Milling

335.25 disc milling cutters

Seco Tools LLC, Troy, Mich., introduced two new insert sizes to its family of 335.25 disc milling cutters, a line that is said to provide manufacturers with high flexibility and productivity. With the additions of XNHQ inserts in 9mm and 12mm sizes, the cutter now offers a range of cutting widths from 0.531" to 1.26" (13mm to 32mm) for an even greater variety of applications.

rConnect communications system

GF Machining Solutions, Lincolnshire, Ill., this week introduced rConnect, a new central communications platform for the company’s milling, EDM and laser texturing machines. Advancing the Industry 4.0 vision of the smart factory of the future, rConnect offers the industry’s most in-depth remote machine tool analysis, according to a Jan. 20 news release from the company.

Okuma names new coordinator for Houston Tech Center

Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., recently named Ted Winkle as coordinator of the company's Houston Tech Center (HTC). Winkle will oversee management of all HTC activities as well as support sales and Okuma's distribution partner Hartwig.

MC251 Advance solid carbide milling cutters

Walter Tools, Waukesha, Wis., recently introduced its new Advance product line, which the company claims increases tool life up to 50 percent. The MC251 Advance solid carbide milling cutters from Walter's Prototyp brand is said to be the ideal geometry for machining stainless materials from material group ISO M and for secondary applications in ISO S materials, according to the company.

Greenleaf demos 25mm high-feed end mill machine

Watch Greenleaf Corporation's 1" (25mm) high-feed end mill machine Inconel 718 using coated whisker-reinforced ceramic insert grade WG-600®.

Starrag demonstrates Bumotec S191 Linear mill turn machine

Starrag demonstrates Bumotec S191 Linear mill turn machine at IMTS 2014.

Multitask horizontal boring mills

View a demonstration of multitask horizontal boring mills with integrated contouring heads in this video provided by Fives.

Makino machines featured in video report

Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Don Nelson visited the Makino booth during IMTS 2014 in September to learn more about the company's a81nx and a61nx-5E HMCs.

Fluid technology

A Datron high-speed CNC milling machine creates a microfluidic support plate, made of highly transparent acrylic glass, that includes microchannels.

Indexable-insert milling tools machining aluminum

Posted as a supplement to "Variations on a theme," a feature article published in the June 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering, this video shows Millstar’s indexable-insert milling tools machining aluminum. Tried-and-true aluminum alloys continue to do the job for multiple applications, and toolmakers have enhanced their offerings to more effectively machine a metal that’s generally considered easy to cut.