Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...

The two basic cutting tool types used in metalworking are the single-point and multi-point designs. Fundamentally, they are similar. By grouping a number of single point tools in a circular holder, ...

The bulk of the milling machine market consists of half-lane machines weighing from 60,000 to 90,000 pounds and typically equipped with roughly 7-foot-wide cutting drums, which are powered by 600- to ...

The TD610 Supreme thread milling cutter family from Walter AG features highly wear-resistant HiPIMS coating WB10TU made of ...

CompoTech Plus spol. s r.o. (Sušice, Czech Republic) announced on Jan. 20 that it has developed a new next-generation hybrid steel and carbon fiber (CF) composite milling cutting disc in collaboration ...

It’s easy to assume that not much has changed with face mills for a while. There’s been so much attention on other milling processes over the last few years, and face mills, or shell mills, were ...

It’s a well-shared sentiment that paving companies do not like to see another companies’ machine in front of them running the mill while they’re doing the paving. Add that to the fact that many paving ...

The BM 2200/65 milling machine has a maximum milling width of 58 inches. The 60,296-pound half-lane mill has a 630-horsepower engine that matches power with milling speed for efficient milling to ...

Which to buy first, a lathe or a mill? It’s a tough question for the aspiring home machinist with limited funds to spend on machine tools, but of course the correct answer is a lathe. With a lathe, we ...