As a company that specialises in press tooling and subcontract machining, the throughput of work at Cube Precision Engineering can be as diverse as it is challenging. When the Rowley Regis based subcontract manufacturer was tasked with drilling 55,600 holes in a three by two meter press tool recently, it turned to the cutting tool experts from Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) and its drilling lines.

The return of the Mach exhibition provided a welcome boost to the industry, and as a UK manufacturer of cutting tools, Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) used the opportunity to demonstrate all its latest innovations.

At Mach 2022, Guhring demonstrated a complete range of products that included threading, turning, drilling and milling tools — many of which received their UK exhibition premiere at the show. The performance of the tools was demonstrated ‘live’ on a Grob 5-axis machining centre.

With Fabryka Narzędzi Fanar (Fanar) joining Seco, the company will strengthen and enhance its solid threading segment in the Polish market. Fanar’s product offering will include a wide range of high-performance taps, other threading products as well as solid carbide drills and end mills.

The German tool manufacturer Walter acquires GWS, a manufacturer of solid carbide milling cutters and drills as well as HSS taps and PCD products. With this move, Walter is strengthening its presence in the US market.

UK — A recently launched high-precision tool achieves tight tolerances in one operation and significantly reduces cost per hole in aerospace applications.

Germany — Walter has extended their range of solutions for precision micro-drilling with two new additions.

Germany — In aircraft construction, thousands of bores have to be drilled into composite components and material assemblies for riveted connections. Solid carbide drills with a diamond coating are usually used for this. However, these are unsuitable for special applications. What's the alternative?

A Canadian company is again relying on Müller for the initial equipment of a new production line in the USA. The order volume is the largest single order in the company's history.

Anybody looking to machine medical components cost-effectively and reliably needs high-precision tools that have been tested in practice — sometimes with the smallest of dimensions. The tool manufacturer Inovatools from Haunstetten near Kinding in Germany offers the Inomed range of tools for this very purpose.