November Product Highlights

Photo Credit (clockwise): Siemens, Kyocera Precision Tools, Hasco Hot Runner and Greenleaf Corp.

Too busy during the holidays to keep track of MoldMaking Technology’s daily product posts? We’ve got you covered.

This is MMT’s November digital-only product/service roundup to keep you informed and your shop engaged in the latest and greatest products that are being offered in the moldmaking industry whether it’s to aid in milling and drilling operations, troubleshoot water leakage in your mold or eradicate dead spots behind your valve pins.

MMT publishs new/proven products/services on a daily basis, so browse our “New Tech” section on the homepage of our website, or find them via the website search bar. Follow each title link below for the full product post.

Cutter Designed for Roughing in Face, Profile Milling Operations

Sandvik Coromant has launched a new milling concept — the CoroMill MR80 — primarily designed for challenging roughing operations in a wide range of face and profile milling applications in steel and stainless steel. The MR80 is also recommended for tool steels. Hardened tool steels are not a primary use example, but are still applicable for the MR80 cutting tool.

Photo Credit: Sandvik Coromant

Indexable Inserts, Toolholders Perform Heavy-Duty, Wide Profile Grooving

Photo Credit: Tungaloy NTK

Heavy-duty grooving and wide-profile grooving is achieved through Tungaloy NTK’s TungHeavyGroove grooving inserts and toolholders. An enhanced insert clamping design provides optimal tool rigidity. TungHeavyGroove’s operations may be implemented for venting grooving in injection molds, the company notes, though it depends on the geometry of the venting that is needed — in particular, venting channels for round components is possible using TungHeavyGroove.

Pressure Tester Determines Water Leaks in Injection Molds

Photo Credit: Globeius Inc.

Globeius Inc. is providing its customers with a more straightforward way to troubleshoot injection molds with the Mouldpro Pressure Tester. The device is designed to detect water leakage within a mold’s cooling circuits.

The Pressure Tester is portable and requires no power source, as the tests are performed manually. It includes a built-in water tank, a connected hose and two valve handles to regulate the pressure into and out of the system.

Shrink-Fit Machine Features Integrated Cooling

Photo Credit: Haimer USA

Haimer USA displays its Power Clamp Air i4.0 Eco, a high performance shrink-fit machine with integrated cooling for all cutting tools (solid carbide and HSS). According to Haimer, the machine is suitable for reliable shrinking and cooling of shrink-fit collets and toolholders. It provides smooth and clean cooling of all kinds of toolholders or collets by air, without dirt and water residue.

PVD-Coated Milling Inserts Increase Production Efficiency With Less Downtime

Kyocera Precision Tools introduces the PR18 Series, a lineup of indexable milling inserts meticulously crafted to elevate the mold and die machining experience, amongst other machining applications, across Kyocera’s most popular milling lines. At the core of this series is the company’s new PVD coating technology, designed to eliminate frequent tool replacements and costly downtime. Each insert features multiple cutting edges.

Photo Credit: Kyocera Precision Tools

Photo Credit: Hasco Hot Runner

3D-Printed Manifold Engineered to Eradicate Dead Spots Behind Valve Pins

Hasco Hot Runner is presenting the new manifold concept Streamrunner Shadowfree, an advanced 3D-printed hot runner system engineered to eradicate “shadow formations” behind valve pins.

Solid Ceramic End Mills Provide High Metal Removal Rates

Photo Credit: Greenleaf Corp.

Greenleaf Corp. highlights its Xsytin-360 end mills — a cutting tool that combines the company’s phase-toughened Xsytin-1 substrate with a specialized cutting geometry that is said to offer 10X higher productivity. The strength of the material enables the user to apply chip loads similar to solid-carbide end mills with higher speeds common to ceramic machining.

Temperature Control Unit Enables Cycle Time Cuts

Photo Credit: Frigel North America Inc.

The Microgel Syncro from Frigel North America is a new press-side unit that the machine builders say revolutionizes the temperature control method for injection molding.

Frigel says Microgel Syncro technology enables a drastic reduction in cycle time (up to 40%), while maintaining the surface quality, dimensional characteristics and mechanical performance of the finished product. The cut in total cycle time is accomplished thanks to the reduction of the cooling time only.

Predefined CNC Package Ensures Quick Delivery for US Manufacturers

To offer a fast solution to U.S.-based machine tool builders, system integrators and retrofitters, Siemens is stocking typical system packages that include the most frequently used Sinumerik 828D CNC, Sinamics drive, Simotics motor and accessories such as cables at its Elk Grove Village, Illinois, facility to ensure fast and efficient delivery in less than 10 business days.

Photo Credit: Siemens

Cutting Tool Presetter Offers Advanced Productivity in a Smaller Footprint

Photo Credit: Lyndex-Nikken

Lyndex-Nikken, manufacturer and provider of high-performance machine tool accessories, announces the E346V+ presetter, by Elbo Controlli Nikken, delivering the productivity of larger, more sophisticated presetters in a smaller footprint.

Flat Bottom Drill Supports Stable Counterboring Action

Photo Credit: OSG USA Inc.

OSG USA Inc. announces the expansion of the company’s Phoenix PDZ offering with the addition of the new PDZ-3D indexable flat drills. The flat bottom drills feature enhanced chip breaker geometry, resulting in improved chip formation and evacuation. The broad lineup includes standard socket head cap screw sizes, enabling fast and stable drilling of counterbores in mold bases.