drills
Century Tool Invests in Cheto Machine for Deep-Hole Drilling With Milling
Seven-axis CNC strings together gundrill and milling programs, enhancing Century Tool’s moldmaking process.
Grace Nehls
Senior Managing Editor, MoldMaking Technology
Flat Bottom Drill Supports Stable Counterboring Action
The OSG Phoeniz PDZ-3D is key to producing counterbores in mold bases with enhanced chip breaker geometry and precise finishing capabilities.
Read MoreSolid Carbide Drill Designed With Mold Machining in Mind
The Walter X·treme Evo Plus DC180 Supreme drill maximizes productivity and process reliability thanks to its Krato·tec AlTiN coating technology.
Read MoreIndexable Drill Offers Extended Application Range
The Kennametal Drill Fix Pro is designed for extended tool life and smooth drilling at high metal removal rates, with outboard inserts that feature a wiper geometry for smoother surface finishes and larger coolant channels for high-volume flow.
Read MoreHigh Penetration Drill Advances Hole-Making Activities
The Allied Machine & Engineering T-A Pro drill addresses challenges often faced by mold shops, including long tool life and 90-degree bends.
Read MoreOne-Shot Multipurpose Drills Extend Holemaking Proficiency
Developed with job shops in mind, Emuge-Franken’s full line of 3XD and 5XD high-quality solid carbide MultiDRILLs feature increase penetration rates, tight tolerance hole sizes and excellent hole finishes.
Read MoreExpanded Drill System With Drill Sleeves
Tungaloy adds drill sleeves to the standard lineup, enhancing drilling productivity of Swiss-type sliding-head automatic lathes, as well as 48 new drill heads, to address precision, productivity and more extensive hole size requirements.
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PVD-Coated, Uncoated Insert Grades to Reliably Drill Aluminum
Walter USA highlights the WNN15 and WN15 available for indexable insert drills that specialize in machining aluminum alloys.
Grace Nehls
Senior Managing Editor, MoldMaking Technology
New Generation of Solid Carbide Drills Optimize Inclined or Round Surface Drilling
The Walter DC118 Supreme solid carbide drill provides high rigidity against deflection, superior centering accuracy and four margins with corner chamfers.
Read MoreCarbide Micro Drills Capture Precise Holemaking for Mold and Die Making Requirements
The DB131/DB133 Supreme solid carbide micro drills from Walter USA now come with internal and external coolant capability.
Read MoreMicro-Diameter End Mill Series Reduces Cutting Time, Enhances Finishing for Ultra-Precision Moldmaking
Towa Corp. features CBN and proprietary-coated solid carbide end mills that feature high accuracy, optimized sharpness and wear resistance and ensure long tool life.
Read MoreThree Ways to Accurately Machine Hardened Mold Materials
Three cutting tool design considerations to improve process reliability and cost efficiency when deep-hole drilling molds.
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Read MoreReducing Cutter Breakage When Micro Machining Hard Mold Material
A new micro drill increases productivity when making highly precise holes in hard mold steels.
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Moldmakers Maximize Tooling Investments With Carbide Drill
Among West Ohio Tool’s custom PCD and carbide tooling, the EdgeX4 drill shows consistent precision, reliability and performance for holemaking.
Grace Nehls
Senior Managing Editor, MoldMaking Technology
Hybrid Milling/Drilling Machine Reduces Total Mold Machining Time
MSI Mold Builders now squares, plus drills and taps eye-bolt holes on 50% of its tools in a single setup using a five-axis milling/drilling center with a universal spindle.
Read MoreReplaceable Drill Tips Suitable for Aluminum and Non-Ferrous Materials
New SMDT-NAL drill tips from Sumitomo are coated with diamond-like Carbon DLC ‘Aurora’ Coating for two to three times higher feed rates.
Read MoreHow to Overcome Deep-Hole Drilling Obstacles in Mold Machining
Keep up with the newest tooling innovations to overcome holemaking and finishing challenges.
Read MoreCustom Mold Builder Specializes in 3D Machining, Surface Contouring, In-House Support Services
Michigan-based Mac-Mold Base builds complete mold bases that have surfaced cavity and cores, as well as offering contract gundrilling, spot faces, counter bores, special angle setups and taps.
Read MoreAmerimold 2021 Product Showcase, Part 2
MMT continues to highlight a wide range of products and services offered by attending Amerimold 2021 exhibitors. Get a glimpse of these new or improved technologies.
Read MoreCheto Presents Multifunctional Gundrilling Machine
The Amerimold exhibitor’s innovative deep-hole drilling technology is capable of drilling, milling, tapping and boring all in one with optimized performance, depth and precision.
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Gundrill Tool Extends Hole-Making Productivity for Injection Molds
Minimized downtime, enhanced machine productivity and the ability to drill interruption and cross holds are some key features behind the Iscar Tri-Deep gundrill.
Grace Nehls
Senior Managing Editor, MoldMaking Technology
Three-Flute Drill Facilitates Quick Drill Tip Replacement
The Ingersoll TwistSFeed offers an upgraded clamping mechanism and a self-centering point to ensure optimal performance, precision and stability.
Read MoreTechnology Roundup: You'll Only See It Here!
MMT presents a compilation of digital-only new/proven product content. Cutting tools, machining, AM, software and inspection/measurement categories are showcased in this latest roundup.
Read MoreHigh-Speed Steel Jobber Drill Delivers More Holes
Dormer Pramet’s Precision Twist Drill HX series can deliver up to 70% more holes in moderate conditions, 18% in heavy and 30% in light conditions.
Read MoreExchangeable Drills and Tool Steel Holders For Faster Changeovers, Longer Insert life
The i-ONE line from YG-1 offers micro-grain carbide drill inserts, and premium tool steel holders with coolant channels that resist corrosion and wear and ensure body clearance.
Read MoreHigh-Performance Drill Targets Low Cutting Speeds For Unstable Environments
Big Kaiser’s Nirox high-performance drill from Sphinx boasts a TiAlSiN-based coating for enhanced chip and coolant evacuation in difficult-to-machine and adhesive materials.
Read MoreDeepTri-Drill Expands Drilling Depth Potential
In addition to the current lineup ranging up to 25xD, Tungaloy’s DeepTri-Drill now offers 35xD, 40xD and 45xD drill depths on standard CNC machines.
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