Cutting Tools & Tooling

Allen Benjamin Inc. has introduced a line of high performance, application-specific HSSE spiral-flute pipe taps.

Coherent Inc. has expanded its family of industrial ultrafast lasers with the Talisker HE series, whose high energy pulses reportedly enable drilling, cutting and scribing of thicker materials than with other ultrafast lasers.

Mikron Tool SA Agno says it has achieved a quantum leap in milling of stainless steel, titanium, chrome-cobalt alloys and superalloys with the CrazyMill Cool.

Emuge Corp. announced the introduction of an extensive, expanded thread milling program for oil and gas manufacturing applications, including a new line of solid carbide thread mills and insert thread milling systems.

In parting, or cut-off, operations, the objective is to efficiently and securely separate one part of the workpiece from the other. To achieve this, a straight cut is made to a depth that equals the radius of a bar, or workpiece.

A portable pneumatic saw with a pipe trolley system for accurately square cutting ductile iron concrete lined pipe from 6" to 60" in diameter is available from ESCO Tool.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 334 Aluminum Oval Tubular Handles, in inch and metric sizes.

Walter USA LLC has announced a series of new insert geometries for turning that bring higher levels of productivity to a range of difficult applications.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. has introduced the uncoated BN7500 CBN Grade for high precision and high efficiency machining of powdered metal.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. adds MESI Chipbreaker for Swiss-style turning and small parts machining.

Sandvik Coromant Co. has expanded the CoroMill 176 range of full profile hobs for spur gears, helical gears and splines to incorporate module 3-10 applications.

Rigibore announced that it is entering the small-hole boring market.