Cutting Tools & Tooling

Techno CNC Routers introduces the Braille Insertion Tool. According to the company, it's the easiest way to automate any Braille sign-making business instantly.

Nothing is more fundamental to successful manufacturing than ensuring that parts are not marred, scratched or otherwise damaged during the manufacturing process. That is why Fixtureworks makes available a wide range of rollers and bumpers from Fairlane Products, all designed to protect parts ranging from those that are delicate or fragile to those that are heavy or unusually shaped.

END USER: Bear Manufacturing LLC, (832) 272-1245. CHALLENGE: Eliminate insert corner failure when ID turning Inconel 725 parts. SOLUTION: An advanced carbide insert grade and geometry. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Sandvik Coromant Co., (800) SANDVIK, www.sandvik.coromant.com/us

Knuth Machine Tools USA Inc. carries a variety of machines, including high performance bandsaws with automatic feed. The ABS 320C is a fully automated bandsaw with a twin column guide system.

As the aerospace, automotive and mold and die industries trend toward monolithic components and large structures, there is a growing need for large-travel machining centers. To accommodate large-volume machining, Haas Automation Inc. has expanded the capacity of its EC-1600 horizontal machining center with an additional 10" of Y-axis travel.

Pat Mooney Inc., The Saw Company announces a new addition to its FMB line of automatic band saws, the Pegasus CNC.

Seco Tools Inc. has added Combimaster heads to its line of Square 6 square shoulder milling cutters.

Iscar Metals Inc. says it has improved its line of CUT-GRIP and HELI-GRIP groove/turn tools with a new CVD-coated substrate that doubles tool life while raising productivity by 15 percent.

Tools, machinery and equipment with the versatile Dayton Electric Rotary Engraver from Grainger. This rotary tool can etch fine lines to deep grooves in metal, plastic, glass, ceramic or wood.

Primary Cutter LLC has added 7-flute endmills to its Supermill high-performance carbide endmill line.

Iscar Metals Inc. says its 11mm profiling insert does the job of a bigger one, thus enabling finer-pitch cutters for smoother profiling and lower chip loads.

Handling expert Strothmann extends its range of feeders by the new FEEDERplus8, an eight axis linear robot system which can transport and orient parts in various directions. The additional degrees of freedom provide for maximum flexibility in the feeding of blanks to complex dies and in parts removal.