Product News

Traditional manual indexable tool repair methods can place limitations on the feasibility of repairing more than moderate pocket damage. GKI says its process using 4- and 5-axis CNC machines removes the damage completely and replaces it with new metal, resulting in a superior-quality tool while enhancing GKI’s ability to repair tooling that other repair houses would likely turn away as “beyond repair.”

Coherent Inc. has expanded its AVIA family of lasers with new models having green output and which reportedly offer an unmatched combination of power, reliability and compact size for a range of precision materials processing applications. The new AVIA NX products are q-switched, diode-pumped, solid-state lasers that deliver up to 65W of average power at 532 nm from a laser head that measures less than two feet (587 mm) in length.

The smallest clamping range yet from BIG Daishowa is the Super Slim 3S hydraulic chuck is intended for extremely repeatable high-precision microdrilling and microendmilling in the most challenging work envelopes thanks to its slim nose and tapered body.

MAPAL has expanded its program of narrow-contour HTC (High-Torque Chuck) clamping chucks, whose narrow shapes are produced without a restrictive brazed joint thanks to additive manufacturing. These new chucks can directly clamp diameters of 3, 4 and 5 mm, also allowing hydraulic clamping chucks to be used on the microscale, for example in medical technology or the timepiece and jewelry industry.

West Ohio Tool Co. says its PCD tools have been proven to reduce costs, setup times and changeovers while maintaining the tight tolerances required in today’s manufacturing operations. Several of the new cross-center tip drills continue to run in high-silicon aluminum with over 700,000 hits, showing no sign of wear, and the helical diamond-veined endmills have logged in excess of 10,000 linear inches trimming composite materials.

Allied Machine & Engineering Corp. offers a complete range of coolant-through thread mills that are ideal for blind-hole applications. Allied’s coolant-through threadmills significantly improve chip evacuation when threading blind-holes, according to the company.

Soft jaw blanks from Dillon Jaws feature a milled surface on the jaw end, opposite to the clamping surface, which serves as an easy-locating feature. This datum serves as a location point for positioning the counter-bored holes and the jaws’ serrations resulting in exact dimensional matching of Dillon jaw sets.

Verti-Lift presents a full line of scissor lift tables, turntables and tilt tables with virtually any type of conveyors built in to optimize production, ergonomics and operator safety. The company works closely with distributors and system integrators to design, build and integrate its material handling equipment with ball transfer conveyors, gravity roller conveyors, heavy-duty chain driven live roller conveyors (CDLR) and more.

The latest positive axial rake, high-feed cutter from Dormer Pramet allows it to be applied with multiple materials across various applications. The Pramet Penta HF is an aggressive high-feed cutter suitable for machining a variety of materials, including heat-treated and difficult-to-machine steels, stainless steels and heat-resistant superalloys (HRSA).

Without the right fixturing, you aren’t making the most of your 5-axis investment. BIG KAISER’s Unilock 5-axis modular system fits seamlessly onto machine tables.

With more and more machines utilizing shrink-fit and hydraulic holders, Hannibal Carbide Tool has extended the size range in its existing standard offering and added both right and left spiral to its h6 reamer series. All h6-style reamers now go up to 1” diameter.

Hassay Savage Co. has introduced a new, precision index punch broach holder series for Swiss-style machining centers. Precision made of 17-4 stainless, this holder will provide strength, rigidity and accuracy for all punch and index broaches with a shank size of 8mm, according to the company.

ITI Tooling Co. Inc.’s ATC series of Electro-spindles with a built-in multistation tool carrier have been developed specifically to gain the optimal performance on production machines and robots when multiple operations or redundant tooling is required.

Manufactured at its facility in Cleveland, Melin Tool launches a wide range of styles and sizes of carbide microscale endmills that target applications found in mold shops, medical component and instrument manufacturers, and EDM departments. With cutting diameters from 0.005” and lengths up to 30 diameters deep, Melin reports outstanding performance in titanium and aluminum alloys, graphite and steels and stainless alloys less than 40 HRC.

GMauvaisUSA has introduced three new lines of microdrills designed specifically for the electronics connector industries. The 3200 series 3-flute long reamer-drills, 3100 series short cross drills and 1100 series half-round gundrills are all in solid carbide and in a wide range of standard microsize ranges.

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Hassay Savage – Magafor has introduced a new line of short, NC spot drills specifically designed for use in Swiss-style machining centers. Made from M2 HSS, they are designed with shorter overall lengths that are well-suited for use with all Swiss-style machines.

Bumotec has launched the s181 turn-mill center, a compact cost effective multifunction machine targeted at industries such as micromechanic, aerospace, medical and surgical instruments, as well as watch and jewelry. Derived from the well-known Bumotec s191 linear CNC turn-mill center, the new s181 is a 5- to 9-axis unit targeted at single-setup machining of complex and high-precision workpieces.

ReamTec easyZERO runout compensation nuts quickly correct runout errors and misalignment for all round tools using ER collets. Easy-to-use, innovative replacement nuts feature six adjustment screws that allow for up to 0.011” runout to be dialed in easily, allowing for more accurate machining, tighter tolerances and better surface finishes—especially on difficult parts.

Walter has introduced a new version of its Walter Prototyp Proto▪maxST high-performance, solid-carbide milling tool designed for optimal performance on steel with secondary applications in stainless steel. This new entry in the Walter Prototyp lineup is called the Proto·maxST Z-5, available with the same tough yet wear-resistant TAZ coating that is offered in the original 3- and 4-flute variations of the Proto·maxST.