Sandvik Coromant Company

Sandvik Coromant offers the “Metal Cutting Technology Technical Guide” as a comprehensive source for applying Sandvik Coromant tools for metal cutting applications.

Designed for efficient hole making in composite materials, the CoroDrill 854 and CoroDrill 856 have been developed to withstand demands from CFRP materials and aluminum stacks.

Cutting tool manufacturer Sandvik Coromant will host an advanced CAM programming training course at its Aerospace Application Center in Fair Lawn, New Jersey from July 19-21 and November 1-3.

Sandvik has extended its CoroTurn HP range of turning toolholders to deliver high-pressure coolant at the point of cut when using negative inserts.

Sandvik Coromant’s range of integrated toolholders is designed for compatibility with CoroMill 316 exchangeable-head (EH) tools.

Beginning this month, cutting tool manufacturer Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) offers a series of one-day titanium milling seminars for aerospace manufacturers.

Sandvik Coromant offers two insert grades: The GC1125 grade is suited for threading operations in steels, cast irons and aluminum, while the GC1135 grade is suited for stainless steels, super alloys and profiles requiring sharp cutting edges.

 Sandvik’s CoroMill 490 milling cutter is suited for shoulder milling, face milling, edging, contouring, slicing and slotting applications in virtually all materials.

Sandvik Coromant’s expanded CoroCut program features larger insert seat sizes for wider grooves and a dedicated grade to enable higher performance in demanding parting and grooving operations. The M- and R-size inserts and holders increase the range of the parting and grooving program to cover from 0.

The Hydro-Grip HD (heavy duty) from Sandvik Coromant offers high clamping forces for heavy roughing applications. The toolholder securely clamps cylindrical-shank tools with symmetrical force to minimize runout and ensure high torque transmission.

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.

Even a shop that is committed to continually optimizing processes might struggle with the time and effort required to stay abreast of the latest technology developments. One manufacturer, however, has taken steps toward eliminating this problem by holding a cutting tool manufacturer responsible for improvements.

Sandvik Coromant says a new insert size for the CoroThread 266 allows the rigid tool to be used in a majority of general threading applications. The new size 16 inserts complement the existing sizes 22 and 27.

Sandvik Coromant has appointed Tom Erixon as president of its global operations in Sandviken, Sweden. Effective September 1, 2009, Mr.

Boeing’s answer to a reader question emphasizes the use of high-feed milling tools.

Cutting tool manufacturer Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) offers 24 events this year dedicated to helping manufacturers save money by improving efficiency and productivity. The series of events, dubbed “The Modern Art of Milling,” will occur at various machine tool builder facilities throughout the United States during the weeks of June 1 through 5 and June 15 through 19. To accommodate as many attendees as possible, each location will feature two distinct, two-day events, each scheduled from 3 to 7 p.

Sandvik Coromant recently collaborated with Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education to supply tooling solutions and services for the school’s Ideas to Innovation (I2I) Learning Laboratory. The lab, which doubles as a Haas Technical Education Center, will provide nearly 1,700 first-year engineering students with hands-on design experience. The collaboration between Sandvik and Purdue was established in mid 2008.

Part of a series of articles on machining pockets in titanium parts, this article describes various options for roughing the hard metal efficiently.

Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to commemorate the opening of its new Chicago Productivity Center in Shaumburg, Illinois. The facility contains classrooms, meeting areas, a tooling showroom and a dedicated machining floor. The fourth of its kind in North America, the new center joins existing locations in Fair lawn, New Jersey; Mississauga, Ontario; and Monterey, Mexico.

A cutting tool supplier describes how application expertise is applied to improving productivity in aircraft-related applications

Sandvik Coromant offers a new range of Coromant Capto machine-adapted clamping units (MACU) for lathe machines. Said to be ideal for both turning and milling applications, the products provide the flexibility to change from one system to another quickly. They also channel high-pressure coolant from CoroTurn HP cutting heads, thus reducing temperatures and improving chip control.

The GC1010 insert grade from Sandvik was designed to provide an effective cutting solution for hardened steels. The company says that the grade roughs and finishes tool steels, ISO-H hardened steels and ISO-P steels. The insert can also be used to improve productivity in ISO-K cast irons. The insert features a thi

Sandvik’s CoroThread 266 family of rigid, high-precision threading tools are available in 0.5" and 0.625" insert sizes. The tools are buil to high levels of stability through the iLock insert locking system. With this design, an insert contains a slot for each of its three indexable cutting edges. When locked into

 Sandvik Coromant's Web site now features the Payback Calculator, an investment and component analysis tool that allows users to calculate their returns on investments. Users first input the cost for a new machine and an estimate on how long it will take to recoup the invested funds. The calculator then takes them

Compacted graphite iron is increasingly used for diesel and racing engine components. The choice of cutting tool can dictate how effective shops are able to machine this challenging material.

