Flexible, Quick-Change Tool Adapter System
Before the development of live tooling, there were turning centers and machining centers. Processing parts with multiple operations that included turning and milling required moving the workpieces from one machine tool to another.
Tapping Oil Field Parts
Emuge’s Rekord DZBF taps promote the uninterrupted flow of chips out of the cutting zone to protect oil field components during hole-threading operations.
Thread Whirling Basics
The rapidly increasing demand for high-value threaded parts with exceptionally high length-to-diameter ratios has created a lot of interest in thread whirling technology among American shops and manufacturers.
Medical Shop Increases Tool Life with Hex Broaching
A manufacturer of spinal implants and surgical instruments achieves immediate results in a switch from rotary broaching to hex broaching.
Breaking Through to Stable Large-Hole Drilling
A new drilling head from Seco Tools offers three points of contact to provide stability in applications involving deep, large-diameter through-holes.
Plateau Honing Improves Finish and Lubrication Control
Plateau honing is a process that improves cylinder wall surface finish by removing tiny peaks of torn or folded material and increasing bearing area.
Horizontal Shrink-Fit Machine for Micromachining Applications
Toolholders with HSK interfaces are said to be the best option for micromachining applications. This horizontal shrink-fit machine is designed to speed and simplify cutter changes using these toolholders.
The Skiving Solution
Shaving operations are often the solution for a shop that needs to produce round diameters and other tough contours with tolerances within ± 0.0005 inch.
Cutting a Micron at a Time
When the task is to remove very small amounts of material, this process may be the answer.
Polygon Solutions Inc.
Polygon Solutions Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes precision rotary (wobble) broaching tools and toolholders.
