Tools (special/modified)

A better operation starts with better tools. Since its launch in 2013, Kennametal's NOVO digital process planning application has continued growing by supplying complete tool data and process knowledge electronically, reportedly saving process planners, cost estimators, and manufacturing engineers countless hours of catalog lookups and process guesswork. That same intelligence for driving new efficiencies is available on PC and tablet devices in the new Version 1.6.

Jergens Inc. has released the 2013 edition of its Master Product catalog.

Jergens Inc. announces its universal multiple-axis rotary adapters for a range of 3-, 4- and 5-axis applications.

The "MBT" series of manual indexing tables from Indexing Technologies Inc. incorporate a precision HIRTH coupling (face gear) for optimal positioning accuracy, repeatability and rigidity.

Available from ITI Tooling Co. Inc., the SAUTER family of crown-type live tool turrets, typically used on multi-station and in-line transfer machines, has recently been upgraded and expanded, with the largest having a standard drive motor rating of up to 20 hp.

ITI Tooling Co. Inc. offers DMG MORI live tool spindles.

ISCAR has fine-tuned its workhorse GROOVE TURN cubic boron nitride (CBN) formulation to materially improve rough and finish grooving on hard ferrous materials under a wider range of conditions.

A new family of innovative turning tools from ISCAR raises the threshold for process security in difficult railroad-wheel reconditioning work.

ISCAR is introducing the IC806 — a new complementary SUMO TEC PVD coated grade for machining high temperature alloys, especially Inconel 718.

Following the introduction of grade IC6015, ISCAR is introducing an additional new, SUMO TEC CVD coated grade, IC6025, which was developed for machining stainless steel at moderate cutting speeds for stable or unstable conditions.