Advanced Carbide Tooling
Sketchley Meadows Business Park
Hinckley
LE10 3EZ
UK
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ACT unveils indexable engraving tools
ACT has developed the Nine9 range of engraving tools with indexable carbide inserts.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 3 October 2008
Impressive parting-off on stainless steel parts
Stewart Buchanan Gauges is successfully parting-off up to 4000 stainless steel components with a single insert.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 12 October 2004
ACT Tooling Meets Stainless Parting-Off Challenge
Specialised parting-off tooling from Advanced Carbide Tooling is being used successfully by R W Brown Engineering to produce high volumes of components, many of them in stainless steel.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 23 April 2004
3000 radio-metal components parted off per insert
Specialist turned parts manufacturer is successfully parting-off batches of 3000 radio-metal components with a single TiN-coated cobalt high speed steel insert.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 20 February 2004
Parting-off and grooving tools suit Swiss autos
Parting-off and grooving tools intended for precision small component production are designed for use on Swiss-type CNC sliding head machines and provide cutting widths from 0.5mm to 1.6mm..
News from Manufacturingtalk, 5 March 2003
Inserts satisfy face-grooving and parting-off
Two additions to a range of tooling for precision small component production satisfy a very wide range of face-grooving and parting-off operations with inserts up to 2.2mm wide.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 27 August 2002
Parting-off analysed and best solution found
Choosing the most effective parting-off tooling has resulted in a subcontractor achieving the best speeds, feeds and programming method to be used.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 29 May 2002
Face grooving tooling can be used LH or RH
A new 2.2mm wide tooling system for face grooving at diameters down to 14mm and depths of 10mm suit left- or right-hand turning on diameters from 14mm to 100mm.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 26 March 2002
Insert parts-off and grooves 'sticky' metals
A new type of insert has been introduced by Mircona to counter problems associated with parting-off and grooving sticky and work-hardening materials.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 11 January 2002
Lubricant eases tapping and threading
Changing from a conventional metal-cutting compound to vegetable-based SafeCut lubricant has brought increased tool life, cleaner components and fewer rejects at
News from Manufacturingtalk, 16 August 2001
Precision lubrication improves health and safety
Advanced Carbide Tooling is featuring the advantages of its Microlube precision lubrication system and comprehensive range of chamfering machines at the Tooling Show in October.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 9 August 2001
Vegetable-based system eliminates 'trich'
APW, a specialist manufacturer of electronics enclosures and sub-systems, has eliminated the use of trichloethylene at its Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, factory.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 22 May 2001
Replaceable inserts turn small parts
Dieterle's LWPH range of indexable radial turning inserts, available in the UK from Advanced Carbide Tooling, provides rapid metal removal economically on small-diameter components.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 27 April 2001
Part-off and groove in the 'dry'
Advanced Carbide Tooling has introduced Futura-coated carbide inserts for its 2.2 parting-off and grooving system, allowing dry machining as well as higher cutting speeds.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 21 February 2001
Grooving special magnetic alloys
Special Mircona toolholders and inserts have been supplied to Parmeko in just four weeks by Advanced Carbide Tooling for small-diameter deep face-grooving on proportional solenoid housings.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 21 February 2001
New tooling for Swiss type CNC sliding head lathes
The new Dieterle SSXA tooling designed for use with Swiss type CNC sliding head lathes incorporates features designed to save machining time and costs.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 3 October 2000
Largest range of parting-off and grooving tools
A claim that its Mircona parting-off and grooving tools is the largest single range currently available from any manufacturer is being made by the UK supplier Advanced Carbide Tooling
News from Manufacturingtalk, 7 September 2000
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