Cutting Tools & Tooling

Microcut Inc.'s line of miniature carbide endmills are from 0.002" to 0.125" (0.051mm to 3.175mm) in diameter and are available with long shanks and long reaches. The company offers AlTiN- and diamond-coated endmills and special rotary cutting tools, including thread mills, keyseat cutters, double-angle cutters, microdrills, spotting drills and dovetail cutters.

Mil-Tec Inc. says its Freedom Cutter low-profile, indexable milling system offers the value and performance of the standard Freedom Cutter but has less mass and half the weight. It is ideal for single-pass finishing on 40-taper CNC machines and small milling machines. The low-profile cutter accepts all standard Freedom Cutter inserts.

OSG USA Inc. offers the EXOPRO AERO-D-REAM drill/reamer for cutting carbon and glass-fiber composites. The tool has a tapered 4-flute design to limit peel-up at the hole entrance and an elongated, double-angle geometry to reduce thrust and limit exit delamination.

Heule Tool Corp.'s VEX-P tool combines a replaceable, solid-carbide, high-performance drill tip and the company's SNAP chamfering system to enable drilling and front and back chamfering in one operation. The cutting geometry creates short chips when machining steel, aluminum and other long-chipping materials and has a helix gullet for chip evacuation.

Monolith extended-reach endmills from Ultra-Tool International Inc. have overall lengths up to 12" (304.8mm); runout at that length is 0.0003" (0.0076mm). SmoothFlute variable-helix, 5-flute, 45°-helix and roughing styles are available, as well as 2- and 3-flute tools for cutting aluminum.

Walter USA LLC offers a solid-carbide, through-coolant drill for ISO-P and ISO-K materials. The design allows coolant flow to encompass the entire drill point, producing optimal cooling of both the drill and the tool/workpiece interface, according to the company. Controlling the coolant flow contributes to fine surface finishes, helping users avoid reworking holes.

Millstar's Quad Force Machining carbide cutting tools provide four cutting actions in one tool. The series uses advanced chipmaking technology that combines geometries for high-speed machining, trochoidal machining, plunge milling, and slide and slot milling, according to the company. The tools are suitable for cutting soft or hard tool and die steel, stainless steel and titanium.

Mikron Corp. Monroe provides cutting tools from 0.004" (0.1mm) to 0.25" (6.0mm) in diameter for machining stainless steel, titanium, chrome-cobalt and high-temperature alloys. These include the CrazyDrill Twicenter with through-coolant ducts for centering, the CrazyMill Cool through-coolant milling cutter, the CrazyMill Chamfer deburring tools and the CrazyDrill Inox drill, which is available with or without through-coolant.

Iscar Metals Inc. offers Heli IQ Mill inserts for numerous milling applications across a variety of industrial sectors. The three helical cutting edges reduce cutting forces and power consumption, according to the company. The inserts are now available in cermet for machining medium to hard materials, are peripherally ground for milling stainless steel, and are ground sharp and diamond-polished for cutting aluminum.

FMT beveling tools from Fastenal Co. are for cutting inside and outside bevels, pipe beveling, countersinking and generating radius paint edges. The spark-free, heat-free tools enable users to make head changes in 30 seconds. The electric FMT Bevel Mate is capable of bevel depths up to ½" (12.7mm), and the pneumatic FMT Bevel Mite is capable of bevel depths up to ¼" (6.4mm).

Seco Tools LLC offers PCD05- and PCD20-grade PCD-tipped milling inserts for its Turbo 10 cutter bodies. The inserts are suitable for cutting aluminum, titanium, polymers and fiber-reinforced composites. When used with carbide inserts, the PCD-tipped inserts act as wiper inserts in fixed pockets.