Coated HSS cutting tools account for 70 percent of overall sales
According to a new study, sales of high-speed steel (HSS) tools in 2019 are estimated at nearly 218,000 thousand units, projected to register a Y-o-Y growth at 4.8 percent over 2018. HSS tools sales...
U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption Up 13.4 Percent in January
January 2019 U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $208.27 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the...
M5Q90 Tangential Milling Cutter
To boost the first-stage roughing operation on newly cast aluminum parts for the automotive industry, cutting tool and tooling systems specialist Sandvik Coromant is introducing its M5Q90 tangential milling cutter. Designed to complete "cubing"...
Swiss Machining Made Simpler
Advancements and shop actions can reduce the difficulty of a challenging process.
As advancedmanufacturing.org reports, Swiss-style machine tools can be a good choice for making complex parts. On the downside, however, Swiss machining itself has...
Run machines to their full potentials with new facemilling technology
Almost every machine shop uses facemills for roughing, semifinishing and finishing, but many of these shops miss out on increased material-removal rates because they run yesterday’s tooling on today’s machine tools. The larger spindle...
