ZOLLER introduced »mμFocus« inspection machine to ensure exact, standardized quality in tool development. It helps achieve user goals with high-precision tool geometry and optimal surface textures customized as per specific application.
KORLOY Inc., introduced ‘Triple Mill’ milling tool which achieves high depth of cut machining as well as offer solutions for casting workpieces with uneven surface and casting machining with irregular depth of machining.
Dormer Pramet has completed the acquisition of Miranda Tools, a manufacturer of High-Speed Steel (HSS) cutting tools in India, from Ashok Piramal Group. Miranda is one of the leading domestic brands of drills, taps, milling cutters, tool bits and saws, with a corporate base in Mumbai.
YG-1 Cutting Tools presents new Combo Tap threading tool ‘Inch’ catalog. The multi-purpose tapping solution has been expanded to include 598 new items with new sizes, pitches, and pitch limits. Additionally, the Combo Tap brand strategy has been improved with the consolidation of the existing INOX tap line.
Kennametal introduced a new line of Polycrystalline diamond (PCD) round tools for aluminum machining that delivers upto 10 times higher productivity than carbide tooling. The new collection of drills, reamers and end mills offers exceptional tool life and wear resistance even in very abrasive aluminum alloys.
Paul Horn GmbH extends its broaching product selection with the addition of different sized N105, N110 and N117 systems tool geometries for broaching varied square holes. The N105 and N110 systems are ideal for WAF sizes from 4 - 13 mm (0.157"-0.512"), and N117 system for WAF sizes from 13 - 22 mm (0.512"-0.866").
ISCAR Ltd expanded its MICRO-3-FEED fast feed milling tool line introducing FFT3 EFM-03 and FFT3 EFM-MM 03 milling cutters along with FFT3 WXMT 03 inserts. The FFT3 EFM indexable endmills are with an integral body in diameters of 8, 20 and 25 mm.
CNC Software, Inc., developers of Mastercam, the world’s leading CAD/CAM software announced a new partnership with GARR TOOL to provide its complete line of cutting tools as a native, Mastercam tool library. GARR TOOL is an ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturer of high-performance solid carbide cutting tools.
Sandvik Coromant presented tools that offer premium performance in machining aluminium auto components, which form an essential part in hybrid and electric cars. Well-designed and light aluminium components are essential for hybrid and fully electric cars to increase driving range and power by reducing weight.
The US cutting tool consumption amounted to $156.1 million, according to the US Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total was 14.7% higher than the August’s $136.1 million and was down 20.5%.
