
Productivity in aluminum: plus 30 percent
With the DC166, Walter is launching a solid carbide step drill for aluminum. The internally cooled special tool is optimized for minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) or cooling with emulsion.
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With the DC166, Walter is launching a solid carbide step drill for aluminum. The internally cooled special tool is optimized for minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) or cooling with emulsion.
Increasing complexity is changing the situation for many sheet metal workers. The production steps are becoming more complex. The demand to keep costs and delivery times low is increasing. Small series through to individual products in batch size 1 should be just as profitable as large series.
Schweiger Formenbau produces high-precision injection molds at marketable costs in Germany.

With Lasermaxx Plott, Cameo Laser offers a laser cutting machine with an output of 35 to 200 W. The CO₂ system equipped with a DC laser source is available in four sizes with the designations Lasermaxx Plott 60, 70, 100 and 125 with working fields from 600 × 400 to 1250 × 900 mm².

Iscar has expanded its Cham IQ Drill line to include diameters ranging from 33 to 40 millimetres and drilling depths from 1.5 to 8xD. The replaceable head drills are characterized by their long tool life and high surface quality when machining steel and cast iron workpieces.

Bystronic takes over the Italian specialist for tube and profile processing TTM Laser completely.
Further developments from Rittal
A lot of manual work is still common in switchgear construction, for example when cutting and processing busbars, trunking and cable ducts. Rittal offers advanced machines and tools to enable this work to be carried out automatically or semi-automatically.

For Mapal, the development of the HPR400 reamers focused on increasing cost-effectiveness through efficient reconditioning.
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.

The circumferentially ground Walter indexable inserts of type LNHU... in various milling applications have proven themselves many times over since their introduction at AMB 2012.