Holemaking

Holemaking 15 Apr 2016

Drilling Machine for Aerospace Handles Irregular Workpieces

Unisig has extended its B-series machines for on-center drilling of cylindrical workpieces with the B700 Drop Bed machine designed to generate critical features on large and irregularly-shaped aerospace components such as landing gear struts.

Holemaking 13 Apr 2016

Multitasking Machine’s Dual Five-Axis Heads Have Dedicated ATCs

The Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheidt (NSH) Group introduces it N30MC multitasking machine for aerospace parts manufacturing, with a rigid five-axis design capable of turning, milling, drilling, grinding and measuring.

Holemaking 6 Apr 2016

Three-Flute Drill Extends Tool Life at Higher Feed Rates

Mapal’s three-flute Tritan-Drill is said to achieve more bores, a longer tool life and lower machining costs compared with two-flute drills.

Turn/Mill 6 Apr 2016

Multitasking Gantry Center Performs Five-Sided Milling, Turning, Laser Hardening

Fermat introduces a five-axis, multitasking gantry center with a fixed table and a movable column combining drilling, milling, turning, grinding and laser hardening operations.

Metalworking Fluids 14 Mar 2016

Limiting the Lubrication with MQL

A Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) system allows operators to drill holes, tap holes, cut molds and machine metal with little or no coolant.

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Workholding 9 Mar 2016

Workholding System Speeds Change from Internal to External Clamping

The Captis workpiece clamping system from Röhm Products of America offers a range of workholding options for turning, milling and drilling applications through different combinations of modular components.

Holemaking 4 Mar 2016

Drill Eliminates Pecking, Reduces Cost Per Hole

Building on Dormer Pramet’s high-performance, solid-carbide MP-X 3×D and 5×D drills, the company’s coolant-through 8×D drill is designed to reduce machining time by eliminating the pecking process.

Holemaking 1 Mar 2016

More Effective Deep-Hole Drilling with MQL

A dual-margin design enables a series of drills from Nachi to create holes with large length-to-diameter ratios with minimum quantity lubrication.

Aerospace 1 Mar 2016

Rough Boring Tool Cuts Challenging Material, Time in Aerospace Application

By using Sandvik Coromant's DuoBore 821D rough boring tool, Excelco/Newbrook Inc. increased feed rates and saved shop production time cutting Nitronic 40 for aerospace work.