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Sandvik Coromant Milling Insert Grade Enhances Cast Iron Machining
Sandvik Coromant introduces the GC1220 indexable milling insert grade, optimized for nodular cast iron with advanced coating technology for improved performance and reliability.
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Platinum Tooling Quick-Change Tooling System Boosts Machine Utilization
Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. introduces the Haas multitool, designed to improve setup times and operational efficiency for CNC lathe users.
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Skipping the Dovetail Saves Setup Time for High-End Parts
Relying on crimping and sacrificial frames instead of dovetails cuts operations from Novo Modo’s high-end, high-mix work. What’s more, it supports the shop’s tight features and tighter tolerances.
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5 Tips for Machining Nickel-Based Alloys
Choosing the right tools and processes can maximize tool life and reduce production time when machining these tough materials.
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Palmgren Drill Press Vise Provides Secure Mounting
Palmgren introduces the #9612153 Drill Press Vise with Lugs, designed for secure mounting on drill presses, milling machines and other machine tools.
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Dillon Brass Pie Jaws Reduce Part Distortion
The brass pie jaws are well suited for components fabricated from brass, aluminum, bronze and other softer, malleable alloys.
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Workholding Fixtures Save Over 4,500 Hours of Labor Annually
All World Machinery Supply designs each fixture to minimize the number of operations, resulting in reduced handling and idle spindle time.
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Lean Approach to Automated Machine Tending Delivers Quicker Paths to Success
Almost any shop can automate at least some of its production, even in low-volume, high-mix applications. The key to getting started is finding the simplest solutions that fit your requirements. It helps to work with an automation partner that understands your needs.
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Dillon's Extruded Aluminum Pie Jaws Maximize Contact Area
Eastec 2023: The company’s full-grip pie jaws are machined from aluminum barstock, meaning they have none of the porosity inherent with castings.
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Dillon's Full-Grip Chuck Jaws Reduce Part Distortion
Dillon Full-Grip Jaws are ideal for high-speed machining, as well as precision boring, tapping, drilling and finishing across most industrial markets.
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IMTS Takeaways From the Modern Machine Shop Editorial Team
The first in-person IMTS in four years left the MMS editorial staff with a lot to digest. Here are a few of our takeaways from the show floor.
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Moving To Magnets Doubles Productivity
Moving from hydraulic to magnetic fixtures enabled this shop to reduce setup time, improve rigidity and eliminate manual operations. As a result, productivity doubled.
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Erowa Giant Tooling System Enhances High-Precision Heavy-Duty Machining
Erowa Technology Inc. introduces the Giant Tooling System (GTS), designed for robust and efficient machining of large and heavy workpieces in demanding environments.
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Choosing the Right Drill Type
Specifying the right option for your application can save time and tools.
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Heule Deburring Tool Designed for Micromachining in a Wide Range of Materials
The DL2 deburring tool is designed to provide high efficiency and process reliability on even and slightly uneven bore edges.
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Heule Cutting Tool Provides Chatter-Free Countersinks
PMTS 2025: GH-K tooling is well suited for conventional milling of chamfers around the perimeter of larger holes or entire parts.
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Quick-Change Tool Heads Reduce Setup on Swiss-Type Turning Centers
This new quick-change tooling system enables shops to get more production from their Swiss turning centers through reduced tool setup time and matches the performance of a solid tool.
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Monaghan Reaming System Provides Long Service Life
The Diatool Top Speed Ring modular reaming system features multiblade design with uneven spacing of cutting edges to create round and cylindrical bores.
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Platinum Toolholding System Enables Quick Changeovers
The U-Tec changing system enables a standard ER output live tool to accept various adapters for different applications, enabling quick changeover of tools on almost any lathe or mill using a single tool.
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Five Common Mistakes Shops Make with ER Collets (And How to Prevent Them)
Collets play a crucial role in the machining process, so proper tool assembly and maintenance is important. Here are five potential pitfalls to avoid when using ER collets.
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How to Mitigate Chatter to Boost Machining Rates
There are usually better solutions to chatter than just reducing the feed rate. Through vibration analysis, the chatter problem can be solved, enabling much higher metal removal rates, better quality and longer tool life.
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Kaiser Manufacturing's Tool Caddy Safely Stores Cutting Tools
The Tool Caddy makes it convenient for the operator to grab toolholders without any risk of cuts.
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How to Manage Cutting Tool Inventory in a Small Job Shop — The One-Person Shop #4
Working in short lead times means maintaining a large range of tools to be ready. What is the right way to stock and organize this investment?
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The Knob Problem
The retention knob is an unmistakably critical component of the machining process. However, the tightening of the knob itself can lead to the toolholder not seating securely in the machine. You may be losing tool life to knob tightness without even knowing it.
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Latest Tooling News And Updates
Ceratizit Milling Cutter Line Enhances Superalloy Machining
Ceratizit USA Inc. updates the MonsterMill ISO-S series with a six-flute cutter for improved surface finishes and efficiency in nickel- and titanium-based alloy machining.
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Roughing First: New Strategies for Blisk Machining
Aerospace shops looking to cut cycle time and tool wear on integrally bladed rotors often focus on finishing. But rethinking the roughing stage can increase how much material can be safely removed while accelerating throughput.
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Jergens Spindle Gripper Supports Unattended Machining
Jergens Inc.’s MT-S Spindle Gripper is designed to enhance machine utilization.
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TJ Davies Coolant Tubes Enhance Toolholder Performance
TJ Davies Co. Inc.’s line of coolant tubes and wrenches designed for HSK toolholders are available in sizes from HSK-25 to HSK-125.
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Reducing Chatter and Strain Through Pressure Monitoring
Loss of fixture pressure can cause problems from chatter to thrown parts. Pressure monitoring helps keep fixtures stable and operations on target.
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Seco Drill Provides High-Feed Performance
The Seco X-Tip Drill features a high-feed geometry provides faster, cleaner holes with less downtime, while its recyclable tips support sustainability goals.
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Can Cooperation Out-Compete Competition?
Spearheaded by Rego-Fix, the Center for Machining Excellence gives OEMs the chance to cooperate and provide a more comprehensive service to their customers, and it gives machine tool users the chance to look at all the component elements that go into a machining cell.
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Get a Grip on Your Workholding Processes
From adhesive fixturing to automated changeovers, these articles show how shops are rethinking workholding to improve efficiency and accuracy. Whether it's collet choice, custom fixtures, or balancing density with simplicity, smarter setups are driving better results.
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From Manual Mills to Hybrid CNC: How Conversational Control Transformed Toolroom Machining
When a veteran machinist refused to use a new CNC mill, his resistance sparked a revolution. This article traces how Southwestern Industries developed ProtoTRAK — an intuitive hybrid control system that remains vital as AI begins reshaping manufacturing.
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Understanding Process Damping in Milling Operations
Despite the advances in modeling machining operations over the past decades, process damping remains a topic of interest, including new tool designs that increase the effect.
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New Possibilities from Process Consolidation, Customization, AI and More at MT Technology Series East 2025
When do broadening capabilities outweigh specialization (and vice versa)? In our recap of MT Technology Series East 2025, find out how the latest generation of machines, tooling and software answers that question.
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A New Frontier in Surface Finish Control
What if your machine tool could measure surface roughness as it cuts? This article explores how in-process metrology is advancing from concept to reality, enabling real-time feedback, immediate detection of anomalies and new levels of control over surface quality. Discover the technologies making this possible.
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