Cutting Tools & Tooling

Products • June 27, 2017

Solid-Carbide Endmills for Trochoidal Milling

Emuge Corp. has introduced a new line of solid-carbide endmills with geometry and chipbreakers designed specifically for trochoidal milling. Emuge's new Trochoidal endmills provide increased metal-removal rates of more than 30 percent, fewer toolpaths and longer tool life, while enabling a high axial depth of cut of up to 4XD. The Trochoidal endmill series was developed specifically for advanced milling strategies available in modern CAM software to optimize the calculation of milling paths and avoid unproductive tool motion.

News • June 26, 2017 • Alfredo Barragan

A cutting tool game changer

Pinch grinding offers aggressive material-removal rates, excellent concentricity and low part runout when prepping cutting tool blanks.

Products • June 26, 2017

PCD Fine-Pitch-Tooth Facemill

Kanefusa USA Inc. says its fine-pitch-tooth PCD facemill realizes high-speed feeding and high productivity when milling aluminum surfaces. The tool offers high-quality cutting with precision sharpened edges.

Products • June 21, 2017

DoFeed Series Grade AH8015 Inserts

Tungaloy Corp. is continuously expanding its DoFeed series. The latest addition includes inserts in grade AH8015.

Products • June 16, 2017

WorkNC 2017 R2 CAD/CAM Software

Vero Software has launched the latest version of WorkNC, a specialized CAD/CAM software package for 2- to 5- axis machining. WorkNC 2017 R2 takes advantage of the latest improvements made to the Vero Software Waveform Roughing strategy.

Products • June 15, 2017

PCBN Insert Grades

Seco Tools has expanded its family of PCBN insert grades to cover the entire spectrum of hard turning applications. Using a new bimodal substrate and nanolaminate coating process, these new inserts extend tool life and increase productivity in a broader range of applications.

Products • June 14, 2017

Super Speed Tip Drill Bits

Walter Surface Technologies announces the introduction of SST (Super Speed Tip) drill bits in the United States.

Articles • June 13, 2017 • Alan Richter

Routing new composite materials requires new solutions

As new composite materials are developed, parts manufacturers face new challenges when routing them. Fortunately, cutting tool manufacturers continually develop new solutions so parts manufacturers are not forced to cut tomorrow's composites with outdated routers.

News • June 13, 2017

ARNO USA adds tech engineering support for Midwest

ARNO USA, Harvard, Ill., has hired Kevin S. McCabe as the company's new Regional Technical Support Engineer for the Midwest region of the country. McCabe will provide technical sales, engineering and training activities for ARNO USA's range of cutting tools over a four-state territory that includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri.

News • June 13, 2017

Star Cutter Co. marks 90th anniversary

The Star Cutter Co., Farmington Hills, Mich., plans to mark its 90th anniversary throughout 2017 by reflecting on the company's past and future. Founded in 1927 by Howard B. Lawton and Frank Burgess, Star Cutter is a fourth-generation, family owned business and one of the oldest Michigan-based manufacturing companies.

Products • June 9, 2017

VISI 2017 R2 Software for Mold and Die Makers

The latest release of VISI, Vero Software's specialist mold and die solution, delivers a number of user experience enhancements and addresses an issue that is often neglected, but that can have an important effect on the final shape of a formed sheet-metal component. When the sheet metal part is removed from the die and the forming forces released, material elasticity will cause the part geometry to experience springback. The new Springback prediction functionality in VISI 2017 R2 is designed to reduce the time and cost of a typical trial and error approach to solving this long-standing industry issue.

Products • June 2, 2017

DoTriple-Mill Series Inserts

Tungaloy Corp. is expanding its DoTriple-Mill series to include pressed-to-size inserts in Class M dimensional tolerance, to further strengthen its position in the facemilling market. DoTriple-Mill is Tungaloy's latest facemill series, in which any set of square, octagonal or round inserts can be fit on a single cutter body.