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Cutting Tool Engineering May 15, 2017

May 2017

May 2017 covers grinding practice, tool coatings, and tool presetting. It also looks at automation and advanced machining growth.

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Vol. 69 • Issue 5

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Toolflo

Your Threading Specialist!

CHASERSAPI Threading chasers! • Buttress, WW, NPT, Rounds... Superior coatings! Combination Bar FLO-LOCK Turning ,Threading and Facing ON-EDGE All-in-one! LAYDOWN Thousands of new items added to our new Threading Catalog! State of the art coatings! Pressed, ground and raised chip breakers! THREADMILLING Indexible and solid threadmills!

Your Threading Specialist! CHASERSAPI Threading chasers! • Buttress, WW, NPT, Rounds... Superior coatings! Combination Bar FLO-LOCK Turning ,Threading and Facing ON-EDGE All-in-one! LAYDOWN

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Yg1usa

BEST VALUE IN THE WORLD OF CUTTING TOOLS!

COATED SOLID CARBIDE END MILLS Coated Ultra Micro Grain Solid Carbide End Mills with Variable Helix High Volume Cutting with Quality Surface Finish For Steels (up to HRc40), and also Excellent in Stainless Steels YG-1 TOOL CO. 730 Corporate Woods Parkway Vernon Hills, IL 60061 U.S.A.

BEST VALUE IN THE WORLD OF CUTTING TOOLS! www.yg1usa.com COATED SOLID CARBIDE END MILLS Coated Ultra Micro Grain Solid Carbide End Mills with Variable Helix High Volume Cutting with Quality Surface Finish For Steels (up to HRc40), and also Excellent in Stainless Steels YG-1 TOOL CO. 730 Corporate Woods Parkway Vernon Hills, IL 60061 U.S.A PHONE: 800-765-8665, Technical Assistance: 888-868-5988

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Agdavis

Precision Rotary Tables

World-class HAIMER ULTRARONTM and ULTRADEXTM Power Clamp Rotary Tables Shrink Fit Machine Reliable tool changes – Fastest in the Galaxy. Inspection • Radial Milling • Calibration Index Position • Contouring • Circle Division 4th-5th-Axis Machining May 16 - 18, 2017 Come visit us in West Springfield! Booth #5553 Manual and Automatic Systems.

Precision Rotary Tables World-class HAIMER ULTRARONTM and ULTRADEXTM Power Clamp Rotary Tables Shrink Fit Machine Reliable tool changes – Fastest in the Galaxy. Inspection • Radial Milling • Calibration Index Position • Contouring • Circle Division 4th-5th-Axis Machining May 16 - 18, 2017

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Nachiamerica

30%CED

U REDICING PR VTP SERIES PREMIUM VANADIUM GENERAL PURPOSE TAPS Spiral Fluted Taps VTP Series Taps: • Made from HSSE-V for longer tapping action • Steam oxide maximizes the cooling effect to make rigorous tapping easy • Recommended for a wide variety of materials Spiral Pointed Taps.

30%CED U REDICING PR VTP SERIES PREMIUM VANADIUM GENERAL PURPOSE TAPS Spiral Fluted Taps VTP Series Taps: • Made from HSSE-V for longer tapping action

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Gc GibbsCAM®

MACHINIST’S

SAFETY GLASSES. Change your shop’s view of complex jobs. If you’re looking for a powerful CAM software that makes complex jobs seem like a day at the beach, GibbsCAM is YOUR CAM software solution. Solid 2-5 Axis High-Speed Multi-Task Swiss Tombstone Turning Mill/Turn Wire-EDM Modeling Milling Machining Machining Machining Machining.

MACHINIST’S SAFETY GLASSES. Change your shop’s view of complex jobs. If you’re looking for a powerful CAM software that makes complex jobs seem like a day at the beach, GibbsCAM is YOUR CAM software solution. Gc GibbsCAM® 800-654-9399 www.GibbsCAM.com www.3dsystems.com Solid 2-5 Axis High-Speed Multi-Task Swiss Tombstone

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Giisolutions

Rotary Diamond Truing

Upgrade your grinding process with an electric dressing & truing system by G II Solutions, Inc. TURNING OPERATIONS Durable Stands up to Harsh THAT TAKE SHAPE Grinding Environments 2 – 4 Week Machine any shape and size you need Long Lifetime Delivery to precise tolerances in your lathe or mill with Slater Rotary Compact.

Rotary Diamond Truing Upgrade your grinding process with an electric dressing & truing system by G II Solutions, Inc. TURNING OPERATIONS Durable Stands up to Harsh THAT TAKE SHAPE Grinding Environments 2 – 4 Week Machine any shape and size you need Long Lifetime Delivery to precise tolerances in your lathe or mill

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Mikrontool

One shot, one hole

in challenging materials cool tools DIFFICULT MATERIALS EASY DRILLING UP TO 10XD – all stainless steels – Inconel, Hastelloy & Co. – CrCo-alloys HIGH PERFORMANCE IN SMALL DIMENSIONS – decreased machining time – increased tool life – high process reliability – diameters from 1 mm (.039“) Booth 5426 MIKRON CORP MONROE Monroe, CT 06468.

One shot, one hole in challenging materials cool tools DIFFICULT MATERIALS EASY DRILLING UP TO 10XD – all stainless steels – Inconel, Hastelloy & Co. – CrCo-alloys HIGH PERFORMANCE IN SMALL DIMENSIONS

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Cutting Tool Engineering

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Takumi USA | TAKUMIUSA.com | 844.302.3792 | [email protected]

Double Anchored Ball Screw

Absolute Encoders Nationwide service and support network The Takumi USA Showroom and Service Center in Indianapolis Visit us EASTEC 2017 – Booth # 1034 Amerimold 2017 – Booth # 1015 7220 Winton Drive Indianapolis, IN 46268.

Double Anchored Ball Screw Absolute Encoders Nationwide service and support network The Takumi USA Showroom and Service Center in Indianapolis Visit us EASTEC 2017 – Booth # 1034 Amerimold 2017 – Booth # 1015 Takumi USA | TAKUMIUSA.com | 844.302.3792 | [email protected] 7220 Winton Drive Indianapolis, IN 46268

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Kyoceraprecisiontools

VULCAN

Compression End Mills for Routing Composites Composite Routing with the VULCAN The VULCAN compression end mill is designed with up cut and down cut flutes to compress the composite material preventing delamination. The spiral flute design creates a shearing action to cleanly cut the fibers. Utilizing a positive rake angle, the compression end mill makes quick sharp.

VULCAN Compression End Mills for Routing Composites Composite Routing with the VULCAN The VULCAN compression end mill is designed with up cut and down cut flutes to compress the composite material preventing delamination. The spiral flute design creates a shearing action to cleanly cut the fibers. Utilizing a positive rake angle, the compression end mill makes quick sharp cuts minimizing heat and preventing the formation of resin burrs. Prevents Resin Burring Compresses

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