Contouring Head Basics

A shop in Texas often uses contouring heads to perform multiple operations on its large boring mills. Find out how these heads function. MORE

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Tool Experts

Struggling with a challenge related to cutting tools? Get answers to your questions on tools and related equipment from this team. MORE

Understanding Effective Diameter

VIDEO. On a ballnose end mill, the depth of cut determines the actual cutting diameter. This effect, along with the related concept of chip thinning, will influence the optimal choices of spindle speed and feed rate. MORE

Cutters Halve Cycle Time On Custom Racing Component

Seeking to improve production time on custom-built connecting rods for racecar engines, this shop invested in a light-duty VMC with an eye toward implementing high speed machining. Retooling with cutters from Ingersoll helped make the most of this new capability. MORE

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CYCLO CUT Cutting Tools

CYCLO CUT cutting tools offer high density face mills, excellent for finishing cast iron at extreme feed rates. Our unique clamping design allows individual adjustments of each insert for optimum surface finishes. Inserts are negative hexagon shaped allowing TWELVE indexes per insert. Cutters up to 20 inches in diameter are flange mounted. MORE

Increased Productivity In Short-Hole Drilling

New sizes for Sandvik Coromant's CoroDrill 880 enable additional short-hole drilling applications in a variety of materials. Suited for high-productivity drilling, the tool is said to provide a low machining cost per hole with a high penetration rate. MORE

High-Performance Roughing End Mills

Monster Tool Company offers three- and four-flute square and ballnose end mills with chipbreaker geometry to allow high feed rates in roughing operations. Mega Monster tools are manufactured from fine-grain, sinter-hipped C-2 grade carbide material with 10-percent cobalt for aggressive slotting and pocket milling in stainless steels and high-temperature alloys. MORE