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SME Media Manufacturing Engineering & Technology Magazine Tooling and Workholding for Today’s Shop Floor Spring 2020

Tooling and Workholding for Today’s Shop Floor Spring 2020

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The CoroDrill 870 series by Sandvik Coromant, introduced in 2012, has undergone numerous refinements to improve wear resistance and rigidity.

Replaceable-Tip Tools Get Permanent Spot in Shop Inventories

April 13, 2020
When weighing the choice of replaceable-tip mills and drills or solid-carbide tools, consider this succinct statement from one industry expert: carbide equals cost.
Geoff Giordano
By Geoff Giordano Contributing Editor, SME Media
The RoboTrex automatic handling system from Lang operates the machining center from an automation cart, which serves as a storage medium for the vises. Depending on part size, the cart can store up to 42 vises.

Innovations in Workholding

April 14, 2020
Not long ago, the mention of workholding might call to mind the traditional vise or three-jaw chuck. The integral nature of proper fixturing to successful machining has forever changed that paradigm and made workholding as critical to the manufacturing process as any of the machines or systems of which it is a part.
By Frank Burke Contributing Writer, SME Media
Haimer offers the VIO linear toolshrink machine, which is a combination shrink-fit unit and presetter, especially for use with shrinking tools, sister tools or multi-spindle machines. In includes a Microvision VIO Image processing system; ISS-U universal ultra-high precision spindle with automatic adapter identification, mechanical clamping and motorized indexing; a fully automatic Haimer induction unit with 13 kW coil; automatic monitoring of shrinking parameters; and automatic length adjustment within ±10 μm.

Shops Use Shrink-Fit with Presetters for Toolholding Efficiency

April 15, 2020
Unlike its name, the use of shrink-fit tooling is expanding. A shrink-fit toolholder starts with a slightly undersize bore that is heated to enlarge the inner diameter enough to accept a cutting tool and then grip the cutter as it cools and contracts.
Ilene Wolff
By Ilene Wolff Contributing Editor, SME Media
Shrink-fit toolholders provide excellent rigidity and are a great choice for finishing operations.

How to Choose the Best Toolholding System for Your Shop

April 16, 2020
Many job shops hold onto traditional, inexpensive tooling systems. ER collets and Weldon flats are tried and true; they work and are proven. At the same time, newer, advanced machining technology, such as multi-axis machines, may perform better when newer, advanced (and more expensive) toolholders are deployed.
Bill Koenig
By Bill Koenig Senior Editor, SME Media

Upfront

  • Sandvik Coromant to Highlight End-to-End Machining Solutions at IMTS 2026
    PRESS RELEASES

    Sandvik Coromant to Highlight End-to-End Machining Solutions at IMTS 2026

    PRESS RELEASE: Sandvik Coromant May 12, 2026
    Leading cutting tool specialist and manufacturing solutions provider Sandvik Coromant will highlight its comprehensive approach to solving real-world challenges in machining, metalworking and production at the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Sept. 14–19 in Chicago.
  • Recognizing SME’s 2026 Board of Directors
    PRESS RELEASES

    Recognizing SME’s 2026 Board of Directors

    PRESS RELEASE: SME May 12, 2026
    At a time when manufacturers are accelerating innovation to strengthen competitiveness and building a future-ready workforce, SME, the nonprofit committed to advancing manufacturing technology and developing America’s talent, is recognizing the leaders serving on its 2026 Board of Directors. Rebecca R. Taylor, Chief Business and Public Affairs Officer of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, serves as SME’s president.  
  • Comau, Omron Robotics to Collaborate on Industrial Solutions
    PRESS RELEASES

    Comau, Omron Robotics to Collaborate on Industrial Solutions

    PRESS RELEASE: Comau May 12, 2026
    COMAU and OMRON Robotics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the adoption and deployment of advanced industrial automation solutions for manufacturers worldwide. The collaboration will focus on high-growth sectors including electronics, semiconductors, medical manufacturing and light industrial intralogistics - markets that continue to see strong demand for flexible, easily deployable automation.

Advanced Manufacturing Now

  • Sandvik Coromant to Highlight End-to-End Machining Solutions at IMTS 2026
    PRESS RELEASES

    Sandvik Coromant to Highlight End-to-End Machining Solutions at IMTS 2026

    PRESS RELEASE: Sandvik Coromant May 12, 2026
    Leading cutting tool specialist and manufacturing solutions provider Sandvik Coromant will highlight its comprehensive approach to solving real-world challenges in machining, metalworking and production at the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Sept. 14–19 in Chicago.
  • Recognizing SME’s 2026 Board of Directors
    PRESS RELEASES

    Recognizing SME’s 2026 Board of Directors

    PRESS RELEASE: SME May 12, 2026
    At a time when manufacturers are accelerating innovation to strengthen competitiveness and building a future-ready workforce, SME, the nonprofit committed to advancing manufacturing technology and developing America’s talent, is recognizing the leaders serving on its 2026 Board of Directors. Rebecca R. Taylor, Chief Business and Public Affairs Officer of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, serves as SME’s president.  
  • Comau, Omron Robotics to Collaborate on Industrial Solutions
    PRESS RELEASES

    Comau, Omron Robotics to Collaborate on Industrial Solutions

    PRESS RELEASE: Comau May 12, 2026
    COMAU and OMRON Robotics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the adoption and deployment of advanced industrial automation solutions for manufacturers worldwide. The collaboration will focus on high-growth sectors including electronics, semiconductors, medical manufacturing and light industrial intralogistics - markets that continue to see strong demand for flexible, easily deployable automation.

Viewpoints

  • Sandvik Coromant to Highlight End-to-End Machining Solutions at IMTS 2026
    PRESS RELEASES

    Sandvik Coromant to Highlight End-to-End Machining Solutions at IMTS 2026

    PRESS RELEASE: Sandvik Coromant May 12, 2026
    Leading cutting tool specialist and manufacturing solutions provider Sandvik Coromant will highlight its comprehensive approach to solving real-world challenges in machining, metalworking and production at the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Sept. 14–19 in Chicago.
  • Recognizing SME’s 2026 Board of Directors
    PRESS RELEASES

    Recognizing SME’s 2026 Board of Directors

    PRESS RELEASE: SME May 12, 2026
    At a time when manufacturers are accelerating innovation to strengthen competitiveness and building a future-ready workforce, SME, the nonprofit committed to advancing manufacturing technology and developing America’s talent, is recognizing the leaders serving on its 2026 Board of Directors. Rebecca R. Taylor, Chief Business and Public Affairs Officer of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, serves as SME’s president.  
  • Comau, Omron Robotics to Collaborate on Industrial Solutions
    PRESS RELEASES

    Comau, Omron Robotics to Collaborate on Industrial Solutions

    PRESS RELEASE: Comau May 12, 2026
    COMAU and OMRON Robotics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the adoption and deployment of advanced industrial automation solutions for manufacturers worldwide. The collaboration will focus on high-growth sectors including electronics, semiconductors, medical manufacturing and light industrial intralogistics - markets that continue to see strong demand for flexible, easily deployable automation.