Cutting Tools

OSG USA's HY-Pro Carb VGM endmill series

OSG USA Inc. announces the release of the HY-Pro Carb VGM endmill series. VGM endmills feature variable geometry for dynamic milling of steel and stainless steel. The VGM series includes five- and seven-flute options, with a six-flute alternative coming soon.

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ARCH Cutting Tools launches master catalog

ARCH Cutting Tools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, released its first fully integrated master catalog, titled “The Collection.”

Precision Module PSK

Precision Modules Meet Requirements for Clean Production

In most applications, the focus is on ensuring that no outside contaminants get into a mechanical system, while in controlled areas and clean room production. The revised PSK ensures that no material makes it outside into the mechanical system. The precision ball screw nut and linear carriage assembly are sealed from both sides with Rexroth ball screw assembly seals. This detail significantly reduces the risk of lubricants escaping outside.

Cutting tools: A 20th-century business moves into the 21st century

Marcus Ralston explains his outlook regarding three key milestones of the evolution taking the cutting tool industry into the 21st century.

i-ONE Exchangeable Micro-Grain Carbide Drill Inserts

Faster Changes, Longer Insert Life in Steel and Cast Iron

The i-ONE line offers the advantage of a solid carbide drill combined with the flexibility of steel bodies. i-ONE micro-grain carbide inserts combine a new, multilayered H-coating and optimized cutting angles with tool steel holders with Torx Plus clamping stability.

Tooling for shaping hard and abrasive materials

Inovatools USA LLC in Hartland, Michigan, offers a broad product range of high-performance solid carbide mills that meet the exacting requirements in mold, fixture and die manufacturing.

Quick-change tooling boosts company profits

Many machine shops are losing tens of thousands of dollars in company profits each year by not implementing quick-change tooling on mills and lathes. Implementing this technology can easily reduce downtime an hour a day.

ARCH Cutting Tools takes top prize in Tool of the Year competition

With 28 entries, 1.2 million social impressions and almost 4500 votes, ANCA’s Tool of the Year winner was ARCH Cutting Tool’s entry that demonstrated the use of multiple ANCA’S iGrind machine operations with several complex profiles.

GWS Tool Group names key personnel

GWS Tool Group in Tavares, Florida, has bolstered its applications and sales expertise in California and Northern Mexico with the appointment of two specialists.

September cutting tool orders up 14.7% compared to August

September 2020 U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $156.1 million. This total, as reported by companies participating in the Cutting Tool Market Report collaboration, was up 14.7 percent from August's $136.1 million and down 20.5 percent when compared with the $196.3 million reported for September 2019.