In lieu of traditional flooding measures, multitasking machine operators can use high-pressure coolant strategically to improve chip control and tooling life while enhancing overall productivity.

Prince Industries, a manufacturer of precision-machined components, says it strives to exceed the needs and expectations of its customers, employees and suppliers by continuously improving virtually every aspect of its operations. Continuous improvement is not just a mantra at Prince; rather, it is the driving force behind the company’s growth.

Not all parts can be fixtured by conventional workholding methods. Here are a few examples of ways that shops secure feisty workpieces for milling and turning operations.

An alternative to conventional extended-reach toolholders, milling adaptors contain a custom damping mechanism to minimize vibration when milling long overhangs.

This shop has made large turning work its specialty. In proving to its customers that it can perform this difficult work, it has started to win more "standard" machining jobs.

A precision drives manufacturer uses a quick-tool-change coupling in a new way-to secure critical components for machining. This allows faster setups and provides a single workholding interface for multiple types of machines.

Like many other businesses today, textile manufacturers compete against imports from countries with low labor costs. To remain economically viable, companies constantly invest in technology. At B&S Machine Tool (Aiken, South Carolina), a shop that specializes in producing complicated replacement parts for textile machinery, modernization begins on the shop floor.

Multitasking cutting tools can maximize the flexibility of multitasking machines.

This shop was lean from day one. Its visual management tools form its lean manufacturing foundation.

A plant performing 79,000 tool setups per year measures these tools with one presetter and two gatekeepers.

Lately, several cutting tool manufacturers have re-examined indexable insert drills, seeking to overcome the disadvantages of unbalanced cutting forces inherent in their design. One of the most recent developments along these lines is the CoroDrill 880 introduced by Sandvik Coromant.

A wiper insert can achieve a smooth finish while turning at a high feed rate, but the insert's complex geometry makes programming accurate tool paths difficult. A CAM company working with a supplier of wiper inserts has addressed this problem.

A machining process based on maximizing cutting efficiency, rather than speeds and feeds, offers aerospace component manufacturers an option to high speed machining when high material removal rates are required. The best strategy may be to apply both machining concepts.

Combining a rotating tool with rotating work produces a machining operation that is distinct from standard turning or milling.

This plant makes different choices for its machining cells depending on whether the parts to be machined there are known or unknown.

The old bromide, 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,' comes into play for preventing chatter when boring deep holes.

Precision internal machining operations are now carried out almost exclusively using hard-metal or diamond tipped cutting tools. Tool holders are available in a variety of forms to suit the specific machining requirements. The material properties of the toolholder have a large influence on both the surface quality and dimensional accuracy of the machined component (workpiece), and on the life of the cutting tool. This becomes critical when machining deep holes, because it is necessary to use a tool with large length to diameter (L/D) ratio or overhang.

After 3 years of lab tests, this tooling manfacturer has developed an entirely new type of spindle cartridge that addresses some drawbacks of the conventional design. The company's gas spring clamping system uses gas pressure to exert gripping force on the toolholder.

A shop that wants to win cost savings from its cutting tool purchases is likely to take two factors into account: tool life and tool price. But that approach might be flawed.

For a busy manufacturer of high-efficiency industrial drives, turning and milling a hardened stainless steel motor shaft posed serious productivity challenges.

This shop turned to a tool supplier to help cut milling time on one alloy steel hydraulic body by 63 percent. The success led to a broader Productivity Improvement Program that identified some $87,000 in potential annual savings, and ultimately to a $600,000 payoff by introducing a quick-change modular tooling system.

Compared with common steel, the heat-resistant super alloys (HRSAs) and other hard metals used in jet engines and ground-based turbines require far longer cycle times per part. Advanced cutting inserts can boost machining throughput with these materials, but achieving these gains requires proper tooling selection and proper implementation.

Economic efficiency is an important consideration when choosing tools for challenging metals.

This shop machines hard, abrasive metal components for plastics-compounding and extrusion machinery. The components are barrels and screws used in machines for mixing and compounding plastic, food and industrial products.

Fermer Precision machines a variety of precision parts from aluminum, cast iron, powdered metal, carbon steel and low-carbon steel for automobiles, firearms, medical products and train brake systems. The company relies on a Mori Seiki SV-500 and two OKK KVC 600 vertical machining centers for drilling, reaming and chamfering operations.

