Video Reports

Sold by Germany-headquartered Chiron Group, the refrigerator-size Micro5 machining center is designed to machine small and delicate parts for industrioes like medical, jewelry, watchmaking and electronics. The five-axis machine  can handle workpiece sizes up to 50 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm.

This 5-minute video report on Eagle Manufacturing, a student-run business at Brown County High School in Nashville, Indiana, is presented as a video supplement to the following Lead Angle column published in the October 2023 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

ZOLLER Inc. welcomed manufacturing professionals from a range of industry verticals to its North American headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Automation Days on Aug. 9 and 10, 2023. Customers and industry leaders highlighted the unique solutions ZOLLER offers to automate cutting tool management and establish more resilient, reliable processes in the face of a labor shortage that is expected to leave 2.1 million jobs unfilled by 2030.

Whether it is groove turning holders and grooving systems for radial grooving, parting off, axial grooving and internal grooving, indexable inserts with new parting-off or groove turning geometries or tailored cutting tool materials and coatings, etc. — the comprehensive range of Walter parting-off tools enables you to achieve top performance.

The webinar, which is based on the "Tiny Drillers" feature published in the August issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, delves deeper into the products and strategies recommended for deep-hole microdrilling by Kennametal Inc. and Sandvik Coromant Co. In addition, a representative from MAQ AB discussed the company's vibration-damped turning tool that is 8 mm in diameter, which was the subject of a sidebar to the main feature article in CTE's August issue.

Not all titanium is alike. Depending on whether it is pure titanium or alloyed titanium, the chip removing process behavior differs. For these challenges, Mikron Tool has developed drills tailored to specific titanium grades that can machine titanium safely — with higher cutting performance results, longer tool lives and excellent hole quality. The webinar, which is presented by Clive Komlenic, sales director, East, for Mikron Tool, addresses chip formation, torque, material properties, overheating and Mikron’s latest state-of-art drill series technologies aimed at machining titanium.

This Fixtureworks video highlights the innovative Modular Pull Clamping System, a simple clamping system that allows 5-axis machining without tool interference. The innovative pull clamps can be used as a mechanical zero-point clamping system for quick fixture change with locating repeatability of 5 microns.

Tungaloy’s DrillMeister and AddMeisterDrill lines of head-changeable drills offer stable performance, long tool life, with significant cost-savings thanks to the elimination of tool reconditioning and reduced inventory. Our new modular drill body, combined with the TungFlex system, ensures increased reliability of long-reach drilling for hole depths up to 3xD.

During a tour of the NSK America booth at Eastec 2023, Senior Product Manager Greg Nottoli showcased the company's CTS-3030 high-speed, ultra-precise electric spindle designed to seamlessly transport coolant through the cutting tool.

Steven Baier, vice president of sales for Haimer USA, demonstrated a couple of heat-shrink machines during Eastec 2023: the Power Clamp Premium i4.0 and the Power Clamp Air i4.0 Economic.

ARCH Cutting Tools Marketing Director Rachel Dresser took time during Eastec 2023 to highlight the company's product series for KEO, Ultra-Dex, Patriot High Performance, and Revere, as well as its RECON360 remanufacturing service.

Rollomatic Inc.'s Brian Twohey, national sales manager, highlighted a couple of machines while at Eastec: the GrindSmart 660XW, a six-axis tool and cutter grinder, and the Strausak ONE linear CNC tool grinder.