Orbital drill thread milling cutter

The solid-carbide TC685 Supremeorbital drill/thread milling cutter reduces hard machining time by producing the core hole, chamfer, and thread in one operation. The cutter’s face milling geometry is designed for core hole creation and chamfering. After chamfering to start a hole in the workpiece, the tool creates the core hole and thread using helical interpolation.

Applications include blind-hole and through-hole threads in steel and hardened steel from 44HRC to 65HRC (ISO P and H materials). The tool produces thread depths of 2xDN and 2.5xDN and is suitable for machining a range of metric thread sizes from M2 to M20.

The left-hand cutting tool features a 15° helix angle for excellent chip removal. Cooling with compressed air makes it possible to achieve maximum tool life in materials harder than 50HRC. Internal coolant delivery is available for tools creating the M6 size through the larger thread sizes. The tool shank is in accordance with the DIN 6535 HA standard.

New geometry and post-treatment process reduces torque requirements and extends tool life.

Walter USA LLC 

Horizontal lathe with high-torque spindle

The LB3000 EX III horizontal lathe is built on the manufacturer’s Thermo-Friendly Concept to ensure minimal thermal growth, and slanted box bed construction offers high quality and rigidity. Equipped with a high-power, high-torque PREX motor, the machine delivers heavy- to high-speed cutting.

The operator-friendly, open-architecture OSP-P500 CNC control makes the machine easy to operate and integrate with other peripheral equipment. A variety of bed lengths, bore sizes, and options includes live tooling, sub-spindle, and Y-axis.

Okuma America Corp.
IMTS 2024 booth #338500

Quick-change receiving plate

The QCR Quick-Change Receiver manually actuated cam-lock receiving plate attaches to CNC lathe spindles and significantly reduces the time needed to change workholding clamping devices. With the QCR, the time needed to switch I.D./O.D. collets, jaw chucks, or face driver workholding devices on a machine is cut from one hour to five minutes. The QCR also features automatic release of the draw connections.

It’s available for all standard nose configurations, for spindle sizes from A2 - A5 through A11, and flatback spindles. The QCR also comes in a through-hole design for through-spindle bar feeding operations.

Engineering the receiver so only two adapter plates are necessary allows the QCR to be modular and standardized.

IMTS 2024 booth #432268