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Listing of all 33 news releases from Floyd Automatic Tooling:

Ancillary tool holders fit automatic lathes

Ancillary tool holders for automatic lathes are offered in a variety of sizes to accommodate the majority of fixed head and sliding head turning centres.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (13 March 2008)

Parting-off lathe tools have longer life

For sliding head turning machines a range of parting off tools has been developed to enhanced tool life, rigidity and surface finish and will be shown at MACH 2008 along with four other products.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (20 December 2007)

Tooling includes internal thread whirling

Latest tooling developments shown at EMO 2007 included a micro turning system, a drilling range for small and medium batch working and intrnal thread whirling and straight profile knurling.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling ( 5 November 2007)

Knurling tools minimise vibration

Designed for small automatic screw machines and sliding head automatics, a compact knurling tool system is designed to minimise vibration when knurling.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (17 August 2007)

Turning tools developments shown at EMO

UK agent for tooling product suppliers Hommel + Keller, Ifanger, Mikron Tool and Schwanog advises they will show knurling, micro turning, drilling, internal thread whirling developments respectively.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling ( 7 August 2007)

Parts marked in-process while machining

Machined product marking tools mark turned and milled parts in-process directly on CNC turning centres and machining centres, so saving an average of 12% costs per part.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (21 May 2007)

Internal turning of small bores is precise

A micro-turning tooling system incorporates a special clamping system that gives the operator a number of powerful and precise turning systems.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling ( 1 May 2007)

Reliable parting-off tools up turning confidence

User application article Confidence in reliably parting-off thousands of components in CNC sliding head lathes has risen by changing to parting-off tooling with a double 'V' clamping design at a subcontract machining company.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (26 April 2007)

Tooling allows precise high speed bore turning

For turning internal diameters from 0.7mm a tooling system has a wide range of dimensions for boring (with or without chip breaker), copying, threading, grooving, chamfering and axial plunging.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (24 April 2007)

Parting-off tools have enhanced lives

Parting-off tooling for sliding head automatic lathes has a double 'V' clamping system that guarantees maximum rigidity for enhanced tool life and improved surface finishes.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (16 April 2007)

Quick-change tooling made for automatics

Quick change, pre-settable tooling is designed for bar-fed automatic lathes; it delivers a reduction in machine downtime and optimises the capabilities of the machine tool.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (30 March 2007)

Tooling inserts maintain complex turning accuracy

User application article An established sub-contract manufacturer of precision turned parts is using inserts to help it produce a wide cross-section of complex turned parts in sliding headstock automatics.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling ( 8 January 2007)

Auto-lathe tooling firm to introduce fast drills

As well as showing a quick-change pre-settable tooling program, Floyd Automatic Tooling will introduce the revolutionary, from under 1 to 4mm drills - the 'Crazy Drill' range - to the UK market.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (21 December 2006)

Internally cooled small drills go on show

With increasingly intricate manufacturing, the market trend is moving in the direction of small hole drilling, and small, internally-cooled drills offer many benefits, to be shown in Dublin.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (24 October 2006)

Quick-change pre-settable tooling speeds set-up

A range of quick-change pre-settable tooling enables a range of insert holders of either pre-set or fixed length type and often with an increased number of tools to be used on a machine.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (26 September 2006)

0.8mm diameter drill reaches 5.6mm depth in one

Removal of the chips when using an 0.8mm diameter 'CrazyDrill' is only necessary at a depth of 7x D (5.6mm) and a maximum of four pecking operations is enough to reach 15x D depth.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (17 August 2006)

Drill holes in aluminium at high speeds

A range of tools for machining small holes in aluminium - with either two or three cutting edges - is capable of cutting speeds in excess of 300m/min and feeds of 0.5mm/rev/min.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (26 June 2006)

Specialist cutting tools for sliding, fixed lathes

Floyd Automatic Tooling used MACH as a platform to reinforce its growing presence in this sector.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (30 May 2006)

CNC auto toolholders ensure repeatable tool change

Quick-change insert holders for CNC automatic lathes - of either pre-set or fixed length, and often with more tools - uses a ridge location system to ensure rigid and repeatable tool change.

News from Floyd Automatic Tooling (25 May 2006)

UK automatic lathe tooling business expands

Enjoying a significant sales growth, Floyd Automatic Tooling of Hertfordshire, UK, has expanded its team with the introduction of new internal sales engineer Russell Layton.