Drilling & Boring

News • October 1, 2014

Walter USA adds indexable insert specials

Toolmaker Walter USA LLC, Waukesha, Wis., has expanded its Walter Xpress line to include specials with the addition of indexable insert tools for drilling, boring and counterboring. Using customer-specific parameters for drilling and boring applications, including diameter, number of steps (up to three), step lengths, chamfer angles, relevant cutting tool material options, insert shapes, machine features and cooling, the Walter configuration system designs the required tool and generates comprehensive documentation, including a 3D model.

Products • October 1, 2014

PrimeBore Boring Starter Kit

Wohlhaupter Corp. has introduced its PrimeBore precision boring head in kit form.

Videos • September 21, 2014

THINBIT Kaiser Tool Co. celebrates 50th anniversary

Interview with THINBIT Kaiser Tool Co. at IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 21, 2014

Heule Tools celebrates 25 years

Heule Tools Corp., which celebrated its 25th anniversary at IMTS 2014, introduced two new products at the semi-annual trade show event. Gary Brown, president of Heule Tools Corp., North America, describes a new drilling line and the company's new counterbore tool said to be capable of creating back spot faces of more than 2x diameter.

Videos • September 14, 2014

Allied tailgates at IMTS 2014

Take a tour of the Allied Machine & Engineering Corp. booth decked out with a tailgating theme for IMTS 2014 at Chicago's McCormick Place. The company featured its APX deep-hole drilling system, which uses a fixed series body with various heads that determine the cutting diameter. There are 10 series to cover the diameter range from 1.500" to 4.000" and depths up to 10 diameters deep.

Videos • September 12, 2014

Multitask horizontal boring mills

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

Articles • August 1, 2014

Metalworking barometer headed up?

IMTS serves as a convenient benchmark for the health of the U.S. metalworking industry, allowing comparisons with the last go-round, and the ones before that.

Articles • May 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Strong finishers

When selecting a boring or reaming tool to finish a hole, the application is everything.

Articles • April 1, 2014

Hot stuff: U.S. energy market in overdrive as shale drilling booms

In 2013, the U.S. passed Russia as the world's leading producer of oil and gas and became a net oil exporter for the first time in decades -- all thanks to shale.

Articles • March 1, 2014 • Evan Jones Thorne

The tip line

New applications expand the range of replaceable-tip drills.

Articles • March 1, 2014 • Thomas Van Hersh

Up in the valley

Valley Tool invests in high-performance machine tools to effectively compete and grow.

Videos • February 22, 2014

Increasing deep-hole drilling penetration rates

Allied's new APX drill takes deep hole drilling to a new level. Designed to take advantage of the available power at higher spindle speeds, the APX Drill keeps the deep holes going.