With the new HU3, HU5 and HU7 geometries, Walter is completing its range of indexable turning inserts for heavy-duty roughing operations. The ‘H’ designation is for the negative, single-sided and therefore highly stable inserts, standing for ‘Heavy (Roughing)’, while the ‘U’ refers to their universal use. Each of the three new geometries has specific features making them suitable for different applications.

Into its fifth year, Anca announced the winners of the Tool of the Year competition at the international trade show IMTS. For the first time, a Mexican company could win the prestigious award.

Tooling manufacturer Horn highlights one of its customers that is saving costs by not only turning a drive shaft on a multi-tasking CNC lathe but also milling a spline in the same set-up, an operation that was previously subcontracted out.

The surface finish of moulds is crucial, because it has a major impact on the quality of the articles produced and on the lifetime of a tool. ECP is a unique method that ensures smooth surfaces. PMM Moldes from Portugal makes this technology available to other mould makers as well.

CAD/CAM innovator Cambrio announced the release of Gibbs CAM 2023. New developments continue the focus on core capabilities, while introducing new technology in collaboration with Sandvik Coromant.

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.

Small, delicate parts can be processed with high precision on large EDM machines, but not vice versa. What was already possible in EDM drilling, bes Funkenerosion from Fluorn-Winzeln also wanted to realise in wire cutting.

To highlight the numerous solutions it offers for milling free-form surfaces, tooling manufacturer Horn, points to a recent application involving the machining of a plastic injection mould for mass producing the lens for a headlamp.

Leibniz University Hannover’s Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools has researched whether it is possible to save energy when conducting machining work by adjusting coolant lubricant pressure (CL pressure). Open Mind provided financial support for the project and supplied the component geometry and programming for milling and analyses.

When the Subaru tuning specialist Subi-Performance needed a boring tool for a special application, the company’s owner went online searching for the right manufacturer — finding what he was looking for in Big Kaiser, the specialist in precision machining tools.