‘Toolholder’

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Start with the news release Kingsbury offers toolholder refurbishment service from Kingsbury Machine Tools, which we summarised at the time by saying "German lathe manufacturer, Index, has introduced a refurbishment service for driven toolholders, with a turnaround of 10 working days or less offered to machine shops throughout Europe. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Walter enhances G1011 toolholder for GX24 insert from Walter GB: "Walter GB has unveiled its improved G1011 toolholder for the GX24 grooving insert.".
 
In June 2009, we covered the news from LMT (UK) - take a look at Shrink-fit units in LMT demonstration vehicle which says: "LMT (UK) has use of a customised demonstration vehicle with three shrink-fit tooling units installed to follow-up to enquiries from companies keen to maximise productivity in their milling processes.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Schunk Intec, Hydraulic toolholder module aids cutter access, as well as Korloy CBN inserts hard-turn without cutting fluid from Cutwel, and Technoturn buys third Doosan CNC VMC from Mills CNC.
 

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Vardex Mega Line enhances threads' surface finish (March 2009)

A manufacturer of hydrostatic spindles has used a Vardex Mega Line heavy-duty thread-turning insert to extend tool life and enhance surface finish on external threads on work pieces.

Tribos technology has high radial rigidity (March 2009)

SHW Bearbeitungstechnik has selected Tribos polygonal clamping technology from Schunk to fulfil its precision tool-holding requirements.

Calculator shows benefits of Coromant Capto (February 2009)

Sandvik Coromant has introduced an online calculator that shows machine shops how much profit they can make by using the Coromant Capto toolholder system.

Bilz Thermogrip speeds presetting time to 30s (January 2009)

The LMT Fette Bilz Thermogrip induction shrinking unit provides an automatic cycle within 30s that assembles and mates the shrink-fit assembly of carbide and high-speed steel cutting tools.

DNM machining centres for precision components (November 2008)

Mills Manufacturing Technology has launched the DNM range of Doosan vertical machining centres in the UK and Ireland.

Hurco announces December open house (November 2008)

The latest five-axis machining centre and driven-tool lathe from Hurco Europe will be among 11 machines under power at the company's next open house.

Machining cells provide continuous production (October 2008)

With the success of Seco's Jetstream Tooling range, the Swedish company's UK subsidiary, where all the tools are manufactured, has had to increase production capacity.

Probing checks for tool breakage, reliability (July 2008)

German automotive parts supplier Zelter uses Blum Z-Nano IR probe system to measure the length of their cutting tools for breakage detection and the Blum TC series for in-process reliability.

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