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All-in-One Hole Sheet Metal Hole Cutting Packages
RotaCut Sheet Metal Hole Cutter Master Kits from Hougen Manufacturing have 16 different sizes of cutters for drilling holes in materials up to ¼ in thick for metal fabrication, maintenance and electrical applications, spot weld removal, plug holes for welding, and production environments.
Big Steps Forward for Aluminum Machining
A number of different tool criteria must be fulfilled in order to meet the increasingly stringent cost and quality demands associated with the successful machining of aluminum aerospace components. Advanced cutting tool technology from Sandvik Coromant is helping aerospace manufacturers do exactly that.
Walter USA Opens New North American Technology Center
Business partners, customers and other dignitaries join the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 40,000 sq ft facility that will provide technical knowledge and education on cutting tool processes and operations to customers, channel partners and employees.
Hole New Ways to Make Money
With so much of your time spent on drilling, reaming, boring and threading holes, lowering your cost per hole plays a big role in raising your profitability. Here are some of the newest tools to help you improve your holemaking productivity.
A High-Performance Toolpath to 5-Axis Machining
To fully gain a competitive edge through five-axis capabilities, a shop must first decide what milling techniques, toolpaths, and coinciding cutting tools to use for these machining operations. This primer from Sandvik Coromant can help make those decisions.
Bandsaw Blades Cut Wide Variety of Materials
A8 BroadBand® Bi-Metal bandsaw blades from Simonds International cover the broadest cutting applications and cut the broadest material ranges to reduce the number of costly blade type changeovers by operators.
Milling-Boring-Grinding of Automotive, Aerospace and Medical Parts
These indexable face milling cutters, PCD-tipped Micro Boring Bars from CITCO Tools and new bond system from Gardner Abrasives for centerless grinding increase production rates and lower cost per unit.
Advanced Coatings Provide Gear Cutting Edge
This ALCr-based coating from Star SU LLC is ideal for better heat resistance in high temperatures and better wear resistance for tough cutting applications with new and re-sharpened tools.
Completing a Bucket List in Hydro Impeller Machining
By strategically moving to CNC automation and advanced tooling from Ingersoll Cutting Tools, this complex machining job at Canyon Hydro is now completed much faster and with much less operator attention as cycle times dropped by 50 percent, labor costs are virtually nil and tool life is reliable enough to run a lights out operation.
Great Bang for the Buck
The industry’s first high performance general purpose tap from Emuge scores big with Bayside Machine Corporation, a machine shop that serves the paper, painting and food markets.
How New Spindle Connection Maximizes Metal Removal
From Weakest Link to Machining Superstar: The new KM4X™ design from Kennametal can perform from low-speed/high torque to high-speed/low torque when milling, drilling, and turning a wide range of materials to get the absolute most out of your production equipment.
Shop Thinks Outside the Cutting Tool Box
Bradley’s is one shop that refuses to limit its part processing capabilities by using a cutting tool only for its intended machining operation. Working with Seco Tools, the shop always considers how a tool might apply to other cutting procedures – with some pretty dramatic results.
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