175 press releases : Cutting tools for machine tools

The RADIAL-POLE system for vertical turning and grinding, completely avoids mechanical deformations and automatically compensates any peculiarity of the workpiece shape. The uniform clamping along the contact surface eliminates all problems related to machining vibrations with tremendous advantages in terms of machining tolerances, tool life, stock removal and machine productivity. Clamping o...

Master collets and pads can save time and money. Hardinge, the inventor of the S-pad concept, has a dedicated S-pad manufacturing cell enabling them to maintain stock availability on more than 1000 styles and sizes of pads. The style-S master collet, although originally designed for multi-spindle automatic screw machines, has many benefits to the CNC lathe operator. The collet pads can be changed m...

Endmills and facemills with tangentially clamped inserts in a diameter range of 8-80 mm ISCAR is introducing a new family of milling tools that uses tangentially clamped inserts with two helical cutting edges. The new T290 inserts are available in cutting edge lengths of 5, 10 and 15 mm. The T290 LNMT ... TR inserts are the next evolution of ISCAR's most popular HELIMILL inserts. Due to their t...

Renishaw's OMV part verification software now allows users of multi-axis CNC machine tools to take advantage of its simple point-and-click 3D inspection programming for touch probes. Renishaw OMV 1.3 also allows the import of predefined data points and gives enhanced ‘best-fit’ functions for conditions including ‘Max-Material’ and ‘Least-Material’. A PC-based part verification package for CNC m...

Ducati has realised that the machining of valuable components for its Desmodromic engines must be carefully controlled. Different tools are used hundreds of thousands of times during the course of a year, with the constant risk of a chipped or broken tool being picked up from the magazine, which would result in serious problems. This has been solved using a Renishaw tool breakage detection system...

New angle machining heads are now available for models T3, T3A and T3 STAR of the PHANTOMATIC line and the COMET range. The standard two-way angle machining head retains the morphological codes and characteristics of the previous version but is superior thanks to its capacity to combine speed with less noise without impairing the standard of milling: * The speed passes from 8000 rpm to 10...

"Easier maintenance by the newly developed abrasive dosing head!" The new type of abrasive dosing head saves valuable time at the maintenance. An optimized constructive solution simplifies both the general handling as well as the maintenance. Juergen Moser, managing director of STM Waterjet Solutions, explains: "The abrasive dosing head in its previous design worked good, although cleaning an...

Dear clients, Pascal Corporation has developped a new model of expansion hole clamp, which is the CGS model. The use of the new CGS model will : - allow an increase in Tool accessibility - help to reduce the jig fixture cost - make possible a lightweight and space saving jig fixture - make production line more compact - ease the work transfer - improve the chip flushing effect - eas...

Jet Edge, Inc. is pleased to introduce its new Mid Rail Gantry Waterjet System. The Jet Edge Mid Rail Gantry Waterjet System features an 8’X13’ work envelope with an exposed tank that easily accommodates overhead loading. It comes standard with one abrasivejet cutting head; a second cutting head can be added to increase productivity. The Mid Rail Gantry is ball-screw driven for higher accura...

Fair Lawn, New Jersey, September 8, 2008 – Sandvik Coromant presented Dr. David Andersson with the 2008 Sandvik Coromant Materials Award for his PhD thesis, which used theoretical calculations to determine point defects in advanced ceramic materials. Dr. Andersson received the award, as well as a $5,400 prize, during a ceremony on Monday, September 8 at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. ...

The latest version of Eureka, the revolutionary simulation software for CNC machines, enables the verification of complex G-code programs avoiding unexpected machine crashes and wasted time due to programming errors. Easy to use but powerful and flexible on the same time, Eureka is the right choice beside the machine in the shop floor,in the office and in R&D department. Eureka will be at t...

Flexibility and the need of working with closer tolerances have guided the design of the FG-600-B8 to grind concentric diameters and eccentric forms. Conventional grinding cycles together with high speed grinding is now possible integrating both operations in one clamping. This concept is ideal for form grinding and for ultra high precision parts for the hydraulic industry, cams of different shapes...

The HTC (Horizontal Tool Changers) devices are mechanical, machine-independent tool change assemblies which, by means of a cam drive, transform an incoming uniform rotary motion supplied by a gearmotor into a regular series of stop-and-go linear and rotary movements of the output shaft onto which the arm of the tool gripper is fixed. The synchronous combination of movements performed by the gripper...

Hardinge’s new GD210LP low-profile rotary table provides rigidity, speed, accuracy and repeatability in an affordable package. High stiffness and super rigidity are accomplished with large diameter bearings and a fail-safe clamp system allowing part weight of up to 220 pounds. Radial load testing indicated a stiffness of 4x greater than a competitive model. The GD210LP uses up to 233ft-lb/315Nm of ...

SGS Tool Company, the leader in high performance tool design, offers the Patented Z-Carb-AP Variable Rake End Mill designed specifically for superior chatter suppression. With most end mills, the cutting teeth enter and exit the material creating a natural rhythm that results in damaging harmonics. The harmonics produce a frequency that resonates through the entire tool, resulting in one of the mos...