Machining

Products • June 12, 2020

ENMX High-Feed Mill 4

The unique thickness of the YG-1 ENMX insert offers a series of benefits. First, YG-1 makes the inserts 20-25% thicker than others on the market. This allows normal flank wear to develop without encroaching on the secondary edge and results in full use of all four edges for a more economical solution.n

Articles • June 10, 2020 • David McHenry

Toolholders a critical connector

Match toolholders with the correct application to maximize performance.

Articles • June 9, 2020 • John Saunders

When full-diameter steel slotting is the only option

ProvenCut recipe 551 shows how to achieve a high material removal rate while maintaining a reliable cut.

Articles • June 8, 2020 • William Leventon

What is a Collet? Types, Uses, and Design Explained

Discover the essential guide to collets: what they are, how they work, their types, and maintenance. Learn about collet applications, advantages, and comparisons to other toolholding systems.

Products • June 5, 2020

Pressure Sensing Digital Flowmeters

Each meter ships with the necessary hardware and tools for installation including drill bit, drill guide, and hex wrenches. The Pressure Sensing feature is available on 2 inch and 50 millimeter or larger flowmeters. They are available in standard units which display airflow values on a bright LED screen, with optional data logger to capture and manipulate the data. The pressure signal is also available through optional wired and wireless serial outputs. Airflow values are expressed in Standard Cubic Feet per Minute or Cubic Meters per Hour.

Products • June 4, 2020

BoreMeister Series Setting Device

Setting the tool to the correct center height is one of the important factors to achieve the right dimension tolerances and surface integrity of the component. The new setting device enables easy, systematic, and accurate settings of tool center height. Its serrated interface with a magnetic locator in the center makes attachment and detachment to the tool body easy and accurate. The setting device comes in two sizes: AVC-SET16-25 covers BoreMeister diameters 16, 20, and 25 mm and AVC-SET32-60 diameters 32, 40, 50, and 60 mm.

Products • June 4, 2020

Mastercam 2021 CAD/CAM Software

Mastercam 2021 increases machining productivity and reduces overall production costs with faster and more flexible multiaxis improvements, improvements in turning and turning-related applications, advances in speed, safety, and much more. n

Articles • June 2, 2020 • Stas Mylek

Software evolves with industry

Lab testing and outside-the-box thinking are uncovering novel approaches to difficult machining challenges.

Products • June 1, 2020

DrillForce-Meister Line With Smaller Drill Diameters

DrillForce-Meister incorporates a unique seat design that enables easy and swift drill head exchanges, while maximizing the clamping security, making drilling easy on curved surfaces, inclined exits, or components with a stability problem. The seat is designed with a maximum possible contact surface to hold the drill head in place for secure stability during demanding large-diameter bore drilling with the IT9-IT10 hole tolerance.

Products • June 1, 2020

BXA10 CBN Grade

BXA10 incorporates a crater-wear-resistant PcBN substrate and the latest multilayer PVD coating for edge toughness, enhancing the grade's wear and fracture resistance. The latest development will provide improved productivity, tool life, and surface integrity in continuous to light interrupted cuts at high cutting speeds of drive shafts, gears, and other case hardened or induction hardened steel parts common in automotive industries.

Products • June 1, 2020

SMIRT 2021 Automated Milling Strategies

Enhancements to the Page Manager have improved toolpath management. These include the ability to create named groups and functions for copying and modifying existing toolpaths, which speeds up the process of creating finish paths that use the same tool set-up as the rough paths.

Products • June 1, 2020

ESPRIT With Additive Direct Energy Deposition (DED) Cycles

The DP Technology teams are proud to announce the very first commercial version of ESPRIT that includes additive direct energy deposition (DED) cycles. ESPRIT's additive capabilities are the product of the team's more than 35 years of experience in toolpath generations, and they include the same intuitive user interface that users expect from the software. The product release includes 3-axis, 4-axis, and 5-axis DED support. Combined with the subtractive processes and embedded into a single software, DP Technology brings a full spectrum of support to hybrid manufacturing.