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News Release from: Vargus Tooling UK | Subject: Thread milling anch chamfering tool
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 July 2006
Cutter thread-mills and chamfers in one
An innovative cutter thread-mills and chamfers in a single operation with the same tool, to therefore reduce both tooling requirements and tool changes and, as a result, tooling costs.
Vargus Tooling UK, the Telford-based service orientated distributor of quality tooling for turning, milling, drilling, threading and grooving applications, as well as spindle nose tooling and hand deburring tools, has announced a series of product developments that reinforce the cost-effective and highly productive nature of its Vardex indexable threading programme for high quality threading, grooving and boring in diameters as small as 2.5mm Designed to further extend Vardex tooling's reputation for high-precision thread generation, the innovative HeliCool-C product thread mills and chamfers in a single operation with the same tool, to therefore reduce both tooling requirements and tool changes and, as a result, tooling costs
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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HeliCool-C features three or four flutes and 12 or 14 teeth, depending on diameter, as well as through-hole coolant supply.
The tooling can be supplied with Vardex TM Gen Software that generates the program for both the thread and the chamfer.
The HeliCool-R helical fluted thread mill with radial cooling has been developed to consistently produce high-quality holes when conventional through-coolant is ineffective.
Further reading
One tool thread mills and chamfers
Tools are designed to thread mill and chamfer in a single operation with the same tool, therefore reducing both tooling requirements and tool changes and, as a result, tooling costs.
Indexable thread-milling cutter saves time
A multiple-flute, indexable thread-milling cutter is designed to reduce cycle times on the generation of large threads through the use of long inserts and multiple flute holders.
It does this by directing coolant out of the sides of the tool (rather than through the centre) so coolant is directed in a controlled manner straight onto the cutting edge.
While this will be of particular benefit when thread milling high temperature alloys, another major benefit is that swarf pick-up on horizontal machining centres is eliminated.
Both HeliCool-C and HeliCool-R are available in diameters from 5mm to 10.3mm and are able to produce M6 to M12 bores.
Also announced from the Vardex stable is the new Multi-flute Indexable Thread Mill (MiTM) that is designed to reduce cycle times on the generation of large threads through the use of long inserts and multiple flute holders.
With Vardex MiTM, multiple flute holders allow significant increases in feed rates coincident with an increase in the number of cutting edges (two per insert), while the use of MiTM's longer than usual inserts (25 mm) enables a reduction in the number of machining passes, especially when producing long threads.
The result, says Vargus Tooling, is not only reduced cycle times but also overall reductions in tool costs and improved product quality.
With holders with cut diameters from 17mm to 30mm on a 25mm shank, and with two, three, four or five flutes, MiTM utilises single or multiple coated inserts for either stainless steel or general machining applications.
The inserts are supplied with varying numbers of teeth in a variety of pitches.
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