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With High Dynamic Turning, or HDT for short, Ceratizit has developed a turning technology that, in combination with the dynamic free-turn turning tools, makes it possible to perform all turning operations such as roughing, finishing, contour turning, face turning and longitudinal turning with a single tool.
read more...Tool manufacturers and their users are now talking about digital twins, the cloud and big data analytics as a matter of course. This is all happening under the umbrella of the "Industrial Internet of Things IIoT" - one of the key themes of EMO Hannover 2019.
read more...The new IC5500 cutting material grade from Iscar is particularly suitable for drilling steel. It has a special coating and offers high toughness combined with increased wear resistance.
read more...Coatings improve the performance of tools and are therefore essential in toolmaking. However, the trend is moving away from pure material refurbishment through coating towards application- and coating-oriented composite design.
read more...Gray cast iron is still very popular in automotive engineering. The reason for this is certainly its adaptability to a wide range of requirements. However, this also requires special tools for machining.
read more...Cutting inserts for tangential mounting
The system comprising inserts and SOGX clamp holder from WNT is characterized by a higher number of cutting edges and tangential mounting of the inserts. Coolant is supplied from the rear or side of the tool holder.
read more...With the Insert Converter App, Walter is introducing an app that allows users to replace their machining solution with Walter indexable inserts.
read more...Compared to other available cutting materials, the synthetically produced cutting material PCD (polycrystalline diamond) has a very high hardness and wear resistance. By varying the grain sizes, the toughness and wear resistance can be influenced according to the application.
read more...Cutting material for insert milling
Kennametal has developed a new cutting material for insert milling. According to the manufacturer, KCSM40 has an optimized cobalt binder, which results in high thermal resistance without sacrificing the toughness that customers are used to from KC725M or X500.
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