E-Z Burr Tool Co.'s Component Micro Series tools are for deburring and chamfering microholes from 0.057" to 0.092" in diameter. A tool's solid arbor can be replaced without changing the HSS blade and vice versa.
THINBIT offers Form-A-Groove tools, which can consist of simple groove combinations or more complex combinations of grooves, arcs, angles and convex and concave radii.
Korloy America Inc.'s HRMDouble Mill series cutting tools accept inserts with six cutting edges. According to the company, the cutting edge's high rake angle enables high-feed machining and improves multifunctional machining, which also reduces the cutting load.
Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp., Cutting Tool Div.'s MFPN facemill accepts PNMU inserts, which have a double-sided, pentagonal design that provides 10 cutting edges per insert.
Shrinking and unshrinking tool holders is exceptionally efficient and easy with Lyndex-Nikken Inc.'s latest Shrink Fit Machine, according to the company.
Makino Inc.'s a61nx HMC has a travel of 28.7" in the X-axis, 25.6" in the Y-axis and 31.5" in the Z-axis. An optional tall column expands the Y-axis to 28.7".
Nikon Metrology Inc. announces the release of its ShuttlePix P-400R Digital Microscope, made for inspection, observation, simple measurement and recording of high-resolution images.