Cutting Tools & Tooling

The Stabilizer series of milling tools from Seco is designed to reduce power consumption by around 20% while delivering stable, versatile, and reliable machining of aluminum and other nonferrous metals across a wide range of applications.

Platinum Tooling Technologies, the importer of Heimatec live tools and angle heads, offers a variety of products designed to enhance the capabilities of Swiss CNC lathes. In addition to live tooling and angle heads, Platinum oofers speed multipliers in gear ratios of 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4 with max speeds to 48,000 rpm.

ARCH Medical Grinding was named the winner of the ANCA Tool of the Year Award 2026. The judges called out a standout entry that combines highly realistic cutting geometry with an elegant, polished overall design, with the effective use of milling operations adding complexity and visual interest — a technically convincing and cosmetically impressive tool, built with ANCA software.

Tungaloy Corporation and NTK Cutting Tools announce that, effective January 1, 2027, NTK Cutting Tools will merge with Tungaloy, marking a new chapter for both organizations. The merger is subject to compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Following the merger, the integrated organization will operate under the Tungaloy corporate name, while retaining the NTK Cutting Tools brand.

Kennametal Inc.'s new technology, KAF82 TM, is an exclusive 10% cobalt, fully dense tungsten carbide grade designed for additive manufacturing and advanced metal-cutting tools. The company says it is the first additive manufacturing, fully dense tungsten carbide grade of its kind to be commercialized at scale and with proven performance for metal-cutting applications.

Kennametal Inc. launched a new 10% cobalt grade tungsten carbide that the company says is a "breakthrough in additive manufacturing" that enables the rapid production of custom carbide hole-finishing tools with advanced features such as optimized cooling channels and complex geometries.

Sarah Christopher Falk and Todd White explain SCT port mills, interpolation and port kits for ferrous and nonferrous materials at IMTS 2026.

Bonded portfolio of Cut-Off Wheels and Grinding Discs from Klingspor Abrasives Inc. are designed for fabricators, maintenance professionals, and industrial users working across a wide range of materials and applications.

The new SolidMeisterPro series from Tungaloy NTK is a highly productive carbide endmill series for difficult-to-machine materials. The SolidMeisterPro series incorporates TiAlCrN silver composition PVD coating technology that the company says delivers excellent protection. The coating provides high thermal stability that handles higher temperatures and improves overall tool life.

The global Metal Cutting Tool market size reached $93.2 billion (USD) in 2025, according to a Growth Market Report on the Metal Cutting Tool Market. The latest research finds that the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.2% during the forecast period from 2026 to 2034.

Ceratizit plans to showcase its innovative digital twin technology at the upcoming IMTS 2026 that is taking place from September 14–19, 2026, at McCormick Place in Chicago. The company will feature its standalone simulation software, "Visual Twins," at Booth 431900 in the West Building.

HEULE Precision Tools allows back spot facing for bore diameters to 45mm, with large widths of cuts. Now spotfacings or counterbores such as screw head counterbores can be cost effectively machined on the back side of the workpiece without rotating the workpiece, thus avoiding time-consuming clamping and repositioning.