Cutting Tools & Tooling

Components for the aerospace, power and heavy equipment sectors require high material removal rates and extended machining hours.

A full line of hand-held bevelers that feature extra-rigid blade locking systems and blades incorporating a radical chipbreaker to transfer heat without cutting fluids has been introduced by Esco Tool. Millhog Right Angle Bevelers feature the EscoLock wedge-style blade lock system which has a large clamping surface and double-threaded screw to hold blades rigidly.

Eliminating chatter, especially when boring deep holes, is one of the greatest machining challenges.

CNC machines loaded with indexable tools are the foundation of modern machining.

Try these tips from machinist and moldmaker James Harvey in your shop.

Tool blanks are printed to make cutters to machine titanium.

Effectively machining titanium alloys requires suitable cutting tools, machine tools and monitoring systems.

With the new Taglens-T1 varifocal lens, manufacturers can achieve high-throughput noncontact parts inspection.

Multiple-axis machines increase workpiece accessibility but some jobs still require these specialized toolholders.

Known for smooth cutting operations at high feed rates that reduce machining time, the Carmex Precision Tools Mini Spiral Mill-Thread line is now available in inch sizes, as well as metric. The spiral fluted toolholders, with internal coolant bore, hold from one to three inserts and are available in comparably small cutting diameters.

Hoffmann Group USA has expanded its tool family for Parabolic Performance Cutting (PPC) to include a new PPC indexable insert and Garant PPC solid-carbide barrel milling cutters for high-alloy and hardened steels. The PPC process represents a further development of ball-nosed slot drill cutting and is also known as barrel milling.

Link Industries released a "revolutionary" drilling tool, the 2+1 Spot-Drill-Countersink x 82°. This newly patented design strategically combines spot, drill and countersink actions in a single tool made from HSS for high-speed machining aluminum. Like most Link Industries tools made from HSS, this drill performs at carbide-like speed and feeds, with HSS toughness.