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Toolholders
Custom Gripping Solutions For Fastener Industry
Hardinge manufactures collets for virtually all brands of machines and adapters used in the fastener industry. These precision collets can grip blind bolt fasteners, solid and blind rivets, bolts, screws, nuts, inserts and studs.
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Extended Gage Lengths For Toolholder Line
BIG Kaiser has expanded its BIG-Plus line of toolholders by introducing extended gage lengths for its shell mill adapters and shrink-fit toolholders. The line’s CAT50 shell mill adapters are available standard in 8", 10" and 12" gage lengths on 1" and 1½" pilot diameters and 4" and 6" lengths on a 1¼" pilot diameter.
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How Do You Get The Cutting Parameters Right For Small End Mills?
A reader recently asked about speed, feed rate and depth of cut when using small tools in steel.
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Using Small End Mills In Steel Without Breaking
A reader wants to mill with small tools on a straightforward VMC used for full-sized work. ¸ßÅâÂÊÁùºÏ²Ê Online’s micromachining expert offers advice.
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CYCLO GRIP Milling Chuck
The new MAG CYCLO GRIP Milling Chuck grips end mills with 4,700 pounds of clamping force and .0004 runout. This tool holder is ideal for hard metal cutting using large diameter end mills. It can also be used to hold shank style tools including back-spotfacing tools.
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Balanced Tool Assemblies Boost Quality, Efficiency
With balancing equipment and shrink-fit toolholders from Haimer USA, this manufacturer of automotive castings improved productivity, accuracy and surface finishes while extending tool and spindle life.Â
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Reducing Thrust Loads During Rigid Tapping
Some amount of synchronization error is inevitable with rigid tapping. By allowing just a slight amount of axial movement to compensate for synchronous errors, this tapping holder is said to reduce thrust load by as much as 90 percent.
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Hydraulic Expansion Toolholder
The Schunk Tendo-ES is a short, hydraulic-expansion toolholder that allows the tool to be clamped directly in the mounting taper. The tool shank is supported via the spindle, and the result is a high holding force for transferable high torque and additional space in the machining area.
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Toolholder For Aggressive Cutting
Techniks’ DualDrive toolholders, which can be used with all spindles, eliminate the gap between the toolholder flange and the spindle face to provide increased rigidity and accuracy when cutting. The company recommends using these toolholders when high metal removal rates, high feed rates and/or machining at extended lengths is desired.
Read MoreHow Do You Machine a 30:1 Hole in Stainless Without the Drill Wandering?
An expert in micromachining says one answer is to check various aspects of the drilling process. Another answer is not to use a drill at all.
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