The growing need for special thread forms on medical bone screws, implants and other micro components is creating an increased requirement for techniques and tools that can produce high tolerance threads in faster and more cost effective ways. To help address this market trend, cutting tool and tooling systems specialist Sandvik Coromant is introducing its new CoroMill® 325 thread whirling inserts and holders. Sandvik Coromant introduces its new CoroMill® 325 thread whirling inserts and (…)

Numerous regions of Germany are still unexplored territories for Xactform’s thread-milling tools and the Swiss manufacturer is still in search of independent distributors who are interested in helping it to develop. Although Xactform’s portfolio consists of top-end, Swiss-quality tools, its prices are still competitive and well within the price range typically practiced on the market. Moreover, it has the ability to produce custom tools with deadlines that defy all competition and at very (…)

Requirements on productivity increase and at the same time costs must be reduced. Not easy when deep holes are involved and a conventional deep hole drilling system shows acceptable results, but the drilling process is technically demanding and time and cost is substantial. . Mikron Tool SA Agno presents at AMB 2010 in Stuttgart for the first time a new small drill, within the well proven CrazyDrill product range, with cutting lengths of 15 x d, 20 x d and 30 x d, starting from diameter (…)

Graphite and mould making are increasingly mentioned in the same breath. The idea of providing interested users comprehensive information on the material of graphite was behind the well-established series of technology seminars, this time round staged at the top event venue of Europa Park Rust. Developers and designers from graphite experts SGL Carbon GmbH, software professionals from Men at Work GmbH with VISI CAD/CAM as well as the milling specialists Zecha Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation (…)

When machining titanium and titanium alloys, stainless steel or nickel alloys, depending on the size and depth of the internal screw threads to be produced, cutting thread-tap technology is not the most effective, neither in terms of reliability nor in terms of machining time. The company DC Swiss in Malleray, specialized in the production of threading tools, and whose reputation for quality is well-known, is today presenting a new range of carbide milling cutters designed for carrying out (…)

Operators who see the micro and nano tools produced by the company Louis Bélet SA in Vendlincourt (Switzerland) for the first time will certainly be surprised by the shape of the tools, which can seem very far from the usual or familiar tool shapes. Is this a designer’s whim or a real revolution? To find out more, we met Mrs Roxane Piquerez and Mr Arnaud Maître, the company’s managers. Different rules… « A milling cutter measuring 8/100 mm which removes microscopic amounts of material (…)

At the Hannover Messe 2010, Xactform presents a new breathtaking innovation for the world of dentistry and medicine. The tool manufacturer is the first in the world to master the realization of helical flute on a conical tool. Meeting with M. Ferrière, Head of Marketing & Sales. Special orthopedic thread mill by Xactform Xactform is a 25-year old company specialized in producing high quality tools. Its product range for medical industry consists mainly in solid carbide thread mills (…)

Demands from watch and micro manufacturing companies for higher accuracy and surface finish quality has lead to new task assignments for Machines and Machine Tool Manufacturers. Heinz Kaiser AG, the industry leader in manufacturing high precision boring tools for more than 60 years, is reacting to the demands of micro manufacturers with the world’s smallest boring head, the EWN 04-7. . The newest Kaiser head EWN 04-7, with a length of 14 mm and an outer diameter of 18.5 mm is the ideal (…)

To discover how the Décovi company, based in Vicques (Switzerland), uses the new Applitec Cut-Line inserts, we set up a meeting with Clovis Chételat, head of bar turning at Décovi, and Pascal Kohler, Applitec’s technical manager. Just a few millimetres…The difference between a 1.6 mm insert and a 3.1 mm insert is not just 1.5 mm: multiplied by 200,000 workpieces, it adds up to 100 three-meter bars! With very costly materials such as titanium, at approximately 100 CHF per kg, the savings (…)

In its catalogue, Bimu offers a vast standard range of bar turning inserts and accessories for turning machines, all designed and developed in-house. However, certain customers have very specific requirements that cannot be met by this range. This is why Bimu has chosen to team up with various partners and become the Swiss representative for numerous already successful products. . In the field of equipment for automatic turning machines or cutting tools, various products already have a (…)