Milling

Videos • March 4, 2020

Tormach 1100M: Making a Mold for a Carbon Fiber Corvette Intake

Are you looking for a dedicated prototyping CNC mill that allows you to keep your moneymakers running production?

Products • February 26, 2020

Robot Easy 800

Workpieces with a maximum weight of 800kg and a size of up to Ø850 mm x 1,000 mm can be loaded onto the machine tool safely and reliably. The Robot Easy 800 is optimally suitable for moving pallets from our EROWA MTS system, which are predominantly used for milling and grinding.

Products • February 21, 2020

JC899 Hybrid Stack Finisher and JC898 Rougher

For aerospace shops struggling with holemaking and milling operations in hybrid stacked materials, the new JC899 Hybrid Stack finisher and JC898 rougher from Seco Tools are ideal solutions. The finisher, JC899, features a patented two-in-one geometry that eliminates problems with delamination and fiber pulling out when working with stacked materials such as carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) combined with titanium or aluminum.

Products • February 14, 2020

MS32-6 Multiple-Spindle Automatic Lathe

INDEX has announced the launch of its next generation MS32-6 multiple-spindle automatic lathe. This newest version of the six-spindle machine brings the benefits of multispindle technology to a broader range of applications thanks to a flexible tool slide platform that greatly reduces changeover times.

Videos • February 13, 2020

ARCH Cutting Tools — Your complete tool making authority

ARCH Cutting Tools continues to focus on their commitment to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Backed by a talented line up of experienced engineers to assist you in creating personalized custom tool solutions and fueled with an ever increasing standard, stocked high performance offering of cutting tools and holders.

Products • February 12, 2020

hyperMILL 2020.1 CAD/CAM Software Suite

Open Mind Technologies has introduced hyperMILL 2020.1, a new version of its advanced, comprehensive CAD/CAM software suite. In addition to powerful 3D and 5-axis machining enhancements for complex part manufacture, the new version increases ease-of-use and overall programming performance, and includes key new automation and additive manufacturing strategies.

Products • February 10, 2020

Laser Line Ultra

As products grow thinner and lighter to meet the needs of the electronics, medical and micromechanics industries, United Grinding and Ewag have developed the Laser Line Ultra for machining the incredibly precise microtools required for these applications. Specializing in the laser fabrication of cutting tools made of hard and ultrahard materials such as tungsten carbide, PCD, chemical vapor deposition diamond and CBN, the Laser Line Ultra uses an 8-axis configuration and picosecond lasers to machine complex micro geometries in cutting tools regardless of the material's hardness and with negligible heat-affected zones.

Articles • January 21, 2020 • Brandt Taylor

Milling setup tricks

Learn how to use a milling vise to clamp a casting with a curved-surface datum.

Products • January 21, 2020

Tung-AluMill Indexable Shoulder Milling Cutters

Tungaloy has expanded its Tung-AluMill line of indexable shoulder milling cutters to include an insert with a 2.5 mm (0.1") nose radii.

Products • January 13, 2020

SURFCAM 2020.1 CAM Software

The latest release of SURFCAM features toolpath associativity for the facemill cycle, the option to extend the solution's parallel lace toolpath, enhanced additive undercutting, and a total of about 30 updates. Alongside the new SURFCAM 2020.1, the optional CAD for CAM Designer module has now replaced Part Modeler.

Videos • January 10, 2020

Only One Focus: Getting the Job Done

The video proves the point—YG-1's ONLY ONE end mill provides superior cutting performance to cut where others can't. Watch how coated carbide breaks down halfway through the cut and witness how HSS CO8 can't stand the heat and stops dead in its tracks. And when it comes to unstable cutting conditions, the coated PM 60 ONLY ONE, stands up where brittle carbide breaks down. Need a tool to handle tough materials—see how the ONLY ONE can be your best investment at up to 30% less than the cost of carbide.nn

Articles • December 13, 2019 • Luke Pollock

Getting to know the lead angle

The lead angle of an indexable facemill is a trait that greatly impacts the way a cutter performs and the appropriate applications for a tool.