Cutting Tool Engineering

Industry News • July 15, 2026

Cutting Tool Shipments Up 2% from January to February 2026

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $225.1 million in February 2026. Orders increased 2% from January 2026 and were up 12.8% from February 2025.

Industry News • July 15, 2026

CERATIZIT cites U.S. tungsten stockpile plan as supply chain security milestone

Aplanned joint venture between Plansee U.S. Holding Corp. and Manhattan Five Partners LLC is intended to strengthen tungsten supply security in the United States, according to a May 19 statement from the CERATIZIT Group, a Plansee Group business area.

Industry News Sponsored Content July 3, 2026

Delivering Precision Components Delivers Growth

TL Aerotek grew from a small shop into a larger precision-components operation by combining Expand Machinery systems with Mitsubishi Electric automation and LoadMate Plus robotic machine tending.

Industry News • July 13, 2026

PRAB promotes testing programs for scrap processing, fluid recycling decisions

According to the company, testing metal chips, turnings, swarf, coolants and process fluids under application-specific conditions can provide empirical data to guide equipment selection, scrap value improvement, volume-handling capacity and projected return on investment. PRAB says this approach can help manufacturers address rising disposal costs and environmental requirements, and recover more value from waste streams.

Article • July 15, 2026

Material Matters: Reducing Carbide Use as Tungsten Prices Rise

As the cost of tungsten rapidly rises, cutting tool manufacturers focus on developing inserts that reduce carbide consumption while boosting productivity. By Alan Richter Like so many other commodities, the price of tungsten ammonium paratungstate (APT), which is used to make carbide cutting tools, has moved in only one direction: up — way up.

Industry News • July 13, 2026

GPT gearhead family

The GPT gearhead family from Faulhaber can be flexibly combined with various motors from the standard range, such as motors from the flat BXT brushless family or the brushless DC drives from the microdrive experts. During development, they were specifically designed to work with the DC drives of the GXR/SXR gearhead family, which allows for perfectly matched combinations of encoders, drives and gearheads.

Industry News • July 10, 2026

Sunnen Products, TIBO Tiefbohrtechnik form alliance to expand deep hole machining

Sunnen Products Company, a supplier of precision honing and bore finishing technologies, and TIBO Tiefbohrtechnik GmbH, a specialist in deep hole drilling machines and systems, have entered into a strategic alliance to expand their global capabilities in deep hole machining solutions.

Product • July 8, 2026

Reversible hard jaws for ID and OD workholding

Reversible hard jaws from Dillon Manufacturing are suitable for ID and OD workholding, so they can decrease the time and cost of tool set-ups, yet still accurately grip and locate work pieces. Designed to hold a specific range of part sizes, these jaws are usually used for first operation workholding.

Article • July 15, 2026

How to Get the Most from ISO and Proprietary Inserts

All businesses feel the pressure to improve productivity, precision and profitability. For machine shops, one of the most influential decisions — yet often misunderstood — involves choosing the right turning insert for the job. With countless insert types, coatings and geometries available, understanding when to use ISO-standard inserts versus proprietary options can significantly impact your throughput, part quality and tool life.

Industry News • July 7, 2026

Doosan Robotics unveils AI palletizing solution

Doosan Robotics new AI-powered palletizing solution, PalletizHD+, brings the robot, AI, and application controls together in one integrated environment to make palletizing faster, smarter, and easier for manufacturers to deploy and operate. The system, which debuted at Automate 2026, is built on PalletizOS, Doosan Robotics’ proprietary palletizing operating system and "removes the complexity traditionally associated with palletizing automation," according to the company.

Industry News • July 6, 2026

Ceratizit adds technical sales engineer to serve Southeast region

Ceratizit USA has named Adam Johnson as technical sales engineer for its cutting tool division in the Southeast region. Johnson will support customers across Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Johnson brings two decades of manufacturing experience, including hands-on machining and production leadership.

Product • July 6, 2026

Fixtureworks offers new flex clamping ‘locators’

Fixtureworks' newest version of quick-change flex clamping “locators,” is the CP720-N Easy Mount, which locate and fasten in a single operation -- without the use of tools. They provide fast and accurate fixture changes, the company says, mounting the same fixture on different machines, machining from five sides on one fixture, and quick fixture setup.

Article • July 15, 2026

Power Generation: Machining Big, Heavy, Expensive Components

‘Everything is big, heavy and expensive’ for shops serving the energy industry. By Christopher Tate Each segment of manufacturing has unique characteristics. Automotive machining is characterized by high volume and low margins. Aerospace is highly regulated with tight tolerances. Medical machining is also highly regulated with difficult to machine alloys.