Cutting Tools & Tooling

Products • July 17, 2018

CC6220 and CC6230 Ceramic Grades

Sandvik Coromant, is introducing two new ceramic insert grades that are capable of performing high-speed, high-security turning operations on components made from demanding HRSA (heat-resistant superalloy) materials. The CC6220 and CC6230 ceramic grades are developed to machine demanding materials where whisker ceramics and SiAlONs fall short.

Products • July 16, 2018

Complete Services Available to Companies that Use Form Tools

Somma Tool Co. announces complete services available to companies that use form tools.

Products • July 13, 2018

PureCut PCBN

PureCut PCBN eliminates impurities by using an ultraclean grade composition, nano-particle-sized binder and optimized CBN (cubic boron nitride) grain size distribution. This unique design delivers unmatched toughness, increased resistance to chemical wear and greater reliability in the machining of hardened steel.

Products • July 13, 2018

WSM01-Grade Inserts

Walter has introduced WSM01, a premier grade for demanding machining applications. Coupled with Walter's new MS3 negative geometry, it produces burr-free results with high surface finish quality in the hardest materials.

Products • July 12, 2018

DeepTriDrill Indexable Gundrill Series

Tungaloy further expands its popular indexable gundrill series, DeepTriDrill to include a diameter range of 28.01 mm – 40 mm or 1.1" – 1.57".

Products • July 12, 2018

Milling Tools With Pressed, Radial ISO Indexable Inserts

MAPAL has introduced a milling program with pressed, radial ISO indexable inserts, thus completing the portfolio of standard milling tools. Up to now, the company has mainly focused on a milling program with ground, tangential ISO indexable inserts. These are used in particular for special applications, very large stock removal, unstable conditions or disc milling cutters.

Products • July 11, 2018

Wrenching Collars

A line of two-piece shaft collars that combine a smooth bore to protect valuable shafts with wrenching flats to safely provide added torque using an open-end wrench has been introduced by Stafford Manufacturing Corp.

Products • July 11, 2018

Broaching Tool for Serrated Turned Parts

Conventional machining of serrations on turned parts requires a separate process either while milling or broaching. Before either of these finishing processes can take place the parts generally must go through a cleaning process. With Schwanog's broaching tool, manufacturer of serrated turned parts are able to use a completely new approach on a conventional lathe with C-axis, in a single operation, which eliminates the cleaning process.

Products • July 11, 2018

PWP and PWP-D Insertable Form Drill System

With its PWP and PWP-D insertable form drill system, Schwanog addresses the problem of high setup times as the insert holder stays in the machine during insert changeover. This design allows the center height to stay unchanged.

Products • July 10, 2018

ICECUT 100 and ICECUT 200 Magnetic Drilling Units

Walter Surface Technologies has fully redesigned its ICECUT line of powerful magnetic drilling units and annular cutters. At 22 lbs. and 27 lbs. respectively, the ICECUT 100 and ICECUT 200 mag drills are lightweight.

Articles • July 3, 2018 • Dennis Spaeth

Leap of Faith

Owning a print magazine such as Cutting Tool Engineering may not seem like a natural move for someone who has served as its electronic media editor for the past 11 years, but then jumping headlong into the great unknown is kind of a thing with me.

Articles • July 2, 2018

Honing provides benefits for all types of tools

Honing the edge of a cutting tool improves tool life, improves workpiece surface finish, reduces spindle load and reduces overall manufacturing cost.