FandMmag.com: Tooling & Workholding

SLURRY IS NO WORRY

rss@fandmmag.com — Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:29:00 -0500

Custom dedicated milling fixtures from Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. solve multiple machining challenges that faced Weir Minerals North America on 5000 lb slurry pump housings, including a 50 percent reduction of setup time.

GUN DRILLING IN TOOL STEEL

rss@fandmmag.com — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:35:00 -0500

Swedish steel maker SSAB explains how progress is being made on long hole drilling in wear resistant and harder mold and die steels as a way to avoid heat treating.

LIGHTWEIGHT, BUT TOUGH AS NAILS

rss@fandmmag.com — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:35:00 -0500

St. Louis Prestress, a manufacturer of precast building components, needed a portable drill with the raw power to get the job done. They found a perfect fit in a rugged but lightweight magnetic core drill from Fein Power Tools.

APPLICATION-SPECIFIC COLD-FORMING TAPS

rss@fandmmag.com — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:22:00 -0500

These Cold-forming Taps from Emuge Corporation are specially designed with unique geometric designs, coatings, and styles for chipless production of internal threads in a wide range of specific applications.

FAST AND SIMPLE TAPER GAGING ON PRESS BRAKES

rss@fandmmag.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:05:00 -0500

Cincinnati Incorporated offers an innovative system that speeds and simplifies taper gaging on press brakes for making angular bends.

HIGH FEED MILLING TAKES OFF WITH NEW CUTTING TOOLS

rss@fandmmag.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:12:00 -0500

When Ace Precision Industries Inc. initially transferred their conventional tooling and methods to a new HMC, the process worked but they could not optimize their new machine tool capabilities. Then they switched over to new tooling from Seco Tools and machining costs dropped like never before.

TOOL PATHS: WEAK LINK NO MORE

rss@fandmmag.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:12:00 -0500

No matter how sophisticated a machine tool is, it cant do anything without a tool and tool path. Glenn Coleman of Celeritive Technologies shows how a high-quality cutting tool, driven by innovative tool path programs, can increase metal removal rates as much as 10 times.

REDUCE SHOULDER MILLING COSTS BY 25 PERCENT

rss@fandmmag.com — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:25:00 -0500

The CoroMill 490 from Sandvik Coromant is a versatile shoulder-milling tool for face and shoulder milling operations in small to medium batch sizes.

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