Relationships between coatings and substrate materials are keys to the performance of cemented carbide inserts.

Most products at BuTech are turned from Type 316 stainless steel bar stock with hardnesses of 28 to 32 HRC. The cold-worked stock provides a higher hardness than typical for this stainless steel type.

Wiper technology is designed to improve surface finish in machining applications. It involves an insert with a flat. As the 'wiper' passes through the cut, it smoothes the surface.

See how his contractor switched to MultiDNC to eliminate the use of laptops and provide daily backup of all CNC programs.

Today's machining centers feature higher spindle speeds and feed rates, but if you want to push this capability to the limit, there are some tooling considerations that must be addressed.

Despite a 120 hour week and frequent overtime, Special Mold Engineering Inc. (Rochester Hills, Michigan) didn't have enough deephole drilling capacity to keep up with customer demand for its injection mold bases. So it reluctantly farmed out some of the gundrilling for the excess.

Sandvik Coromant's new insert finishing plant in Stafford, a suburb of Houston, Texas, doubles the company's U.S. capacity to produce cutting tool inserts, including advanced-material inserts for global markets.

York Machine Shop Ltd. (Campbel1 River, British Columbia) cuts aluminum-bronze tube for a specialized paper industry application.

One of the most interesting examples of this synergy comes out of its cutting tool and specialty steel operations. Sandvik has developed grades of stainless steel especially formulated for machinability along with cutting inserts especially designed for optimal performance with these workpiece materials.

After switching from a square-insert face-mill to a round-insert high-positive rake face mill, this company increased throughput by 65 percent with no compromises in finish or edge security.

Slicing blanks from centrifugal cast gray iron and ductile iron tubing dulls even the best bandsaw blades. That's what a major automotive parts manufacturer found when it sought to improve production rates.

Are you sure you have the best insert for that turning operation? Check the chips, especially if you are running unattended. Chip characteristics can tell you a lot.

With their conventional high-speed steel milling cutters, this shop experienced a series of problems producing critical axial grooves in steel tubings.

The answer varies from process to process. Experience is the best guide.

When a Laurel, Missouri manufacturer of industrial equipment identified problems in their two machining operations on high alloy steel casting, they solved them with an insert and a cutter switch.

Carbide milling inserts today are available in a staggering number of geometric shapes. No longer are the choices for the end user as simple as square, diamond or triangle. Now, insert manufacturers are using such terms as elliptical, frustum and helical to describe their various insert shapes.

Small indexable inserts that can be used for hole drilling are a recent development.

A tooling system consisting of interchangeable cutting units and standardized locking units has a lot to offer users of CNC machines, whether for turning, milling, or both on a turn mill. These guidelines will help you think clearly about how modular, quick-change tooling can benefit your shop.

Productivity is up by 15 percent, tool life is up 20 percent and part cost is down 20 percent for face milling, drilling and boring operations at Engel Machinery Inc., York, Pennsylvania.

The words 'catastrophic failure' do not roll easily off the tongue when you are the production manager for a major bearing manufacturer that supplies wheel bearings to high profile auto makers.

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(Sponsored Content) Coming to IMTS 2010 in Chicago? Planning on catching a Cubs game? Well forget it, they’re traveling that week. But be sure to visit the Sandvik Coromant Smart Hub at IMTS to meet with a yellow coat and get the tooling solutions to think smart, work smart and earn smart.

Windmills are fantastic, producing energy from an endless source without waste. Their increasing importance as a power supply is welcomed. We have great solution examples for: Connecting ring, Min shaft, Hub, Ring gear and planetary carrier.

In a tough business climate, it is even more important to optimize every step; from machining processes to tooling solutions, insert and grade selections. To be prepared for high-volume output when the change comes. This latest release of new products comes with a vast line of solutions with your needs in focus. Thousands of new products; all designed to meet the demands of today. Prepare to take large steps.

VIDEO. Have you considered milling holes through helical ramping instead of drilling them? This brief animated video covers the high points, including tool diameter selection and the potential for savings.

These animations show why an arc in the same direction as tool rotation is effective. The strategy is relevant for entering material from the edge, as well as for pocketing.

Cutting tool technology is evolving rapidly—responding to both changing production demands and more challenging workpiece materials. Machine shops and machining facilities today need to look at their cutting tools differently. They also need to look at cutting tool suppliers differently. This series of articles on the new rules of tooling was provided by Diamond Innovations, Precision Dormer and Sandvik Coromant.

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