Milling Tools

Milling Tools 27 Nov 2019

Tool Setting Fixture Boosts Process Security for High-Volume Shop

Along with switching to a different milling tool to improve surface finishes on aluminum parts, Alupress also employed Mapal's Uniset-P setting fixture to make the process reliable and efficient.

Holemaking 26 Nov 2019

Drilling and Chamfering Tool Solves Machine Shop's Vexing Problem

An oil & gas part with a lot of holes required that Utex use two different tools to ensure burr-free inner and outer diameters. With Heule’s Vex-S tool, the shop realized time savings per cycle of an entire minute by performing drilling and chamfering in a single step.

Milling Tools 6 Nov 2019

Sunnen's DirectDex Deep-Hole Drilling System for Heat-Resistant Superalloys

Sunnen Products Co.’s DirectDex series of drill heads, inserts and pads are said to be directly interchangeable with Sandvik deep-hole drilling tools.

Milling Tools 6 Nov 2019

Sandvik Coromant Introduces New Insert Geometries for Grooving

Sandvik Coromant has added the -M30 and -L50 insert geometry options for its CoroMill 331 milling cutter.

Milling Tools 28 Oct 2019

Tungaloy Expands DoTwistBall Series with New Shell Mill Diameters

DoTwistBall is designed to provide reliability during complex 3D milling processes.

Milling Tools 24 Oct 2019

Niagara Cutter ST540 from Seco Extends End Mill's Versatility

Seco Tools has expanded Niagara Cutter’s Stabilizer product line with the five-flute ST540 end mill designed to increase performance and versatility.

Milling Tools 24 Oct 2019

A New Spin on CNC Machining Face Grooves

Here is an alternative to standard end milling — an operation performed on a CNC milling machine to produce circular grooves in the part face. This new single-point trepanning tooling strategy can produce both symmetrical and asymmetrical face grooves, too, and perform fly cutting.

Milling Tools 21 Oct 2019