square 6? shoulder milling cutter from Seco Tools uses trigonal inserts with six cutting edges to boost productivity and lower the cost per edge, delivering parts for less.
SWISS TOOLING DRASTICALLY REDUCES DOWNTIME
This tooling system from Dieterle features hardened and tempered toolholders with a unique location system that provides easy insert change and precise insert location.
GET 12 TO 22 PERCENT MORE TOOL STORAGE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
This Modular Drawer System from Stor-Loc® provides 700 sq in of storage space per drawer compared to 625 sq in drawers from others.
APPLICATION-SPECIFIC COLD-FORMING TAPS
These Cold-forming Taps from Emuge Corporation are specially designed with unique geometric designs, coatings, and styles for chipless production of internal threads in a wide range of specific applications.
PAPERLESS TOOL DATA MANAGEMENT ELIMINATES REDUNDANCY
With this tool management system developed by Partners in THINC, everything is tied together by a job, work, or unique ID number for the job.
COMBINE TOOL BALANCING AND PRESETTING IN ONE MACHINE
The Tool Dynamic Preset from Haimer USA marries two functions that promise high-speed machining performance in manufacturing operations of any size.
QUICK-CHANGE TOOLING SYSTEM IS NOW ISO STANDARD
The KM? quick-change tooling system from Kennametal is now recognized as a new ISO standard: ISO 26622.
VERSATILE SPLIT-TOOL ENDMILL FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM DIAMETERS
The CoroMill 316 from Sandvik Coromant is a “split-tool” endmill system that is ideal for full-slot roughing in small to medium diameters ranging from 3/8 in to 1 in.
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