Finishing

Surface Finish on A36 Steel

ProvenCut recipe 586 struck a wonderful balance, machining a piece free of chatter and yielding an extraordinary finish using a YG-1 V7 PlusA six-flute endmill held in a Lyndex-Nikken SK16 collet holder. The 2D contour finishing operation was programmed with Autodesk Fusion 360 and run at 210 m/min. (690 sfm) at 0.015 mm feed per tooth (0.0006" feed per tooth) with a 0.203 mm (0.008") radial DOC and 63.5 mm axial DOC.

Layoffs, social distancing may drive machine shops to automate labor-intensive finishing operations

Whether driven by the reduction of in-shop personnel due to layoffs or to maintain social distancing guidelines into the future, many machine shops likely will be reevaluating ways to eliminate labor-intensive manual operations if they can be automated instead.

Monaghan Tooling Group rushes custom ventilator tooling project

Dayton, OH – Custom tooling requests are not unusual at Monaghan Tooling Group, and each gets special attention. They are all important. However, when it’s a life-or-death situation, you tend to pull out all the stops.

Tungaloy enhances steel turning performance with new T9200 grade series

Tungaloy’s CVD grades in the T9200 series offer outstanding performance in steel turning. This new generation of grades features Tungaloy’s innovative PremiumTec post surface treatment technology making T9200 hard to break.

ARCH Cutting Tools -- Your complete tool making authority

ARCH Cutting Tools continues to focus on their commitment to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Backed by a talented line up of experienced engineers to assist you in creating personalized custom tool solutions and fueled with an ever increasing standard, stocked high performance offering of cutting tools and holders. ARCH is your tool making authority. Jeff Cederstrom, the divisional President of ARCH Cutting Tools provides his insight into the unique cultural identity that is the base of their success.

Tungaloy Enhances T9200 Steel Turning Inserts with New Grades and Geometries

Tungaloy has expanded its T9200 CVD grade insert series to include T9205 and T9235 grades as well as the -TSF and -TM style chipbreakers. Both T9205 and T9235 provide outstanding wear resistance in the P05 and P35 application ranges surpassing existing CVD grades. These capabilities are possible due to Tungaloy’s innovative coating technologies, including:

Ream a 'hole' lot better with replaceable heads

01/07/2020

Author:

Kip Hanson

Replaceable heads represent the next step in the evolution of reaming.

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Ceramic, plastic mass finishing consumables to account for 70% of consumption

Sales of mass finishing consumables are primarily driven by the increasing demand for surface finishing from various end-use industries such as automotive, aerospace, and general and industrial engineering. As indicated in a new study, the global mass finishing consumables market is estimated to be valued at over US$180 million by the end of 2019, demonstrating moderate growth at a less than 5% CAGR during the forecast period, 2019 to 2029.