Precision Machining Technology Review August 2021: Cutting Tools

Summer may be coming to a close, but the precision machining industry continues to stay incredibly active with a multitude of new and improved products designed to optimize manufacturing operations.

Every month, we’re putting together a Technology Showcase, highlighting some of the product information that PM receives from supplier companies. For August, we focused on cutting tools, including an FB geometry for finishing grooves; a 5-flute, high-performance carbide end mill for high-speed roughing in aluminum; solid ceramic end mills with a phase-toughened substrate and a unique cutting geometry; and more as described below.

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Horn's New FB Geometry Standardizes Special Cutting for Finishing Grooves

High surface quality is possible without any problems in the finishing process, even when the conditions are unstable.

Horn USA’s FB geometry is a cutting solution for finishing grooves. By standardizing the special cutting geometry, Horn says it enables users to achieve better surface quality on the flanks and at the base of a groove or recess. This geometry can also be used as a special solution for producing grooves for sealing rings and shaft seals. The company says users can achieve high surface quality without any problems in the finishing process, even when the conditions are unstable.

GWS Tool Group's End Mill Made for High-Speed Aluminum Roughing

GWS Tool Group's Alumigator ASR-5

GWS Tool Group’s Alumigator ASR-5 end mill is a 5-flute, high-performance carbide end mill for high-speed roughing in aluminum. It’s available in both coolant-through and solid configurations. This end mill features an unequal indexing configuration that reduces chatter for the optimized high-efficiency milling of aluminum alloys, the company says.

Solid Ceramic End Mills Offer Increased Feed Rates, Broader Speed Range

Greenleaf XSYTIN-360 high-performance, solid ceramic end mill

Greenleaf Corp. says its XSYTIN-360 line of high-performance solid ceramic end mills combines a phase-toughened XSYTIN-1 substrate with a unique cutting geometry to offer ten times more productivity and tremendous cost savings. These end mills are said to be extremely versatile with twice the feed rate capability and a much broader speed range.

Platinum Tooling Expands Tooling Options for Swiss-Type Automatic Lathes

Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. now carries Heimatec’s Citizen tool program.

Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc., the exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools, angle heads and multi-spindle heads, extends its product offering to include the current Citizen tool program. In addition to the standard live and static tools, it will offer 1:4 speed increasers for the most current Citizen machine models. Designed to optimize the machine’s parameters, this expanded line of live and static precision tools for Swiss-type CNC automatic lathes are efficient and cost effective, the company says.

Tungaloy Adds Grades, Geometries to Grooving, Parting Off Tools

TungCut Grade DGS

Tungaloy has added new grades and geometries to its TungCut line of grooving and parting-off tools. TungCut is a multifunctional grooving and parting-off line that offers a wide range of insert and toolholder variations to provide users with maximum performance in OD/ID grooving, face grooving, groove turning and parting operations. The company says the line features strong and reliable insert clamping to ensure minimum tool chatter, while providing maximum precision and tool life during heavy duty grooving such as groove turning.

Sandvik Coromant Carbide Inserts Increase Tool Life, Performance Machining Steel

Sandvik Coromant’s GC4415 and GC4425 carbide turning inserts provide more productive and efficient turning of ISO P steels.

Sandvik Coromant’s GC4415 and GC4425 carbide turning inserts provide more productive and efficient turning of ISO P steels. The two carbide grades are designed for external and internal machining of low-alloyed and unalloyed steels, delivering increased toughness, heat resistance and predictable wear.