Machining

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.

Hardinge Inc. has released the T-42 Super-Precision turning centers.

Dapra Corp. has expanded its Toroid Rhino-Carb CNC-pressed insert line with a new cutting edge geometry. Available for round and octagonal inserts, the new neutral ("N") cutting edge provides smoother cutting action for steels, irons and many stainless steels when compared to Dapra's stronger T-Land insert edge, according to the company.

Achieve economy through production performance with Seco Tool Inc.'s new Jabro-Solid2 (Solid Square) carbide milling cutters available in sizes from 1/8" to 1".

Helical Solutions is introducing the H40ALV and H40ALV-RN, representing a major expansion of its aluminum endmill series.

Shop Operations column by Frank Marlow.

Ask the Grinding Doc column by Dr. Jeffrey Badger.

Manager's Desk column by Keith Jennings.

Using an independent laboratory to test different coolants can provide the impartial data needed to make the right choice for machining titanium.