Kennametal-tooled shop and our logo is on every one of our cars across all our teams and series. But what really makes the partnership even more important to the race team is how their expertise even helps us on race day. Kennametal comes to us with many solutions for different mechanical challenges we face. It’s great when you have a partner that can do that.” Dale Lambeth, the machine shop
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supervisor at the Ganassi Concord, NC, shop, the home of the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing (EGR) with Felix Sabates NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams, recalled when much of the shop’s effort was pounding out 2-D components from sheetmetal for the team’s stock cars. “Now, with the amount of components we’re able to supply in-house, with all the 3-D roughing and surfacing we’re doing, it’s more like a moldmaking op- eration,” Lambeth said. And with races on Sunday and requests from driver teams and engineers for new parts on Monday, quick turnaround time mat- ters. “With the amount of bulk material removal and surfacing we’re doing, the high-feed, high-speed products like the KenFeed and KDMT milling tools are an unbelievable help.”
The new KenFeed 2X double-sided trigon inserts have six cutting edges for superior metal removal and good productivity through high-feed roughing applications. The thick inserts with a straightforward screw-on design make additional clamping devices unneces- sary. Used with end mills and shell mill cutters, KenFeed 2X is well-suited for pocketing, ramping, helical interpola- tions, and Z-plunge milling, making it a fi rst choice for deep cavities and maximum metal removal.
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Kennedy, a fi ve-year veteran of the shop, uses the KenFeed inserts on
steering arms, center links, spindles, and other milling ap- plications. “Being six-sided, we’re getting a lot more parts out of each insert, and being tough, we’re getting the kind of cycle time we want,” Kennedy said.
Introducing the SMS Series Spring Test Systems
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SMS Series spring testers measure the quality and performance characteristics of compression and extension springs with extreme accuracy. Innovative measurement software simplifies the testing process and allows any operator to perform testing in seconds and obtain reliable results.