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Tooling Update
Tooling Technology
iPhone App Provides Quick, Easy Calculation
of Cycle Times and Costs for Drilling Operations
Sandvik Coromant, Fair Lawn, NJ, has developed a new drilling app for iPhones, designed to offer a quick and easy way for machine shops and tool and die shops to calculate cycle times and costs for all drilling and tapping operations. Of benefit to engineers, programmers and machinists alike, the Drilling Cal- culator App requires the input of a few simple parameters such
as drill diameter, cutting speed, spindle speed and feed rate. The app then will provide machine shops not only with reliable data such as cycle times and cost per hole, but with other use- ful information such as ISO tolerances for bore and shaft, and links to online support via YouTube videos or the Sandvik Coro- mant website.
By experimenting with data, the App highlights how small changes in parameters can impact the results obtained from machines and tooling.
Available in English with metric or imperial values, the Drilling Calculator App is free and available for download from the Apple App Store. Enter ‘Coromant’ in the App Store search bar. Sandvik Coromant: 800/726-3845; www.sandvik.coromant.com/us
Laser-Texturing Machine Works Wonders on Dies, Molds
GF AgieCharmilles, Lincolnshire, IL, introduces the Laser 4000 5Ax, reportedly the largest laser-texturing machine on the mar- ket. The five-axis machine adds texture to oversized dies and
Huge Variety...
Rollblocks For Stamping Presses
Maximize your options, with a variety of die lifters from Hilma for easy, safe movement of dies on stamping presses.
Variations (shown at left) can be found at clrh.com/hilma in Hilma’s online catalog, section K.
Consult with Hilma’s engineering staff to determine the best option for your presses and your needs.
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