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News Release from: ITC Tooling | Subject: Direct drive spindles of 25,000-90,000 rev/min
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 January 2007
Direct drive spindles work up to 90,000
rev/min
Generating considerable interest at the UK's re cent Autosport show was the Air Turbine Tooling with direct drive spindles governed from 25,000 to 90,000 rev/min.
Highlighting its expertise in the Motorsport industry, ITC cutting tools of Tamworth recently exhibited at the Autosport show at the Birmingham NEC On stand E479 ITC showed a number of new products that have been successfully implemented in the Motorsport industry
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Generating considerable interest from the aisles was the Air Turbine Tooling that ITC had on show.
Demonstrated by area sales manager, Gary Bambrick, the Air Turbine Tooling with direct drive spindles governed from 25,000 to 90,000 rev/min with horsepower ratings up to 1.4HP were undoubtedly a crowd pleaser.
Among the complete range of tooling solutions, ITC highlighted the recently launched 2111, 2102 and the 4081 series of end mills.
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An addition to the extremely popular Cyber Series of ITC cutting tools, the cutters are ideal for machining graphite, metal matrix, composites, Kevlar, carbon fibre and additional abrasive materials that are commonly used in the Motorsport industry.
Already comprehensively used with many of the F1 Teams, the 2111 series is a high performance two flute PCD end mill with a solid carbide shank and necking for extra reach.
Each cutter in the range has a length of cut that matches its diameter and a corner radius that sees both attributes combine to provide exceptional strength and rigidity when machining.
Available in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, and 20mm diameters, the new range guarantees long tool life and high productivity.
Also commonly used with a string of top F1 Teams is the 2102 series of PCD ball nosed end mills.
Similar to the 2111, the 2102 Series has a solid carbide shank with PCD brazed tips for enhanced tool life and productivity when machining carbon fibres as used by racing teams.
The solid shank guarantees rigidity under difficult cutting conditions whilst the PCD tips demonstrate tool life beyond that of its competitors.
In the rapid response motorsport industry, the availability of these cutting tools from stock is a major advantage to the end user.
Another product that generated considerable interest among Autosport visitors was the 4081 series of AlTin coated four flute solid carbide end mills.
This new cutter has a harmonic flute geometry that provides excellent swarf evacuation.
The result of extensive research and development, this single, square end straight shank with right hand helix cutter has a radical unequal flute spacing that reduces machining noise by eliminating the harmonic effect.
Available with or without corner radius, this standard length, centre cutting series can efficiently machine a wide variety of difficult to cut motorsport alloys.
The 4081 series is available in a diameter range from 3 to 32mm with a length of cut ranging from 9 to 60mm.
This addition to the Cyber Series has an overall length from 58 to 160mm with either a square end or a radius up to 4mm dependant upon the selected diameter.
For the machining of graphite and other abrasive materials commonly used in the industry will be the 2071 and 2072 series plus the new 2101 and 2092 series of two flute cutters with a 30 degree helix plus the 4072 series of four flute diamond coated cutters.
The wear resistant micro grain carbide end mills have a 30 deg helix for highly productive cost effective machining.
ITC is renowned for its ability to modify tooling to specific requirements with short lead times - something well suited the Motorsport industry.
The ITC products were well received at the show with a high number of show visitors paying particular interest to the Air Turbine product range.
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