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New NPT taps feature new flute design
Emuge Corp.,today introduced a new line of NPT Taper Pipe Taps that features a newly developed flute form with variable skip tooth geometry. The advanced flute design optimizes chip flow and clearance and lowers tapping torque, which is ideal for materials that produce long, stringy chip formations. Taper pipe threads have a much higher volume ...
Large diameter drill lineup expands
Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc. has enhanced their industry-acclaimed drilling selection with the expansion of the WDX Series large diameter drills. Designed to provide customers with optimum drilling solutions, the WDX advancement is comprised of diameters ranging from 0.5625” – 2.625” in 2XD, 3XD and 4XD drill body lengths. Sumitomo offers a vast selection of WDX ...
New machine and roll form taps
KOMET Group is expanding its portfolio of threading tools with the addition of the BASS line of high-speed steel machine taps and roll form taps. Designed and manufactured in Germany according to the highest quality standards, BASS threading tools provide high precision and reliable performance for all materials, and are offered in a wide range ...
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New generation deep hole drilling to 30xD
Sandvik Coromant introduces the CoroDrill 861, a brand new range of solid carbide drills for deep hole drilling applications. Featuring Advanced Chip Management (ACM) flute geometry, the new drills are able to generate small, manageable chips. This, combined with specially designed point geometry to reduce thrust forces and patented double-offset margin geometry, helps provide the ...
New Mistubishi wire EDM to debut at Mfg4
MC Machinery Systems, Inc. will debut its newest wire EDM technology, the MV Series, at Mfg4 booth #1527. The new line features design and engineering improvements to exceed all other wire EDM machines on the market, including: non-contact cylindrical drive technology, an improved power supply, auto-threading, deeper submerged-wire threading capabilities, and more. The MV Series’ ...
New finishing end mill for high feed,speed
Solid carbide cutting tool manufacturer SGS Tool Company introduces its new Multi-Carb to its high performance end mill product offering. The Multi-Carb incorporates a large number of flutes for stability and high feed finishing capabilities in applications where surface finish and tolerance are critical factors. The large flute count design allows smoother cutting performance and ...
New version of stock cut optimization software
The new release of the linear stock-cutting optimization add-in (1DCutX) for Excel from Optimalon Software features two major improvements. Users can now minimize the number of different cutting layouts generated by 1DCutX and perform the material cutting calculation in a highly customised way using VBA language in Microsoft Excel. When 1DCutX calculates how to cut ...
New software for tool grinding
Tool manufacturers can now automatically create dimensioned engineering drawings of machine tools showing their precise geometry, by using a new facility for NUM’s renowned NUMROTO grinding software. By producing cross-sectional views of a tool – at any position along its length – the new NUMROTO Draw function can effectively automate production verification. The drawings can ...
World’s first indexable drill with double sided inserts
To enhance stability and longer tool life for the end user, the Tungaloy Corporation has developed the new TungSix-Drill for highly reliable machining credit to the strongest cutting edge. This world’s first indexable drill with double sided inserts has been designed to create an economical drilling solution for customers with 6 true cutting edges per ...
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There are different technologies for drilling high L/D holes…but the basic rules still apply
Sowa launches new 2012 buyer’s guide
The management and staff of Sowa Tool & Machine have announced the release of the firm’s new 2012 Sowa Metalworking Solutions Buyer’s Guide. Sowa has added hundreds of new items to offer a more complete package to meet metalworking industry needs. The Solutions Buyer’s Guide can be viewed and downloaded at: www.sowatool.com
New Norton Abrasives BlueFire portable foundry wheels reduce grind time
Saint-Gobain Abrasives – Norton, the world’s largest abrasives manufacturer and leader in metal fabrication abrasive products for over 125 years, has introduced Norton BlueFire™ zirconia aluminum portable foundry wheels for the metal fabricating industry. BlueFire Portable Cup Snagging Wheels provide exceptional performance improvements over conventional zirconia products in foundries, welding shops, fabrication facilities, steel mills, ...
Feds announce sweeping aerospace review
The newly-appointed head of a sweeping review of federal aerospace and space policies says he has no interest in producing a report that will just end up in a filing cabinet. “I intend to ensure that we look out 20 or 30 years and have a very good understanding of the kind of global economic environment ...
New carbide circular saw features multi-fluid cooling system
Behringer, a global provider of bandsawing machines, circular cold saws and structural fabricating equipment, has introduced the new HCS 150/160 MF saw, a high-performance carbide circular cold saw that uses multi-fluid cooling technology to prevent heat transfer to product during mass cutting applications. Unlike misting systems, the HCS 150/160 MF saw’s innovative flood coolant system ...
New exchangeable tip drill
March 1st sees the launch of a completely new type of exchangeable tip drill from Sandvik Coromant. The CoroDrill 870, for the intermediate hole-tolerance area of IT9–IT10, is designed to save time and reduce hole costs. CoroDrill 870 can be tailored to optimize applications through diameter range, steps and length possibilities. Holes can be made ...
New extra long high performance drill series
Building on the success of the Phoenix high performance drill from Sphinx, BIG Kaiser has introduced the new Power-Phoenix extra long high performance drill series. The drills are designed for optimal performance in deep hole applications in steel, stainless steel, cast iron, aluminum and titanium. Power-Phoenix drills feature a 137° point angle and four-margin geometry ...
Centricut brand high amperage stainless steel consumables now available for owners of select Kjellberg systems
Hypertherm, a U.S. based manufacturer of advanced metal cutting systems, is pleased to announce the launch of an expanded line of Centricut brand consumables for Kjellberg systems. The new consumables are designed for high amperage stainless steel cutting using Kjellberg’s FineFocus 800, FineFocus 800 Plus, FineFocus 900, PA-S70, or PA-S75 systems. They include features that ...
New end mills offer reliability, efficiency and long tool life
Emuge Corp. offers TiNox-Cut, a new series of end mills specifically developed to provide exceptional tool life when machining challenging materials. New Emuge TiNox-Cut End Mills offer a dependable cutting solution for nickel alloys like Inconel and Stellite, all grades of titanium, and tough stainless steels like Super Duplex – materials used extensively in the ...
New turning inserts keep life simple
March 1st 2012 sees the introduction of a new range of turning inserts from Sandvik Coromant. Spectrum turning is a minimum program that provides a simplified choice of inserts designed to efficiently machine different materials at various cutting conditions. Excellent for different small batch production, Spectrum turning grades and geometries take away the complication of ...
New high-performance coolants specially formulated for machining titanium, superalloys and hardened steels
MAG’s new CYCLO COOL® 900 and 5000 series synthetic coolants are additive free, low foaming and specially formulated for machining titanium, Inconel, beryllium copper, hardened steels, stainless steels and other superalloys. Developed for the aerospace industry, the new coolants are an ideal replacement for semi-synthetics and soluble oils, delivering significant cost savings with lower initial ...
New saw arbors for CNC Swiss machining
GenSwiss, a leading source for tools, accessories and application assistance for Swiss type machining, has announced a full range of precision and ultra-precision saw arbors and solid carbide slitting saws. GenSwiss Saw Arbors are furnished in a shank and hub configuration design that provides maximum rigidity and fit, to accommodate the smallest live tool positions ...
