Milling

Kennametal announced its latest innovation in high-velocity aluminum roughing, the KOR 5 solid-carbide endmill. With this 5-flute endmill table feed rates increase up to 66% compared to commonly used 3-flute tools—redefining productivity for aircraft manufacturers and their suppliers.

Open Mind has added to the hyperMILL CAD/CAM suite: One of the world's leading CAD/CAM solutions for satisfying the requirements of industrial 3D printing processes has been further complemented by hyperMILL ADDITIVE Manufacturing. As a universal software solution, hyperMILL – together with this option will provide efficient hybrid processing with simultaneous additive and subtractive processing on one single machine.

A drill, a milling cutter, an ultimate machining strategy with perfectly tuned parameters; this is needed, when machining medical screws made from titanium or stainless steels. Mikron Tool developed a turnkey solution, which simultaneously does the machining of hex lobular bone screws (better known as Torx) 50% faster, guaranteeing also a high degree of precision of the profile and achieving nearly burr-free results.

Walter has introduced the M4130, a shoulder milling cutter that reduces costs through its ability to use Walter's universal M4000 system inserts in a variety of different applications. It's soft cutting action makes the M4130 shoulder milling cutter ideal for roughing operations involving steel, cast iron, stainless steels and materials with difficult cutting properties.

The most recent addition to the expanded Niagara Cutter Stabilizer product family, the ST540 5-flute endmill enhances performance and versatility. The STS540, STSN540, STR540, STRN540 and STRCS540 family of solid-carbide endmills offers complete solutions for machining processes ranging from slot milling to side mill finishing, as well as those involving up to 40% radial stepovers for fast material removal thanks to strong cutting edges and full eccentric reliefs.

Allied Machine & Engineering releases its free mobile app, Solution Hub, available for download on both the Apple Store and Google Play. The app is a fresh-faced expansion of the original Allied Machine app, now reimagined as a centralized "hub" of Allied product information and holemaking solutions. Solution Hub offers quick access to free online utilities, videos, tap drill charts, operation manuals, technical guides and digital catalogs for drilling, boring, threading, reaming, roller-burnishing and other operations. With its sleek design, customers get all the essential components of Allied Machine's website in a mobile-friendly layout for easier, on-the-go navigation.

Tungaloy is adding new insert radius sizes to its TungUniversalSlot and TecTangentialSlot slot milling cutter series.

Diamond-coated carbide tools are perfect for the cost-effective machining of abrasive materials such as graphite and composites. With its extensive range of HSC milling cutters, tool manufacturer Inovatools offers its HQ line for a diverse range of applications. Thanks to specially modified geometries and an ultrasmooth diamond coating, the high-precision HSC milling cutters can be used for machining composite materials and creating even highly complex 3D contours of the kind found on graphite molds and electrodes.

The M2028/M2029 octagon facemilling cutters from Walter delivers high feed rates and lower tooling costs for a wide variety of roughing and finishing applications, thanks in large measure to their stable, negative, double-sided inserts that feature 16 cutting edges.

Tungaloy is expanding its DoTwistBall line of copy milling cutters to include additional diameters of shell mills. DoTwistBall is designed to ensure maximum machining reliability during complex 3D milling processes.

Walter has released the TC620 Supreme thread milling cutter, enabling threading that combines maximum productivity with superior process reliability. Its multiple-row concept with its lower cutting forces not only reduces machine time and wear, but also improves process reliability and handling, even with demanding materials.

ISCAR has introduced T-FACE, a new family of tools for applications that require small to mid-diameter face mills (1.25", 1.50" & 2.00").