Cutting Tools

How to achieve good chip formation in indexable drilling

Learn how to achieve good chip control when drilling with indexable drills. Effective chip control is the most important factor in indexable insert drilling operations and is essential for quality hole making. Poor chip evacuation can result in poor surface finish and can lead to tool breakage and damaged components.

Mythbuster of custom carbide inserts

Long wait times? Extra costs? Too complicated? Bruce Kyle, president of toolmaker Knight Carbide Inc. in Chesterfield, Mich., wants to dispel myths about ordering custom carbide inserts.

Understanding coatings and how they lower machining costs

04/11/2018

Author:

Jackie Fenton

This article provides basic information about the coatings and processes used to coat cutting tools, dies, wear parts and other components. HSS, carbide, tool steels and stainless steels are among the most commonly coated materials.

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Efficient dynamic milling with helical roughing end mills

Curious about Dynamic Milling? DAPRA’s American-made Helical Roughing End Mills are a great option for modern applications. Watch a 3/4" dia. end mill create a 0.850" deep pocket and outside contour in a 4" wide x 6.25" long 1018 steel block, with a total cycle time of just 4 min. 17 sec.

ARCH Cutting Tools is American manufacturing, serving the world

Cutting tool innovation often starts with collaborative problem solving at the spindle.

Reprogramming your reaction to priciest tools

03/14/2018

Author:

Stas Mylek

When programmed to follow optimal CAM toolpaths and matched to a machine tool’s capability, expensive cutting tools engineered for high efficiency may offer total-cost-and-performance results that are significantly better than lower-cost cutting tools.

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Developing tools for cutting composites

03/05/2018

Author:

Alan Richter

YG-1 Tool developed its line of D-Power diamond-coated carbide endmills for machining graphite and composite materials.

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Register for cutting tool online sessions

Dormer Pramet is launching a webinar series to occur the fourth Friday of every month. The first three sessions are open for enrollment. These 30-minute sessions, which will be led by round tool and indexable product experts, are free and designed to expand participants' knowledge of cutting tools. The webinars are geared toward professionals in the fields of sales, technical support and customer service.

US cutting tool consumption up 8 percent in October

October U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $198 million, according to the United States Cutting Tool Institute, Cleveland, and The Association for Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Va. This total, as reported by companies participating in the collaborative Cutting Tool Market Report, was up 13.2 percent from September’s $174.92 million and up 17.2 percent when compared with the $169 million reported for October 2016. With a year-to-date total of $1.835 billion, 2017 is up 8 percent when compared with 2016.

3M hosts grinding and tool technology seminar

Historically, the round tool cutting industry hasn’t offered many educational events to customers for collaboration. 3M is on a mission to change that.