Toolholders
Shrinking Costs: The Tool Life and Cycle Time Advantages of Shrink-Fit Tooling
A Tier-One automotive supplier measures the value of a toolholder change.
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Live Tooling for Popular Series of Turning Centers
Heimatec now offers live tooling for all popular models in the Hyundai, Miyano and Nakamura turning center lines.
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From Universal Tool Clamping to Automated Presetting
The opening of Rego-Fix's new U.S. headquarters caps a long series of developments in precision tool clamping technology.
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Broaching Toolholder Interchangeable with ER Collet Chucks
Eastec 2017: Somma Tool Co. offers a new style of broach toolholder designed to be interchangeable with any style of ER collet chuck.
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Live Tooling Head Enables Angled Milling, Gear Skiving
Exsys Tool’s 90-degree skiving, drilling and milling head enables angled drilling and milling capabilities on turning centers as well as gear skiving operations.
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Air-Powered Spindles Enable 50,000-rpm Milling
Eastec 2017: Air Turbine Spindles’ new 50,000-rpm 660 series is said to dramatically reduce cycle time and machine spindle wear in applications ranging from micromachining to heavy-duty milling in tool steel, titanium, ceramics or Inconel.
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Overcoming the Challenges of Threading Hardened Parts
Threading hardened parts resulted in long cycle times and fast tool wear for one shop. Seco's Secomax CBN200 insert grade reduced threading cycle time by a third.
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Schunk Opens Service, Technology Center in Houston, Texas
The center offers a range of services to local manufacturers.
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Tooling Line Now Includes Threading Inserts, Round Shank Holders
Tungaloy is expanding its DuoJustCut line to include threading inserts and round shank holders to further its position in small-part machining industries.
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Interchangeable Broach Toolholder for any ER Collet Chuck
PMTS 2017: Interchangeable among any style ER collet chuck, the compact, adjustment-free offset rotary broach toolholder will thread onto existing ER (16, 20, 25 and 32) collet chucks and features a built-in 1-degree wobble cutting edge for offset rotary broaching.
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