To improve productivity and reduce tooling costs, Tungaloy America has introduced the new TecMill series of shoulder milling cutters. The TecMill incorporates Tungaloy technology to give the end user increased feed rates and efficient cutting to deliver reduced tooling costs and generous productivity improvements, according to the company. The TecMill features the company's unique tangential clamping that works in harmony with a thicker core design that improves insert and cutter body strength, a combination that reduces body deformation to improve cutter performance. The TecMill is for high-speed and high-feed machining and the strength of the cutter body reportedly improves cutting edge toughness, rigidity and increases metal-removal rates by more than 30 percent. The TecMill is available as a shell or shank type cutter. The shell-type cutter has a close or coarse-pitch option with the close pitch cutter having a 9 to 11 insert option, while the coarse pitch cutter body is available with anything from 5 to 7 inserts. The coarse shell-type cutter is available with 2.0"-, 2.50"-, 3.0"-, 4.0"- and 6.0"-dia. capacities and the close pitch cutting head has an 3.0"- and 4.0"-dia. option, both pitch types are available with air holes. The shank-style TecMill has two possible options with 3 and 4 insert pocket heads, offering 1.25" and 1.50" cutting diameters at an overall cutter length of 4.0". This new series has an extremely diverse machining range that enables it to machine gray and ductile iron, low- and high-carbon steel, alloy and tool steel and heat-resistant alloys. Machining materials beyond a hardness level of 300 HB at cutting speeds of 750 SFM and feed rates of 0.012 ipt, the TecMill has a diverse machining range that is accompanied by Tungaloy's AH725, AH140 and AH120 insert grades.