 | Hassay Savage introduces microdrill line
| Hassay Savage Co. has introduced
its GMauvaisUSA microdrill line to the North American market.
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 | Dura-Mill introduces WhisperKut Plus endmills
| Dura-Mill's new WhisperKut Plus carbide endmills with Dura
Shield provide customers with an enhanced version of the company's
WhisperKut series endmills.
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 | Greenleaf expands ring-groove cutter line
| Greenleaf Corp. offers an expanded line of Ring Max ring-groove cutters.
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 | Greenleaf offers coated SiAlON ceramic inserts
| Greenleaf Corp. announces the SIALOX line of ceramic insert cutting tools.
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 | Tap improves thread quality in high-strength steel
| Walter
has introduced the Walter Prototyp Paradur Short Chip HT
blind hole tap, designed to increase process reliability and quality when
tapping long-chipping high tensile (HT) strength steels.
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|  | Evolving Toward Digital
| Author: Matt Tegelman, BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. Published: May 2013
Boring tools with a digital readout aren't the standard in U.S. shops, but their use is growing. | View Article
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 | Transmitting Tool
| Author: Alan Richter, Editor Published: April 2013
The Look Ahead department in the April 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering also looks at a mechatronic cutting tool for large back counterboring and back spotfacing applications. | View Article
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 | Chuck The Chips
| Author: Susan Woods, Contributing Editor Published: March 2013
The process of displacing metal instead of cutting it is called many things. But whether they call it form tapping, cold form tapping, thread forming, cold roll forming, roll forming, thread rolling, roll tapping or cold roll tapping, many metalworking professionals are unfamiliar with it, according to Peter Gennuso, applications engineering supervisor for OSG Tap & Die Inc., Glendale Heights, Ill. | View Article
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 | Shifting Gears
| Author: Aaron Habeck, Sandvik Coromant Co. Published: February 2013
Imagine a gear milling method where the toolpath—not the tool shape—determines gear characteristics such as diametral pitch or pressure angle. A new concept, involute milling, provides that functionality while delivering machining efficiency and production versatility. The result is a “democratization” of gear milling, moving the process from single-purpose, dedicated machine tools to multipurpose machines that can produce small batches economically because no costly hobs or gashers are needed. | View Article
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 | Band Aid
| Author: Susan Woods, Contributing Editor Published: January 2013
Tips and techniques for improving bandsaw blade life and performance. | View Article
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|  | Heavy Metal Machining
| | This brief video report features a Mitsui Seiki USA Inc.'s 5-axis trunnion-style machine producing an aerospace part as well as a MAG NBV 700 5X 5-axis machine trochoidal milling a titanium blisk. | | View Video |
 | Milling Around With Kennametal
| | Scott Etling, manager of Global Product Management for Kennametal Inc.'s indexable milling products, discussed the company's Dodeka face mills and Rodeka copy mills for a CTEplus video report shot during IMTS 2012. | | View Video |
 | Holemaking With Kennametal
| | Dr. Tilo Krieg, director of Global Holemaking and Solid Endmilling Products at Kennametal Inc., offers an overview of the KSEM Plus, which combines the advantages of modular drills with indexable milling inserts on the outside diameter. | | View Video |
 | Finding A New Groove
| | Rich Denton, product management director of Kennametal Inc.'s Indexable Milling and Turning Products, unveiled a new geometry for the company's A4 grooving system for a CTEplus video report shot during IMTS 2012. | | View Video |
 | Iscar Turns 60
| | Andrew Benson, co-general manager and chief marketing officer at Iscar Metals Inc., spoke with Don Nelson, publisher of Cutting Tool Engineering and MICROmanufacturing magazines, during IMTS 2012 to discuss the company's 60th anniversary and a variety of new products. | | View Video |
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