Meusburger has recently extended its range of punching tool components with the E 5590 stripper. It is made of an elastomer in order to prevent damage to the surface of the punched part. The accurately fitting contour on the cutting shaft is cut with the first stroke. This ensures zero-play fitting and prevents accidental drawing-in of the strip. The stripper encases the cutting punch, increasing its buckling resistance. The very high contact pressure acting on the strip ensures it is held (…)

We’ve just met with Christoph Allemann in charge of sales and marketing with Swisschuck to speak about the new generation of precision powerchuck. The KCHP/VKCHP type chucks are specifically designed for cylindrical grinding machines and every chuck is filled with oil to guarantee an efficient chuck operation. Discovery! The sealed design of these chucks has been further improved to either prevent contamination from swarf and coolant or oil loss. This makes these chucks nearly (…)

Mapal has developed a step drill especially for the screw bores in the connecting rod with which the mass production of these parts can be made far more effective. The new step drill produces the screw bore in just one machining step. A special geometry, coating and edge preparation in combination with the four guide chamfers ensure optimum process reliability with very high performance and tool life. With a newly developed chip guiding stage (patent pending), a short spiral ship is (…)

The new Applitec catalogue has been completely revised, both in the design and presentation of the items. The many new features offered by Applitec, a company at the cutting edge of technology, to its dealership network and customers are now given a perfect showcase. In total, 9 product ranges are presented in the new 2015-2017 catalogue. It offers 3 more ranges than the old catalogue. TOP-Watch – Chapter 1 This complements the TOP-Line range. The TOP-Watch programme is constantly (…)

Sandvik Coromant, a global leading supplier of cutting tools, tooling solutions and know-how to the metalworking industry, presents the innovative CoroMill® 5B90, a high-performance tool for finishing aluminium components. The state-of-the-art tool with an innovative cutting edge arrangement delivers excellent surface quality, without burr formation and reduces cost-per-part by up to 30 per cent. CoroMill 5B90 is ideally suited for typical automotive industry applications such as machining (…)

The Swedish tool manufacturer Seco Tools has optimised one of its most successful inventions, Minimaster, the tool system for milling operations with exchangeable fluted inserts. The Minimaster Plus® for significantly higher precision and process security has been presented to the market at the AMB 2014. With the highly productive Minimaster Plus tool system with replaceable fluted inserts, there is no longer a need for re-measurement of tool length. The Minimaster Plus product range (…)

The recently introduced CoroCut® QD concept for deep external grooving and parting off from Sandvik Coromant, now adds internal machining to the application range of these secure and reliable tools. The CoroCut QD system from October 1st will include CoroTurn® SL blades for deep grooves in internal machining. The modularity of the CoroTurn SL interface enables tool assemblies to be optimized for the specific application. High process security Internal grooving and parting off with long (…)

After the launch of the vibration-damped shell mill holders for milling applications, the Swedish tool manufacturer Seco Tools is presenting a new patented system for static turning operations. There is an ever-increasing demand within industry for tools with a long overhang for the cutting of large, complex work pieces with deep cavities. However, the negative side effect of these tools is often vibrations. Vibration-damped Steadyline boring bars will reduce these vibrations by means of a (…)

Mapal has developed a new generation of tangential indexable inserts for roughing and semi-finishing operations. The sintered CTMQ inserts with four cutting edges are particularly cost-effective in applications with larger admissible tolerances, as is generally the case for roughing. Tailored in the first step to the machining of steel and cast iron, the indexable inserts have innovative coatings developed on Mapal‘s in-house coating line. The tangential indexable inserts are classified in (…)

Noris cold forming taps „Spanlos Neo HR“ allow a process-safe threading even in difficult to machine steels up to 1400 N/mm² tensile strength. For this, Reime Noris developed a cold forming tap which can withstand high mechanical stress. The powder metallurgical substrate HSS-PS (HSSE-PM) and the special asymmetrical design of the pressing lands are the reasons. Optimal grinding and coating technologies guarantee low torque and perfect thread surfaces. 3 versions to choose from The (…)