TOOLING

Tooling 1/26/2023

Breaking the Barriers for Small Tool Breakage Detection

This contact-free tool breakage detector, especially useful for machine tools with small tools and small workzones, offers a quick and efficient way to change out broken tools before they cause bigger problems.
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Cutting Tools 1/19/2023

CNC Turning Tips for HRSA Materials

Rough-turning, heat-resistant superalloys can be challenging. However, new carbide insert technology provides the capability to perform high-speed, high-feed roughing in a single pass.
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Cutting Tools 12/30/2022

4 Strategies for Managing Chip Control

Having strategies in place for managing chips is an important part of protecting the production process, from tool life to product quality.

Cutting Tools 11/8/2022

Tips to Make CNC Machining Tool Failure Predictable

Accurate prediction of tool life is key to establishing a controlled, repeatable and reliable CNC machining process.
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Workholding

PMTS 2023 Product Preview: Workholding

Learn about some of the latest workholding solutions that will be on display at PMTS 2023.

Angela Osborne Managing Editor, Production Machining

Swiss-Types 11/3/2022

Shop Sets its Sights on Precise Tool Alignment

A Wisconsin shop has found that visual tool alignment technology has improved tool life and surface finishes for its Swiss-type lathes while increasing throughput as well.

Toolholders 10/28/2022

Precision Machining Technology Review October 2022: Toolholders

Production Machining showcases some of the latest toolholders, including technology from Goeltenbodt, Horn, GenSwiss, iSwiss, Iscar and Kaiser Tool.

Medical 10/13/2022

VIDEO: Swiss Shop’s Choice of Collets Facilitates Backworking

This Swiss shop discovered workholding collets that satisfy the needs of its very small, delicate and complex medical parts production on the subspindle, making once impossible processes not only doable but more efficient and esthetically pleasing.

10/6/2022

Air-Actuated Back-Spotfacing is Now an Option

A coolant-actuated, back-spotfacing tool design is now available in an air-actuated version for machines that don’t offer through-tool coolant delivery or parts that can’t be machined using coolant.

10/4/2022

Five-Axis Fixturing Fun

This shop creates intricate fixtures — some of which it has given interesting names — for very complex jobs and high-volume work on five-axis machining equipment.

9/16/2022

Precision Machining Technology Review September 2022: Cutting Tools

Production Machining showcases some of the latest cutting tools, including technology from Heule Precision Tools, Horn, Ceratizit, Ingersoll Cutting Tools, Schwanog and Walter.

Toolholders

PMTS 2023 Product Preview: Toolholders

Learn about some of the latest toolholder solutions that will be on display at PMTS 2023.

Angela Osborne Managing Editor, Production Machining

VIDEOS

Cutting Tools 4/18/2023

IMCO Carbide Tool Inc. End Mills for Faster Part Cycles

The M936 Pow-R-Feed series is designed to make various toolpath moves without slowing down, providing faster cycle times and more production.

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Workholding 2/9/2023

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.

Medical 3/8/2022

The Value of Dual Thread Whirling Units for Bone Screws

Dual thread whirling units on a Swiss-type enable it to produce medical bone screws with two different thread leads in one setup, eliminating the need for time-consuming, single-point threading.