Drills

Small-Hole EDM With Automation for Moldmakers

IMTS2024: Belmont Equipment & Technologies offers its SY series high-speed CNC EDM drills for customizable, small-hole drills. These are useful in moldmaking for vent holes and ejector pin hole applications.

Fiona Lawler
Associate Editor, MoldMaking Technology

How to Overcome Deep-Hole Drilling Obstacles in Mold Machining

Keep up with the newest tooling innovations to overcome holemaking and finishing challenges.   

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Gundrill Tool Extends Hole-Making Productivity for Injection Molds

Minimized downtime, enhanced machine productivity and the ability to drill interruption and cross holds are some key features behind the Iscar Tri-Deep gundrill.

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Flat Bottom Drill Supports Stable Counterboring Action

The OSG Phoeniz PDZ-3D is key to producing counterbores in mold bases with enhanced chip breaker geometry and precise finishing capabilities.

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Solid Carbide Drill Designed With Mold Machining in Mind

The Walter X·treme Evo Plus DC180 Supreme drill maximizes productivity and process reliability thanks to its Krato·tec AlTiN coating technology.

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Indexable Drill Offers Extended Application Range

The Kennametal Drill Fix Pro is designed for extended tool life and smooth drilling at high metal removal rates, with outboard inserts that feature a wiper geometry for smoother surface finishes and larger coolant channels for high-volume flow.

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High Penetration Drill Advances Hole-Making Activities

The Allied Machine & Engineering T-A Pro drill addresses challenges often faced by mold shops, including long tool life and 90-degree bends.

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Century Tool Invests in Cheto Machine for Deep-Hole Drilling With Milling

Seven-axis CNC strings together gundrill and milling programs, enhancing Century Tool’s moldmaking process.

Grace Nehls
Senior Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

One-Shot Multipurpose Drills Extend Holemaking Proficiency

Developed with job shops in mind, Emuge-Franken’s full line of 3XD and 5XD high-quality solid carbide MultiDRILLs feature increase penetration rates,  tight tolerance hole sizes and excellent hole finishes.  

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Expanded Drill System With Drill Sleeves

Tungaloy adds drill sleeves to the standard lineup, enhancing drilling productivity of Swiss-type sliding-head automatic lathes, as well as 48 new drill heads, to address precision, productivity and more extensive hole size requirements.

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New Generation of Solid Carbide Drills Optimize Inclined or Round Surface Drilling

The Walter DC118 Supreme solid carbide drill provides high rigidity against deflection, superior centering accuracy and four margins with corner chamfers.

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Carbide Micro Drills Capture Precise Holemaking for Mold and Die Making Requirements

The DB131/DB133 Supreme solid carbide micro drills from Walter USA now come with internal and external coolant capability.  

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Micro-Diameter End Mill Series Reduces Cutting Time, Enhances Finishing for Ultra-Precision Moldmaking

Towa Corp. features CBN and proprietary-coated solid carbide end mills that feature high accuracy, optimized sharpness and wear resistance and ensure long tool life.  

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Three Ways to Accurately Machine Hardened Mold Materials

Three cutting tool design considerations to improve process reliability and cost efficiency when deep-hole drilling molds.

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PVD-Coated, Uncoated Insert Grades to Reliably Drill Aluminum

Walter USA highlights the WNN15 and WN15 available for indexable insert drills that specialize in machining aluminum alloys.

Grace Nehls
Senior Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

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Reducing Cutter Breakage When Micro Machining Hard Mold Material

A new micro drill increases productivity when making highly precise holes in hard mold steels.

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Hybrid Milling/Drilling Machine Reduces Total Mold Machining Time

MSI Mold Builders now squares, plus drills and taps eye-bolt holes on 50% of its tools in a single setup using a five-axis milling/drilling center with a universal spindle.

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Replaceable Drill Tips Suitable for Aluminum and Non-Ferrous Materials

New SMDT-NAL drill tips from Sumitomo are coated with diamond-like Carbon DLC ‘Aurora’ Coating for two to three times higher feed rates.

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Custom Mold Builder Specializes in 3D Machining, Surface Contouring, In-House Support Services

Michigan-based Mac-Mold Base builds complete mold bases that have surfaced cavity and cores, as well as offering contract gundrilling, spot faces, counter bores, special angle setups and taps.

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Amerimold 2021 Product Showcase, Part 2

MMT continues to highlight a wide range of products and services offered by attending Amerimold 2021 exhibitors. Get a glimpse of these new or improved technologies.

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Moldmakers Maximize Tooling Investments With Carbide Drill

Among West Ohio Tool’s custom PCD and carbide tooling, the EdgeX4 drill shows consistent precision, reliability and performance for holemaking.

Grace Nehls
Senior Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

Cheto Presents Multifunctional Gundrilling Machine

The Amerimold exhibitor’s innovative deep-hole drilling technology is capable of drilling, milling, tapping and boring all in one with optimized performance, depth and precision.

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Three-Flute Drill Facilitates Quick Drill Tip Replacement

The Ingersoll TwistSFeed offers an upgraded clamping mechanism and a self-centering point to ensure optimal performance, precision and stability.

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Technology Roundup: You'll Only See It Here!

MMT presents a compilation of digital-only new/proven product content. Cutting tools, machining, AM, software and inspection/measurement categories are showcased in this latest roundup.

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High-Speed Steel Jobber Drill Delivers More Holes

Dormer Pramet’s Precision Twist Drill HX series can deliver up to 70% more holes in moderate conditions, 18% in heavy and 30% in light conditions. 

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Exchangeable Drills and Tool Steel Holders For Faster Changeovers, Longer Insert life

The i-ONE line from YG-1 offers micro-grain carbide drill inserts, and premium tool steel holders with coolant channels that resist corrosion and wear and ensure body clearance.

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High-Performance Drill Targets Low Cutting Speeds For Unstable Environments

Big Kaiser’s Nirox high-performance drill from Sphinx boasts a TiAlSiN-based coating for enhanced chip and coolant evacuation in difficult-to-machine and adhesive materials.

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