Machining

Products • July 29, 2020

MEAS High-Efficiency Milling Cutters

The MEAS provides you with a broad range of applications from facing, shouldering, slotting, and profiling to pocketing, ramping and plunging. The sharp insert designs feature Kyocera's proprietary hydrogen-free DLC coated PDL025 grade to maintain excellent wear resistance in aluminum.

Articles • July 28, 2020 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Finding the source of chatter

The Grinding Doc offers a simple test to determine the cause of chatter.

Products • July 23, 2020

Norton Winter Ironclad Wheels

Norton Winter Ironclad Wheels offer several additional benefits including reduced downtime due to longer wheel life which extends time between setups. There is less bluing of castings even towards the end of the wheel life. Promoting a cleaner, healthier work environment, the new wheels generate significantly less dust and odor compared with traditional bonded wheels.

Articles • July 21, 2020 • Holly B. Martin

Tool coatings covered

Many toolmakers have reasons to bring coating capabilities in-house.

Products • July 21, 2020

SintoGrind HSS-X 1400 Grinding Fluid

SintoGrind HSS-X 1400 is suitable for flute-, thread-, profile-, internal and external cylindrical grinding of steel materials such as HSS, PM and medical steels. SintoGrind HSS-X 1400 is low foaming, prevents surface burning, inhibits burr development, is low misting and offers excellent filterability.

Products • July 21, 2020

MC025 Advance and MD025 Supreme Solid Carbide Milling Cutters

The MC025 Advance is available in diameters from 1/8-1 in. (1-25 mm). A single grade is offered for universal applications for steel, stainless steel, cast iron and materials with difficult cutting properties as well as its ability to lower inventory costs.The MD025 Supreme solid carbide milling cutter boasts a high number of teeth for maximum productivity and high-feed face geometry. It is ideal for use on complex components.

Products • July 21, 2020

LTA Filtration Systems

Electrostatic or mechanical filtration systems with an efficiency factor of over 99.9% improve production conditions by reliably protecting employees in their places of work. Reusuable, low-maintenance filter elements increase the sustainability and cost effectiveness for the entire production chain.n

Products • July 18, 2020

Diamond PCD, CVD-T, and PCBN Turning Inserts

The diamond PCBN inserts deliver high-precision performance and excellent surface finish in materials including hardened and heat-treated steels up to 72 HRc, high speed steel (HSS), high alloyed steels hardened to 45 HRc and higher, super Ni based alloys, grey cast iron, ductile, and graphite.

Products • July 17, 2020

Feed Unit and Controller Package

The MQ150SU is a sealed unit version of the company's popular MQ150, featuring an internal synthetic lubrication system and grease packed bearings for long life and operation in any position. The feed unit uses a ball screw on the center line of a hardened, precision, 55mm diameter quill. It is precision ground, pre-loaded with zero backlash. An involute spline driven spindle uses EP7 high precision bearings and the unit features an HSK-32C Spindle nose supplied connection with clamping cartridge assembly.n

Videos • July 16, 2020

New Light Cutting Face Mill Increases Productivity in Low HP Machines

Tungaloy's TungEight-Mill face milling cutter is for extremely light cutting with low power consumption, perfect for low rigidity and low horsepower machines with a BT-30 connection. TungEight-Mill incorporates single-sided positive inserts with eight economical cutting edges for heavy roughing to mirror finishing of various material faces.

Videos • July 16, 2020

OSG high-feed, three-flute carbide coolant-through drill

The A Brand ADO-TRS from OSG USA Inc. is a high-feed, three-flute carbide coolant-through drill. Patented geometry permits stable chip ejection even with less chip pocket space, which is inherent in three-flute drills.

Videos • July 16, 2020

Vollmer VHybrid 360 for grinding & eroding

Do you want to grind carbide tools and erode PCD tools with high productivity? The new VHybrid 360 from Vollmer of America Corp. combines the strengths of an innovative grinding machine and a proven, powerful erosion machine.