An M475 grooving and cut-off mill from Horn. (Source: Horn)
Cutting tools

New grooving and cut-off milling system

A new generation of tools for grooving and cut-off milling has been introduced by German tooling manufacturer Horn. The cutter bodies are supplied from stock as side, shell and screw-in milling cutters, the two latter variants being equipped for internal coolant supply. Special surface treatment offers protection against abrasion from chips.

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The base plate of the press tool on the Hurco large bed VMC at GFP. (Source: ITC)
Cutting tools

111k holes — no problem for precision toolmaker

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.

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