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Carbide cutting tool inserts prices cut at MACH
During the UK's MACH 2008 show, visitors to the LMT Fette stand can buy 30 inserts in one grade and in one chip breaker geometry for just GBP 75.00 - a saving of up to GBP 130.
News from LMT Fette (12 February 2008)
Metal cutting tooling inserts last longer
User application article Inserts used in a variety of operations regularly achieves up to 75% more components per edge than competitor products owing to a high resistance to flank wear, cratering and thermal cracking.
News from Walter GB (24 December 2007)
Edge sintered inserts cut Al machining costs
Inserts use the latest in sintering technology to improve metal cutting performance and reduce costs in applications involving aluminium and other light alloys. Brochure available
News from WNT (UK) (31 October 2007)
Multi-phase inserts raise productivity by 20%
The addition of aluminium and oxygen to the conventional silicon nitride matrix has produced the hardest and most wear resistant metal cutting insert grade available, said a tooling manufacturer.
News from Ceratizit UK (30 October 2007)
Metal cutting tooling to boost productivity
Aiming to improve metal cutting productivity, profitability and performance, a range of tools and inserts feature tungsten carbide grades for drilling, milling, turning and grooving.
News from Iscar Tools (29 October 2007)
Coating increases wear/corrosion resistance
A tungsten carbide-based component coating drammatically extends component life and reduces downtime by increasing wear and corrosion resistance.
News from Hardide Coatings (10 September 2007)
Milling inserts have integrated cooling flutes
A range of ball nose and toroidal indexable milling inserts have integrated cooling flutes for through the tool air supply to provide more efficient chip evacuation.
News from LMT Fette (21 August 2007)
Milling inserts add machining stability
Milling tool developments to be seen at EMO 2007 include a six-sided insert for very high speed machining and double sided inserts with an extremely secure screw clamping system.
News from TaeguTec UK (23 July 2007)
Cermets improve steel machining performance
Developed to provide exceptional wear resistance and improved adhesion resistance for general steel machining operations, two Cermet insert grades raise cutting speeds.
News from NTK Cutting Tools (26 June 2007)
Ceramic grades accelerate exotic alloy machining
Round ceramic tooling inserts perform tough machining, profiling and pocketing in heat resistant super alloys and also reduce component burr and improve component quality.
News from Sandvik Coromant UK (24 May 2007)
CVD and PVD upgrade tool inserts for steels
Upgraded cutting insert grades have CVD and PVD coatings that provide an extremely smooth outer TiN coating layer for reducing friction when machining steels, stainless steels and steel alloys.
News from TaeguTec UK (16 April 2007)
Ceramic inserts speed grey cast iron machining
A competitive ceramic grade for machining gray cast iron can be used for finishing and roughing cuts with higher cutting speeds, in smooth and slightly interrupted cuts.
News from Kennametal UK ( 7 March 2007)
Wear resistance coating facility orders gained
Following over 18 months of close co-operation to engineer and test a way of increasing wear resistance of downhole tractor tool grippers, Hardide Coatings has secured coating facility orders.
News from Hardide Coatings (20 February 2007)
Metals cutting tooling development centre opened
To further develop and promote 'intelligent' metalcutting alternatives, Ceratizit has opened a centre of excellence for ultra-hard cutting materials in Luxembourg.
News from Ceratizit UK (15 December 2006)
Ceramic tooling insert rough cuts cast irons
Silicone nitride ceramic tooling insert grade delivers exceptional performance for cast iron machining including heavy roughing operations.
News from NTK Cutting Tools (13 December 2006)
Surface engineering firm results
Hardide, the provider of unique surface engineering technology, has announced its preliminary results which cover trading for the year ended on 30 September 2006.
News from Hardide Coatings ( 6 December 2006)
CBN cutting tool performance - why chamfer?
Technical background article Chamfering is no longer a necessity for CBN cutting tools, says William Shaffer, in most cutting tool applications, has been proven to limit tool life and diminish cutting performance.
News from Weiler Corporation (16 November 2006)
Inserts designed for parting and grooving
Among the latest cutting tool introductions are ranges of positive and negative geometries, inserts designed for parting and grooving and for specialist operations such as bar peeling.
News from Sandvik Coromant UK (14 November 2006)
Tough insert grades improve cast iron machining
Greatly improved results in the machining of cast irons are offered by insert grades having improved toughness and wear resistance for many operations.
News from Sandvik Coromant UK (14 November 2006)
Coatings facility includes vapour deposition
Hardide Coatings has opened its first US coatings facility in Northwest Houston, Texas.
News from Hardide Coatings (16 October 2006)
Pressed inserts' light alloy machining improved
A range of inserts aimed at machining aluminium, titanium and other light alloys can achieve around 90% of ground insert's performance but at a cost saving that can be as high as 40%. Brochure available
News from WNT (UK) (21 September 2006)
Manipulating tool inserts coating at atomic level
A revolutionary way of producing longer life tooling insert coatings that utilizes new process methods and crystallographic control to manipulate the coating at the atomic level.
News from Seco Tools (UK) (12 September 2006)
Chipbreaker allows high feed/low depth of cut
Designed to generate low cutting forces and to allow for high feed rates a groove in a crown-shaped chipbreaker is optimized for medium/finishing associated with near net machining.
News from Seco Tools (UK) (12 September 2006)
PVD coating extends drilling and grooving life
PVD coated grade inserts - with very high resistance to crack propagation - for drilling and grooving applications, bring increases in feeds and speeds to give productivity gains of up to 30%.
News from Kennametal UK (25 August 2006)
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