Milling

hyperMILL 2019.1 CAD/CAM Software Suite

Open Mind Technologies has introduced hyperMILL 2019.1, a new version of its advanced, comprehensive CAD/CAM software suite. hyperMILL 2019.1 has a range of new features and enhancements including an expanded Finishing Module in the hyperMILL MAXX Machining Performance Package, process optimizations such as a new thread milling module, a new function for reducing calculation times, tool database flexibility, and CAD optimization.

Xtra·tec XT Milling Tools

Walter has introduced its next generation of milling tools: the Xtra·tec XT (Xtended Technology). Designed to achieve increased productivity and process reliability, this new generation of milling cutters is being launched with initial offerings of shoulder milling cutters and a facemilling cutter. The mills cover virtually all requirements in shoulder and slot milling in all common material groups.

Turning catching up in the use of chip thinning

02/05/2019

Author:

Christopher Tate

Milling operations that benefit from chip thinning have become common, now it's turning's time.

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NanoCAM4 CAM Software Package

Moore Nanotechnology Systems (“Nanotech”) has released its next generation NanoCAM4 software package with enhanced capabilities. Nanotech’s latest product release has been years in the making. Comprehensive, yet easy to use, NanoCAM4 (N4) brings a significantly high level of accuracy and programming functionality to the ultraprecision optical market.

M5Q90 Tangential Milling Cutter

To boost the first-stage roughing operation on newly cast aluminum parts for the automotive industry, cutting tool and tooling systems specialist Sandvik Coromant is introducing its M5Q90 tangential milling cutter. Designed to complete "cubing" (first machining of faces after casting) in a single operation without creating burrs, the new tool is fitted with PCD tangential inserts that provide a smooth and stable cutting action to lower power consumption and eliminate vibration. This concept ensures reliable performance, improved tool life, exceptional surface finish, high metal-removal rate and an increased number of parts per insert.

The art of machining

A metal blisk or heat exchanger component can certainly be aesthetically pleasing, but those and the vast majority of other machined metal parts serve a practical function first and foremost. The metal parts Chris Bathgate machines don’t.

Basic endmill is anything but

02/14/2019

Author:

CTE Staff

Machinists find Haimer tool lasts longer, produces more.

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Run machines to their full potentials with new facemilling technology

Almost every machine shop uses facemills for roughing, semifinishing and finishing, but many of these shops miss out on increased material-removal rates because they run yesterday’s tooling on today’s machine tools. The larger spindle tapers and higher horsepower ratings, feeds and speeds of modern machines need to run with the latest in facemilling cutter and insert technology to maximize a machine’s facemilling potential and thus significantly speed up production, increase efficiency and reduce cost per part, especially on larger workpieces.

Increasing production capacity, the right way

Expand existing capacity or turn down orders? Many companies are caught in this dilemma. Every time a company turns down an order, it risks losing that customer and potential orders. If the company has no alternative but to accept new orders, at some point the existing machines will reach their limits. What then?

M5F90 Facemill

Designed for machining thin-walled aluminum automotive parts without burring, scratching or chipping, the patent-pending M5F90 facemilling cutter is being released by Sandvik Coromant. The two-in-one M5F90 cutter features an design that allows roughing and finishing in a single operation, delivering shorter and more efficient machining strategies.