July 5, 2024
In the realm of machining operations, achieving precision and reliability is an ongoing pursuit. Sandvik Coromant has met this challenge head-on with a tool that promises to revolutionise milling processes. Here, Sangram Dash, Product Application Manager for Indexable Milling at Sandvik Coromant, explains how an innovative concept for milling applications in ISO K and ISO P materials, CoroMill® MF80, supports more precise and cost-effective machining. Close to 90-degree shoulder milling is highly desirable in machining applications due to its ability to create precise components, which is a necessity as automotive engines grow more complex. Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are striving to manufacture parts that comply with tighter tolerances and in accordance with more intricate and contemporary designs. These more sophisticated components include engine block transmission cases, gearbox housings and steeling knuckles. Due to the intricate shape of these components and the resulting fixturing limitations, a close-to 90-degree shoulder milling tool is more desirable. That’s because the tool is able to efficiently machine intricate components with low axial loads, which leads to cost savings and increased efficiency in the…
July 3, 2024
Manufacturing engineers often face the challenging task of deburring complex 3D shapes such as off-set threaded internal cross holes. As a global leader in deburring solutions, XEBEC Technologies has developed the spherical Back Burr Cutter as an ideal tool for deburring difficult 3D edge profiles. In addition, customer-specific tool cutter paths can be provided, creating the highest quality uniform edge, extending tool life by utilising the entire blade edge and creating machining times five to ten times faster than conventional tools. Simultaneously the customer is spared considerable time on complex programming. Suitable to be used on any machine with 3-axis simultaneous control the Back Burr Cutter and Path have already particularly proven themselves in the field with manufacturers of complex hydraulic manifolds and related components. Holes as small as 1mm can be effectively reached at depths of up to 15 x diameter, plus threads from M3 to M24. Fine micro grain carbide together with AlTiCrN coating allows for processing a wide variety of materials including hard-to-cut metals such as inconel and titanium. Uncoated versions are…
July 1, 2024
Welding is fundamental to our world. The process of fusing pieces together, usually metals, to form a continuum is used in the construction of buildings, bridges, overpasses, railways, ships, planes, the car that you drive, domestic appliances and much more. Demand for welding skills has climbed worldwide, yet the number of welders has steadily declined, particularly in developed economies (including Australia) challenging welding machine manufacturers to continuously enhance their equipment. Whether it is America, Canada, Europe, Japan, the United Kingdom or Australia, the demand for more welders in the Western world is staggering. According to the European Welding Federation, there is a shortage of around 300,000 qualified welders in Europe. By 2027, the US will need an additional 360,000 welding professionals says the American Welding Society. In Japan, where the overall workforce is shrinking, some 250,000 welders will be needed by 2050; while in Canada, they are experiencing an ongoing shortage of welders says CWB Group’s Welding Industry Report, 2022. In Australia, the picture is equally bleak. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 83,400 tradesmen identified as welding workers…