Cutting Tools & Tooling

Video highlights special features of the IMCO POW•R•PATH AP5 Series, including a revolutionary 5-flute design for HEM tool paths in aluminum alloys, and a solid core and extra durable coating for maximum tool life. Available with CMS for maximum chip control, the POW•R•PATH AP5 Series also offers high metal removal rates for extreme productivity.

BIG KAISER introduces the Fullcut Mill Contact Grip, an endmill that permits easy indexing of cutter heads while maintaining excellent rigidity and accuracy. With the addition of the Fullcut Radius Mill (FRM) and the Ball End Mill (BE), the Fullcut Mill Contact Grip series now features four connection sizes and seven cutter types.

To prevent threading chips from ruining critical parts in the final phases of production, the advanced coating and tool geometry of the new TTP2050 threading insert grade from Seco Tools combine to provide efficient, secure, stable performance, along with effective chip control.

Bahco's new 3851 Sandflex Cobra bandsaw blade, with a powdered metal M42 high-speed steel tooth edge for higher hardness and added toughness, provides smooth, precise cuts for general-purpose and production-cutting applications.

The production of special tools is a highly specialized discipline in tool manufacturing. Some manufacturers in the marketplace are good at this, but it is frequently the lead times that sort the wheat from the chaff.

Walter has introduced the MC319/MC320 Advance Line of solid-carbide milling cutters that have been specially engineered for roughing. The Advance lineup is one of the three categories to Walter milling tools.

Here, Drew Strauchen of the GWS Tool Group walks us through the company's PYSTL endmill series, which is designed specifically for gummy, exotic material.

Hoffman Estates, IL – At the first general session of NTMA's annual meeting in Tucson, Chris Kaiser, president/CEO of BIG KAISER, presented a donation for $6,675 to benefit the NTMA's National Robotics League (NRL).

Kaiser Tool Company was founded in 1964 with the purpose of supplying small lathe cutting tools.

We've got aluminum on the run! The best cutter in aluminum just got BETTER.

Tungaloy expands its DeepTriDrill line of indexable gundrills to include new drill diameters ranging from 12.0 mm to 13.5 mm.

PFERD INC has introduced the OMNI cut, a versatile new carbide bur for high productivity on steel, cast steel, stainless steel (INOX) and cast iron, as well as nonferrous metals.