Floyd Automatic Tooling
17 Bondor Business Centre
London Road
Baldock
SG7 6HP
UK
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Through-coolant insert holders developed
Floyd Automatic Tooling has announced that Applitec is in collaboration with Ernst Graf to develop a range of through-coolant insert holders for CNC sliding-head turning centres.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 21 May 2009
Floyd unveils chip-breaker turning inserts
Floyd Automatic Tooling has announced a range of laser-generated chip-breaker turning inserts.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 28 April 2009
Floyd offers range of tooling systems
The Applitec programme of inserts tooling, available from Floyd Automatic Tooling, is claimed to be suitable for users of sliding-head turning machines.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 23 March 2009
Floyd announces availability of Crosspilot
Available from Floyd Automatic Tooling, the Crazydrill Crosspilot series of tools has been developed with a 170deg tip geometry that guarantees perfect centring conditions for subsequent drilling.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 8 December 2008
Floyd to distribute Crazydrill Twicenter
Floyd Automatic Tooling of Baldock has announced the availability of the Crazydrill Twicenter drill, a centre drill and chamfer tool all-in-one cutter from Mikron Tool.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 6 November 2008
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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 1 May 2007
Reliable parting-off tools up turning confidence
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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 30 March 2007
Tooling inserts maintain complex turning accuracy
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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 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 Manufacturingtalk, 26 September 2006
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