Widia TDMX now available from ITC. (Source: ITC)
Southern Manufacturing 2023

Cutting tools: How mould makers can boost productivity

At the 2023 Southern Manufacturing show on stand H250, Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) will be introducing a host of product lines from its cutting tool portfolio. From the 7th to 9th of February at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, the UK manufacturer will demonstrate its latest innovations and inviting show visitors to buy manufactured cutting tools.

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The Neomill-3D-Finish radial indexable insert milling cutter is universally applicable for finishing all kinds of materials. (Source: Mapal)
Tool and mould making

Interplay of machine, tool and CAM strategy

As the die & mould sector often involves one-offs and small series, standard tools are preferred here. In view of the almost infinite variety of geometry and design, users shy away from stocking a large and accordingly cost-intensive range of tool types. CAM programming is thus tasked with processing pending machining jobs using the stock of tools on hand. Compromises are often made at the expense of machine running times.

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