Milling

Products • October 13, 2012

Tiger-tec Silver-coated Drilling Inserts

Walter USA LLC has announced that Tiger-tec Silver, its high-performance aluminum oxide coating that has been boosting the productivity of its milling and turning inserts, is now available for its Xtra-tec Insert Drills as well.

Videos • October 9, 2012

Milling around with Kennametal

Scott Etling, manager of Global Product Management for Kennametal Inc.'s indexable milling products, discussed the company's Dodeka face mills and Rodeka copy mills for a CTEplus video report shot during IMTS 2012.

Articles • October 1, 2012

Suggestions for improving manual mills

Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton offers some suggestions for improving the design of manual milling machines in the October 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • October 1, 2012

Reasons for stable milling zones

In his October 2012 Machine Technology column, Dr. Scott Smith, professor at the William States Lee College of Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, outlines the reasons stable milling zones appear the way they do.

Articles • October 1, 2012

Smartly automating a VMC

END USER: K-Fab Inc., (408) 727-5311, www.k-fabinc.com. CHALLENGE: Increase spindle utilization for a vertical machining center while reducing labor requirements. SOLUTION: A nonrobotic automation system for VMCs. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Simons Design Innovation, (408) 398-3296, www.simonsdesigninnovation.com

Articles • October 1, 2012 • Alan Richter

Get groning

This Look Ahead item features a CNC gear honing machine that uses a honing wheel with external teeth and reduces the number of process stages.

Products • September 13, 2012

Mikron HEM 800 VMC

With its new MIKRON HEM 800 three-axis vertical machining center, GF AgieCharmilles says it brings an excellent price/performance ratio to the high-precision production of medium to large-sized parts for several different industries, from aerospace to electronics to mold and die.

Products • September 13, 2012

Blaxx Shoulder Mill

Walter USA LLC has introduced Blaxx, a new shoulder mill that reportedly combines precision, high metal removal rates and process reliability in a single tool, with a high-gloss black finish that is both wear and corrosion resistant.

Articles • September 1, 2012 • Susan Woods

Thread milling, simplified

Thread milling may seem exotic, but any shop can do it.

Products • August 13, 2012

VTC 5000

MAG IAS LLC shipped its first VTC 5000 to a U.S. manufacturer of power generation equipment.

Products • August 13, 2012

VISI 20

Due to be made available in September from Vero Software, VISI 20 is a substantial release with many new features in all areas of the product, providing further solutions for mold, tool and die makers.

Products • August 13, 2012

U6 Portal Mill

One of MAG's newest product developments, the giant 6-axis U6 bridge-type portal mill, is completing its runoff in Hebron, KY, prior to shipping later this year.