Industry Perspectives

Breakthrough In Fine-Finish Aluminum Face Milling

Dramatic MRR increases for high-volume crankcase roughing and finishing Rigid, free cutting, targeted coolant Fixing finishing first Roughing also improved Through-tool coolant...

Feb. 2, 2017

Cutting Tools

Retooled Face Milling Triggers ‘Ripple Effect’

Dec. 8, 2016

Besides negativepositive cutting geometry Ingersoll CougarMill facemills feature improved wedgetype seating that mechanically locks the inserts in place to better withstand heavy cutting loads The cutters are available in standard diameters up to 14 inches

Cutting Tools

Big Improvement Predicted for Large-Scale Milling Jobs

May 12, 2016

Medfab Manufacturing in Lakeville MN completes this medical component in difficulttomachine tantalum using Ingersoll TMicro ellipticalshank boring bar Extra rigidity of the bar permits faster metal removal and improves the asmachined finish In its first application at this location boring the ID of a titanium tube with a 4to1 aspect ratio and walls as thin as a fingernail the TMicro tool completed the part faster and with a 8 to 10micro asmachined finish With previous tooling every part required 15 minut

Cutting Tools

Workarounds that Work for Long-Reach Machining

April 21, 2016

Preparing to rough a deep cavity on Redoe Mold Ltdrsquos extrarigid Toshiba boring mill equipped with advanced Ingersoll InnoFit extension and Ingersoll button cutter Despite cavity depths up to 18 inches the InnoFit extension provides enough rigidity to hold 0001in tolerances at 300400 IPM feed rates Redoe said the Ingersoll tooling package has literally doubled capacity of the new machine and enabled cavity rough milling to run unattended

Cutting Tools

Neighborly Advice for More Productive Tooling

Feb. 25, 2016

AWC Frac Valversquos finished valve bonnets get a closer inspection CNC lead man Ben Molinar and assistant manufacturing engineer Jim Beaver

Cutting Tools

Improving Heavy-Duty Turning for Oil/Gas Valves

Sept. 10, 2015

Ingersollrsquos Hi QuadF face mill works like a router to make more chips faster The tool rotates at 785 SFM as it feeds outward at 0561 IPR on the C axis Freecutting tool geometry with a 12deg lead angle minimizes lateral cutting forces for stable machining all the way out to the circumference of the flange

Machining / Cutting

New Ways Around Old Turning Problems

Aug. 13, 2015

Finish milling at Continental Motors produces smoother flatter mating surfaces on cast aluminum crankcases with the Ingersoll PCD TediMill face mill

Cutting Tools

Breakthrough Facemill Doubles Aluminum Machining Rates

Jan. 15, 2015

Cutting Tools

Determining the Profile Angle of Hob Teeth for Milling Roughing Straight-Sided Splines

Sept. 7, 2014

Industry Perspectives

Breakthrough In Fine-Finish Aluminum Face Milling

Retooled Face Milling Triggers ‘Ripple Effect’

Big Improvement Predicted for Large-Scale Milling Jobs

Workarounds that Work for Long-Reach Machining

Neighborly Advice for More Productive Tooling

Improving Heavy-Duty Turning for Oil/Gas Valves

New Ways Around Old Turning Problems

Breakthrough Facemill Doubles Aluminum Machining Rates

Determining the Profile Angle of Hob Teeth for Milling Roughing Straight-Sided Splines

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