When used with Helido carbide inserts, HSM inserts deliver smooth cutting action with low cutting forces. Iscar said its new family of High Speed Milling (HSM) adjustable endmills and facemills ...

Highfeed 4 cutters have double-sided inserts with four cutting edges. Seco Tools LLC expanded its Highfeed series of indexable-insert milling cutters with two new models, Highfeed 2 and 4, that ...

Everyone wants to reduce cycle times, but simply machining faster isn’t necessarily the answer. If high speed milling comes at the cost of reduced tool life and surface finish, the minutes gained ...

CompoTech Plus spol. s r.o. (Sušice, Czech Republic) announced on Jan. 20 that it has developed a new next-generation hybrid steel and carbon fiber (CF) composite milling cutting disc in collaboration ...

One hallmark of good CAM systems is a strong database of standard machining cycles that are easy to customize as the application demands. Here, Esprit software simulates a finished mold (top) and a ...

High-speed machining technology has created the need for a new attitude among moldmakers and machinists, say shop owners. Buying the equipment is the easy part, they say. The tough part is getting ...

A new generation of CAD/CAM software combines 3-D design tools with CAM knowledge of cutting paths for accelerated cavity design and machining. Cimatron E, unveiled at Westec 2003 in Los Angeles, CA ...