Tooling & Workholding
Find information and tools to help deal with Titanium and Heat Resistant Super Alloys.
A rigid machine and hard cutting edge are the beginning. Other considerations relate to system rigidity and keeping the cutting force steady.
Form tools are traditionally associated with non-CNC machines, but in certain applications they make sense on modern machines as well.
This company is embracing high-performance tooling on its turning centers. The "sticker shock" is no reason not to do this. In one case, though, the shop found a way to limit the cost of the tool and increase productivity at the same time.
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Chris Felix
Polygon turning provides the capability to manufacture both flat surfaces and radii.
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Rick Crabtree
Either as an alternative or complement to grinding, hard part turning offers a number of advantages that have become even more evident with further developments in insert concepts.
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Don Graham
Few materials have had a greater impact on our economy and industrialized culture than cemented tungsten carbide.
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Chris Felix
Most sources indicate that manufacturing in the U.S. is on a very strong path right now.
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Jeff Dei
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.