Machining

END USER: D&G Precision Manufacturing Inc., (920) 477-3609, www.dgmfg.com. CHALLENGE: Decrease cycle times when milling aluminum forgings. SOLUTION: Two-flute solid-carbide endmills.

END USER: Bolton Aerospace Inc., (860) 649-2727. CHALLENGE: Reduce rough machining time. SOLUTION: A combination of high-performance, solid-carbide endmills.

Should you outsource tool sharpening or do it in-house?

Tools for finishing intersecting holes.

Custom tools help aerospace part makers meet demanding specs.

What's a good speed when cylindrical OD traverse grinding? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, worries less about the speed, more about the percentage of the wheel being used to do the roughing in the 6th episode of the video series.

Eurotech Elite's new Trofeo series offers a design that delivers efficient and fast production of complex components, using live tools, C-axis and Y-axis.

A milling cutter from Mikron Corp. Monroe is for back chamfer milling of small contours and bores, starting from 0.4mm in diameter. The company recommends conventional milling in two steps to avoid secondary burrs.

The new SINO-R from Schunk Inc. is a maintenance free toolholder especially well suited for rough milling.

Marking Tools has launched of a new programmable marking machine line.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has expanded its turning tool line to include HSK T63 tooling for multitask machines. The line offers modular turning tools for mill/turn applications in either a 45° tilt style or a 90° right-angle style.

Makino Inc. announces the new F-Series vertical machining center designed to provide stiffness and rigidity for chatter-free cutting, agility for high-speed and hard milling and accuracies for tight tolerance blends and matches typical of complex, 3-D contoured geometry associated with die/mold and medical production.