Expanding space for new tooling products

In 2017, ITC invested over £1 million in new production equipment which has given the company the facility to manufacture high-precision cutting tools from diameters as small as 0.3mm. This year it will be implementing a program to extend existing product lines with many of the most popular ITC products being extended to offer tool diameters below 3mm.

As well as introducing these product extensions at MACH, ITC will be demonstrating its position as a comprehensive cutting tool supplier with complementary products from brands such as Big Kaiser and Widia.

The Widia VariMill Series has been a popular choice for ITC customers for many years and at MACH, the latest developments will be unveiled. The new Duo-Lock range is a modular system that integrates many of the VariMill milling lines into a new quick-change line.

With its impressive runout accuracy, maximum coupling stability and length repeatability, the combination of the VariMill milling technology and the flexibility of the Duo-Lock system offers end users an innovative new solution. Whilst the proprietary VariMill geometries allow roughing and finishing with a single tool, the corresponding adaptors include an extensive line of straight and conical shanks with CV, PSC, BT and HSK configurations available in Duo-Lock sizes of DL16, DL20, DL25 and DL32.

The modular tools on show will include the VariMill, VariMill II, 4547, 4548, 4XN0 and 4X48 high performance series, the 4U40 45° roughing series, the 4969 ball nose roughing series, 5748 VariMill II ER, 774E VariMill III ER series, the 5142 and 5143 AluSurf line, the 8045 corner rounding line and the 8046 corner chamfering series. Each of these solutions includes a tapered core that demonstrates high stability and an eccentric relief design that increases tool life through higher edge stability.

Continuing the theme of flexibility at MACH, Widia has added to the ITC range with the launch of a new shoulder milling solution for step-down applications. The VSM490 series of Widia indexable insert tools eliminates finishing operations and improves productivity when machining a wide variety of materials.

From an economical perspective, the new VSM490 range of double sided 90° inserts offer four cutting edges to reduce cost per insert and improve economy for the end user. This latest addition to the Widia Victory Shoulder Mill (VSM) range is versatile with a complete line of insert grades that accommodate the highly-productive machining of cast iron, stainless steel, steel, aluminium, titanium and a host of challenging aluminium alloy materials.

Suitable for operations from roughing through to finish machining, the VSM is offered with screw-on end mills from 16 to 32mm diameter; Weldon, cylindrical and shell type end mill tool holders from 40 to 125mm shell mills and the robust M4000 cartridge milling system from 125 to 315mm.

Complementing the VSM line at MACH will be the new Widia Victory High Speed Cutting (VHSC) series of milling cutters for aluminium machining, suitable for everything from face milling, pocketing, ramping, circular interpolation boring and slotting through to shoulder milling.

The high-speed aluminium profiling and pocket milling range is capable of machining at speeds up to 3,000m/minute with high-speed cylindrical end mills, cutting monoblocks and shell mills available in diameter ranges from 25 to 32mm, 25 to 50mm and 40 to 80mm respectively.

Widia will also be using MACH 2018 to highlight its turning grades. This will be promoted through the new Victory turning grades for steel and cast-iron applications.

The Widia Victory TN7100 series is a new range of coated-carbide inserts specifically engineered for finishing, medium-duty and rough machining of all types of alloyed and unalloyed steels. It claims to deliver value on key productivity metrics such as higher metal-removal rate, surface finish, longer tool life, consistent performance, and lower manufacturing costs.

Victory TN7105, TN7110 and TN7115 grades are offered for light and medium turning applications in steel with a claimed 30% performance increase over competitive products.

ITC www.itc-ltd.co.uk Stand No: H20-650 www.bit.ly/MACH2018