Cutting Tools & Tooling

Products • March 24, 2022

Air Knives

For applications where stock aluminum, stainless steel or PVDF won't work, other material options such as CPVC or glass filled PEEK thermoplastic have been used. Special marking requirements for tying knives to specific machines or critical processes can be accommodated. Unique shapes and profiles, such as double sided or curved Air Knives, can also be the solution to certain specialized processes.

Products • March 22, 2022

Ratcheting Arbor Press

The arm provides an optimal leverage position with a consistent application of force. It also offers more clearance over the table for broaching and pressing large items. It is counterweighted for rapid handle return. The rugged steel ram, driven by a machined pinion, is reversable with one end solid and the other end has a hole and magnet to hold bits and tools.

Videos • March 21, 2022

Ask The Experts: Indexable Inserts

Cutting Tool Engineering's April 2022 issue includes a feature article about double-sided inserts and high-feed indexable insert milling tools that can help reduce production costs. To supplement this report online, CTE will host a webinar at 10 a.m. (CST) on Wednesday, April 20, titled "Ask The Experts: Indexable Inserts." Robert Bokram, cutting tools product manager with Ceratizit USA will take a deeper dive into recent technological advancements that now allow toolmakers to produce inserts that they "could only dream about in the past."

Products • March 19, 2022

24 DrillMeister DMH Drill Heads

The DMH drill head geometry is designed to protect drill corners and provide effective chip evacuation, making the drill head suited for applications that involve drilling holes through thin plates. The increased cutting edge strength resists thin-plate snapback and wear from exit burrs, preventing drill edges from fracture damage during machining for minimum machine downtime. The strong cutting edge also makes the DMH drill head suitable for drilling extremely hard metals.

Products • March 19, 2022

CTCP115-P (ISO P15), CTCP125-P (ISO P25), CTC135-P (ISO P35) Insert Grades

To prevent insert waste and easily detect wear, the gold-colored TiN outer layer of the Dragonskin multilayer CVD Ti(C,N)/Al2O3/TiN coating acts as an indicator. It not only enables users to clearly identify insert wear and index before a breakage, but also prevents sharp cutting edges from going unused and the insert being inadvertently discarded. Plus, a mechanical post-coating treatment produces beneficial residual stress in the coating that results in increased process security, especially important in the large-volume production situations typically associated with turning ISO-P steels.

Products • March 17, 2022

PCD Turning Inserts

NS chipbreaker features a three-dimensional chipbreaker that is directly engraved on the PCD tip using the latest technology. This allows the generation of short chips during the machining of gummy metals such as aluminum and copper alloys, significantly reducing machine downtime due to chip associated troubles.

News • March 14, 2022

Aiming to improve firearms marking

The firearms industry, like every manufacturing industry, has product marking requirements. In this industry, however, marking is an even more essential process; and one that is rigidly regulated by law.

News • March 10, 2022

West Ohio Tool wins small-business award

West Ohio Tool Co. won the Columbus Blue Jackets Small Business of the Month award presented by First Merchants Bank contest. As the month of January winner, West Ohio Tool Co. received recognition as the featured company during a Blue Jackets game on Wednesday, January 26. They are one of six small businesses recognized during the season.

Products • March 9, 2022

TungCut CBN-Tipped Inserts

TungCut CBN-tipped STH inserts provide the solution to these challenges with a completely new turning concept. In the shape of TungCut grooving insert, the new STH inserts perform finish-turning by feeding the insert sideways on the worked surface. Its CBN cutting edge features a unique wiper geometry: the frontal edge features an arc wiper of large radius. This generates superior surface finish in straight-line turning applications, while also allowing increased feed rates of up to 1.5 mm (.060″) per revolution with up to 0.1 mm (.004″) d.o.c.

Products • March 5, 2022

Tiger·tec Gold Inserts

The primary application of the Tiger·tec Gold inserts is steels with various tensile strengths that can be machined. These indexable inserts are ideal for use in the automotive, energy, and general metalworking industries, where the inserts can significantly help reduce the cost per component. Walter is offering Tiger·tec Gold indexable insert grades with its signature geometries starting with finishing (FP5), medium machining (MP3, MP5, MU5) all the way to roughing (RP7, HU5), etc. along with some other niche geometries for specialist troubleshooting purposes.

Products • March 2, 2022

Upgraded Niagara Cutter A245/A345 Product Family

The newly upgraded Niagara Cutter A245/A345 product family solves the power consumption issue that most aluminum manufactures encounter. By combining an engineered flute shape and polished K-land, giving you an optimal combination of helix angle and rake angle, this product family reduces power consumption by a minimum of 20%.

Videos • February 28, 2022

Tungaloy small insert lines

Tungaloy going small. Small inserts, outstanding productivity. Featuring the AddDoFeed for maximum speed and efficiency at minimum size, Tung-Tri for small shoulder milling operations with cost-efficient inserts and outstanding chatter stability ...