Milling

Okuma names new coordinator for Houston Tech Center

Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., recently named Ted Winkle as coordinator of the company's Houston Tech Center (HTC). Winkle will oversee management of all HTC activities as well as support sales and Okuma's distribution partner Hartwig.

MC251 Advance solid carbide milling cutters

Walter Tools, Waukesha, Wis., recently introduced its new Advance product line, which the company claims increases tool life up to 50 percent. The MC251 Advance solid carbide milling cutters from Walter's Prototyp brand is said to be the ideal geometry for machining stainless materials from material group ISO M and for secondary applications in ISO S materials, according to the company.

Greenleaf demos 25mm high-feed end mill machine

Watch Greenleaf Corporation's 1" (25mm) high-feed end mill machine Inconel 718 using coated whisker-reinforced ceramic insert grade WG-600®.

Starrag demonstrates Bumotec S191 Linear mill turn machine

Starrag demonstrates Bumotec S191 Linear mill turn machine at IMTS 2014.

Multitask horizontal boring mills

View a demonstration of multitask horizontal boring mills with integrated contouring heads in this video provided by Fives.

Makino machines featured in video report

Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Don Nelson visited the Makino booth during IMTS 2014 in September to learn more about the company's a81nx and a61nx-5E HMCs.

Fluid technology

A Datron high-speed CNC milling machine creates a microfluidic support plate, made of highly transparent acrylic glass, that includes microchannels.

Indexable-insert milling tools machining aluminum

Posted as a supplement to "Variations on a theme," a feature article published in the June 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering, this video shows Millstar’s indexable-insert milling tools machining aluminum. Tried-and-true aluminum alloys continue to do the job for multiple applications, and toolmakers have enhanced their offerings to more effectively machine a metal that’s generally considered easy to cut.

Keyseat cutters

Whitney Tool Co. Inc.’s solidcarbide keyseat cutters are available in diameters from 1⁄8" to 1 ½". The cutters perform many slotting operations, such as circular interpolation in small-diameter holes. They reportedly are rigid and provide long life, often resulting in higher production rates when cutting difficult to machine materials.

WIDIA demos high-speed trochoidal milling

Milling metals hardened to 52 HRC and harder with solid-carbide cutters doesn’t require a heavy-duty, high-performance machine tool when a machinist employs trochoidal milling and applies cutting tools with an appropriate substrate, coating and geometries.

Video posted as a supplement to "Trochoidal milling can tackle the hard stuff," an article in the September 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.