Machining

Products • February 29, 2016

MITGI Thread Mills

Midwest Industrial Tool Grinding Inc. (MITGI) expanded its standard line to include more than 280 thread mills. The tools are available uncoated or with an AlTiN coating. The line includes single-flute, NPTF full-form straight or helical, NPT full-form straight or helical, UN full-form straight or helical, and metric full-form straight or helical thread mills. Specials can be ordered.

Products • February 29, 2016

Custom tools

Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp. designs cutting tools to fit any spindle in any machine tool. It offers tools for end facing, profile form turning, endmilling, step drilling, thread milling and key seating. According to the company, this high level of expertise and specialization is available to manufacturers seeking to enhance productivity in the aerospace, automotive and medical fields.

Products • February 29, 2016

HGW series tools

G.W. Schultz Tool Inc.'s HGW series tools are available with four, five or seven flutes and are for machining high-temperature alloys, tool steel and most stainless steel alloys. Designed for high-efficiency machining, the nACo-coated tools are suitable for full slotting, climb milling and dry cutting with a high feed. According to the company, customers increased tool life 10 to 30 percent while spending 5 to 30 percent less money.

Products • February 29, 2016

GC4305-grade insert

Sandvik Coromant Co. says the GC4305-grade insert maximizes metal-removal rates, shortens processing times and enhances component quality when turning steel. It is made of a heat-resistant cutting material that is suitable for dry machining, which is ideal for automotive part manufacturers that seek to avoid the stresses tools experience as a result of temperature fluctuations. The insert features the company's wear-resistant Inveio coating.

Products • February 29, 2016

ADDER universal endmills

Cobra Carbide Inc.'s ADDER universal endmills have a 40° helix and a variable-flute geometry. According to the company, the endmills enable chatter-free milling in hard, ferrous materials and impart fine surface finishes. The coatings reportedly allow users to dramatically increase feeds and speeds, take deeper DOCs and extend tool life.

Products • February 29, 2016

Mikron microtools

Mikron Corp. Monroe provides cutting tools from 0.004" (0.1mm) to 0.25" (6.0mm) in diameter for machining stainless steel, titanium, chrome-cobalt and high-temperature alloys. These include the CrazyDrill Twicenter with through-coolant ducts for centering, the CrazyMill Cool through-coolant milling cutter, the CrazyMill Chamfer deburring tools and the CrazyDrill Inox drill, which is available with or without through-coolant. The tools impart fine surface finishes, making secondary operations unnecessary, according to the company.

Products • February 26, 2016

MU-4000V vertical machining center

Okuma America, Charlotte, N.C., recently introduced the MU-4000V, a 5-axis vertical machining center said to be ideal for 5-axis multi-sided machining within the aerospace and die/mold industries. The MU-4000V reportedly offers high-speed, process intensive machining combined with turning and 5-axis multitasking machining.

Products • February 26, 2016

Diamond Burnishing Tools

Diamond burnishing is ideal for a variety of parts and ductile metals under 40 HRC, including steel, stainless steel, aluminum and cast iron. A cast iron shaft which started at a preburnished 67 Ra microinch surface finish yielded a 10 Ra microinch finish with a 0.0005" material compression in a single pass at 750 sfm.

Products • February 25, 2016

Palmgren Combination Bench Lathe and Mill

Precision, power and versatility enable the Palmgren Combination Bench Lathe and Mill to handle a wide range of turning operations normally associated with larger machines, according to a recent company news release.

Products • February 25, 2016

Cranfield Precision TTG Machine

Fives says the new Cranfield Precision TTG machine is a radically new concept. While conventional machine tool platforms use stacked linear axes as the primary motion control system, the Cranfield Precision range coordinates two rotary axes and a short linear axis in a "twin-turret" design.

Products • February 25, 2016

Precision Solid Carbide and PCD Cutting Tools

GenSwiss, Westfield, Mass., recently partnered with Louis Belet SA to become the exclusive North American representative for Louis Belet precision carbide cutting tools and PCD-tipped milling tools, according to a Feb. 17 news release from Genevieve Swiss Industries Inc.

Products • February 24, 2016

BIG Kaiser expands Smart Damper line

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Co., Hoffman Estates, Ill., recently introduced two new precision boring heads with a patented damping system to eliminate vibration in deep-hole finish boring, according to a company news release.