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TOOLING & WORKHOLDING
Clean cut Broaching the subject
For manufacturers involved WNT (UK)’s new broaching nominal 4mm through to 10mm, be produced on standalone
in the tool and die industry, system, designed for use on with special widths available to machine tools can now be
TaeguTec has now launched CNC lathes and machining order, using the order form completed in a single set-up.
its new ChasePlusMill Mini centres, is allowing users to provided in the WNT (UK) “In developing this series of
line of milling cutters – said totally eliminate separate catalogue supplement. broaching tools WNT has
to increase productivity broaching operations, and The design of the clamping addressed many of the issues that
and cycle times in a stable reduce manufacturing costs, mechanism for the indexable were raised by users of this type of
cutting environment. the company claims. NPV type inserts is such that it tool. They can now confidently the process is now one-off,
Developed in line with the The recently introduced range overcomes one of the key issues produce slots and grooves to allowing work to be taken on that
company’s R&D program includes solid carbide tools with existing broaching systems, precise tolerances and by may previously have been turned
through collaboration with global (type NPU), certain sizes of namely insert breakage. As a eliminating second operations the down, due to the requirement of
customers, the new line of which are compatible with result cutting data can be overall accuracy of components subcontract broaching. And, with
cutters complements TaeguTec’s WNT’s existing Mini-Cut increased and typically, when is improved,” says Adrian Fitts, the interchangeability of the
existing ChasePlusMill series. toolholders and a range of broaching a 42CrMo4 business development manager, inserts and the rapid availability
The new series incorporates indexable insert type tools (type 850N/mm² steel, the feedrate will WNT (UK). of special width inserts
small inserts that can be NPV) – with both being available be 7,200mm/minute at a depth By broaching as part of an subcontractors can react quickly
mounted in higher quantities to two to six inserts per cutter to cut class C11 (DIN138), Class of cut of 0.072mm. existing machine cycle users can to changes to their customers’
give a closer tooth pitch which depending upon diameter JS9 (DIN 6885) and Class P9 The system is designed for use also provide a more cost- requirements.
improves productivity and feed selection. The series has an (DIN 6885) grooves. on lathes, machining centres and, effective solution to their
rates. There are four cutting overall shank length from The tools are available in a in particular, sliding head lathes, customers. For example,
> WNT
edges per insert. 100mm to 220mm that connects variety of widths ranging from a where slots that would normally economical batch quantity for www.wnt.com
The ChasePlusMill Mini line is with either a modular or face mill
a flexible cutter range that can type cutting head.
replace a number of cutters with Regardless of cutting head,
the capability of handling facing, the series is currently available
shouldering, straight ramping, with TaeguTec’s TT9080, TT8030
helical ramping and cavity and TT7080 coated insert
machining. To further enhance grades, enabling the cutter to
productivity rates, the geometry comfortably machine carbon
of the cutter and its steels, alloy steels, pre-
corresponding inserts provide hardened, hardened, stainless
effective chip evacuation and and mould and die steels as well
TOUGHER.
low cutting forces that have a as cast iron with a hardness
low tendency to insert chipping level beyond 50HRc. The
– further enhanced with an productivity of the ChasePlusMill
internal coolant system. Mini line sees it work at cutting
HARDER.
The series has shank speeds from 80m/minute to
diameter options of 16mm, 220m/minute with a 1mm feed
20mm, 25mm and 32mm with per tooth rate on depths of cut
corresponding cutting diameters up to 1mm.
SHARPER.
of 16mm, 20mm, 21mm, 25mm,
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and 40mm with anything from www.taegutec.com
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high temperature alloys has high resistance to heat and edge
been launched by ATI Stellram. breakdown, resulting in little to no
The Stellram 1B insert is loss in tool life while still
available in a choice of increasing productivity.
hardwearing grades consisting of The company has also
SP0819, which is designed for produced a dedicated product
high cutting speeds on difficult-to- brochure, which includes the
machine materials, and Nitro-Lok complementary medium to
coated NL37, designed for high roughing 4E geometry for difficult-
cutting speeds in unalloyed and to-machine materials. The
alloyed steels. The grade and brochure provides a range of
coating technologies combined useful information including cutting
with innovative tool geometry are data and chip control charts.
claimed to not only boost The 1B geometry is the latest in
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