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News Release from: LMT Fette
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 July 2007
Heat and shrink tooling raises accuracy
Across the UK, a tooling specialist will be demonstrating how inductive heating and shrinking of cutting tool shanks gets higher accuracy and concentricity from spindle tooling.
LMT (UK) will be staging 'On-Your-Doorstep' demonstrations of inductive heating and shrinking of toolholders across the UK, September 26-November 9, 2007 September and 9 November
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The advantages of inductive heating and shrinking units for use on cutting tool shanks between 3mm and 50mm diameter are as follows.
* Higher accuracy and concentricity from spindle tooling.
* Reduction of vibration.
* Improvements in surface finish.
* Tool life extension.
* Extension of spindle bearing life.
LMT (UK) has equipped a demonstration vehicle with its Bilz ThermoGrip inductive heating and shrinking units for accompanying presentations with a tool presetting demonstration.
As it visits different companies, it will be providing 'on-the-spot' presentations on the effectiveness and increases in productivity that can be achieved.
The demonstrations will enable management and engineers to gain, on-site, an appreciation of the benefits available.
Inductive heating and shrinking provides a valuable advantage when using medium and high speed machining centres by creating a single fused unit between the cutting tool and the toolholder to within a concentricity of 0.003mm.
The Bilz system utilises a patented counterbore allowing easy insertion of the tool and through a controlled local energy transfer from the high-frequency generator, protects the tool and clamping chuck while achieving fast heating and cooling.
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