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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>LMT distributes hardmetal rods</title>
      <description>LMT (UK) has announced that a range of submicron and ultra-fine grain hardmetal rods and blanks produced at LMT's Boehlerit division in Austria is now available.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>LMT Fette</category>
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      <title>Carbide cutting tool inserts prices cut at MACH</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>LMT Fette</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/lmt/lmt109.html</link>
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      <title>Metal cutting tooling inserts last longer</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Walter GB</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/wal/wal228.html</link>
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      <title>Edge sintered inserts cut Al machining costs</title>
      <description>Inserts use the latest in sintering technology to improve metal cutting performance and reduce costs in applications involving aluminium and other light alloys.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>WNT (UK)</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/wnt/wnt188.html</link>
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      <title>Multi-phase inserts raise productivity by 20%</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ceratizit UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ceh/ceh112.html</link>
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      <title>Metal cutting tooling to boost productivity</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Iscar Tools</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/isc/isc107.html</link>
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      <title>Coating increases wear/corrosion resistance</title>
      <description>A tungsten carbide-based component coating drammatically extends component life and reduces downtime by increasing wear and corrosion resistance.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hardide Coatings</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/hca/hca114.html</link>
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      <title>Milling inserts have integrated cooling flutes</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>LMT Fette</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/lmt/lmt104.html</link>
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      <title>Milling inserts add machining stability</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>TaeguTec UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/tae/tae150.html</link>
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      <title>Cermets improve steel machining performance</title>
      <description>Developed to provide exceptional wear resistance and improved adhesion resistance for general steel machining operations, two Cermet insert grades raise cutting speeds.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>NTK Cutting Tools</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ntk/ntk108.html</link>
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      <title>Ceramic grades accelerate exotic alloy machining</title>
      <description>Round ceramic tooling inserts perform tough machining, profiling and pocketing in heat resistant super alloys and also reduce component burr and improve component quality.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Sandvik Coromant UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/san/san160.html</link>
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      <title>CVD and PVD upgrade tool inserts for steels</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>TaeguTec UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/tae/tae144.html</link>
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      <title>Ceramic inserts speed grey cast iron machining</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Kennametal UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ken/ken177.html</link>
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      <title>Wear resistance coating facility orders gained</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hardide Coatings</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/hca/hca111.html</link>
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      <title>Metals cutting tooling development centre opened</title>
      <description>To further develop and promote 'intelligent' metalcutting alternatives, Ceratizit has opened a centre of excellence for ultra-hard cutting materials in Luxembourg.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ceratizit UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ceh/ceh108.html</link>
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      <title>Ceramic tooling insert rough cuts cast irons</title>
      <description>Silicone nitride ceramic tooling insert grade delivers exceptional performance for cast iron machining including heavy roughing operations.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>NTK Cutting Tools</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ntk/ntk107.html</link>
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      <title>Surface engineering firm results</title>
      <description>Hardide, the provider of unique surface engineering technology, has announced its preliminary results which cover trading for the year ended on 30 September 2006.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hardide Coatings</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/hca/hca110.html</link>
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      <title>CBN cutting tool performance - why chamfer?</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Weiler Corporation</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/wee/wee113.html</link>
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      <title>Inserts designed for parting and grooving</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Sandvik Coromant UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/san/san153.html</link>
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      <title>Tough insert grades improve cast iron machining</title>
      <description>Greatly improved results in the machining of cast irons are offered by insert grades having improved toughness and wear resistance for many operations.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Sandvik Coromant UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/san/san154.html</link>
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      <title>Coatings facility includes vapour deposition</title>
      <description>Hardide Coatings has opened its first US coatings facility in Northwest Houston, Texas.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hardide Coatings</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/hca/hca108.html</link>
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      <title>Pressed inserts' light alloy machining improved</title>
      <description>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%.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>WNT (UK)</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/wnt/wnt154.html</link>
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      <title>Manipulating tool inserts coating at atomic level</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Seco Tools (UK)</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/sed/sed104.html</link>
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      <title>Chipbreaker allows high feed/low depth of cut</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Seco Tools (UK)</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/sed/sed107.html</link>
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      <title>PVD coating extends drilling and grooving life</title>
      <description>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%.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Kennametal UK</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ken/ken167.html</link>
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      <title>Round inserts double productivity cut costs</title>
      <description>Modern approach to turning hip joints using round inserts that optimize the roughing when machining castings enable superior quality finish and improve reliability for medical industry.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Sandvik Coromant Company (US)</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/syg/syg102.html</link>
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