New high-performance Widia Victory™ turning grades, part of the Widia Victory platform of advanced turning, milling, and holemaking tools, are delivering higher productivity results, including improved surface finishes and longer tool life, for turning steel and stainless steel parts. The benefits are lower manufacturing costs for users. New Widia Victory™ turning inserts. Three new grades, WP15CT, WP25CT, and WP35CT, are aimed at users that want extended tool life and improved turning (…)

PX Tools is well known by companies active in the fields of medical and watch industries for its ability to provide them with special tools based on plans. The company has always proposed standard tools, but by its organization and its structure they were produced with the methods used for special tools and were available at inappropriate prices. Through a profound reorganization and a broad listening to the markets, the manufacturer has completely changed its production methods and renewed (…)

The watchmaking gears and wheels are strategic parts in the good functioning of a watch. Machining of these parts, carried out on an automatic lathe or on a dedicated gear cutting machine, often uses gear hobbing technology and requires special precision hobs. In these small sizes, each module and number of teeth involves the use of a dedicated hob. Traditionally the realization of precision hobs is done by copying and inevitably requires numerous adjustment steps. It is not the case in the (…)

Hexagon Metrology’s manufacturing facility for Romer branded portable measuring arms in Montoire, France, celebrates its 25th birthday this October. Since 1986, Romer products have become increasingly versatile and powerful measurement systems. Part inspection with Romer Absolute Arm with integrated laser scanner. Hexagon Metrology celebrates the 25th anniversary of its brand Romer, which has its origins in the manufacturing facility in Montoire, France. Since 1986, thousands of portable (…)

With 40+ years of experience in diamond and CBN tools, Weiss AG offers a large product range of special tools for the industry. This year the company put a flip book with his whole catalogue online and it works perfectly well. The company is one of the few diamond tool manufacturers and produce tools in natural and synthetic diamond. Key element for the success of Weiss AG, production on demand of special tools for different kind of machining: turning milling dressing grinding The company (…)

The increasing complexity of bar turning workpieces requires an ever greater number of operations and, therefore, a greater number of tools on automatic lathes. Bar turners end up finding themselves limited by the capacity of their machines in terms of tool positions, and new solutions need to be found. Bimu looked into the issue and has developed several innovative concepts. Dual tool holders for machines using standard tool holders with a 10 or 12 mm cross section To compensate for the (…)

Just in time for the EMO show, Schunk, the competence leader for clamping technology and gripping systems, is issuing a new catalog on toolholding systems. Highlights include the powerful TENDO-E hydraulic expansion toolholder and the TRIBOS-Mini, the first precision toolholder for direct clamping of very small shank diameters used for micro cutting. The catalog holds the complete tooling program of this innovative family-owned company. The focus is on the TENDO hydraulic expansion (…)

Gloor, the leading manufacturer of carbide form tools with logarithmic relief grinding, has developed over 20 years ago the mini internal whirl thread end mills to machine internal threads. These tools are used for internal milling of very small threads for the medical, dental and watchmaking industry. They are equipped with logarithmic relief grinding, which gives them a very high durability and allows them to produce very accurate and high-performance threads in titanium, stainless steel (…)

Drilling in a range from 0.1 to 1.2 mm with depths up to 30 x d and this with a high process reliability – that’s unmatched! Up to now, only spark erosion and to a certain extent also deep hole drilling processes manage such operations, but at a much lower speed. Mikron Tool SA Agno, a Switzerland based company, is the expert for micro drilling. CrazyDrill Flex, the revolutionary new development will be presented for the first time at the worlds leading exhibition for metal cutting, the EMO (…)

Dixi Polytool SA offers various options for internal micro threads. Dixi has in stock complete ranges of whirling tools, micro taps, micro thread formers as well as thread mills. With the launch of the new series of Dixi 1740 drilling thread whirlers, Dixi steps ahead with a new option for its customers’ needs. Daily, Dixi’s customers face smaller and smaller series coupled with shorter delivery terms. Therefore the company’s R&D department has focused on defining a tool able to assure (…)