Anybody who uses a metal cutting machine tool has almost certainly used a carbide insert. Cutting tool inserts manufactured out of carbide are a critical metal cutting tool commodity used for boring, ...

Seco developed its new thread chaser insert holder to bring high levels of precision and rigidity to threading operations that involve tough materials including the hard, gummy or high-­chrome content ...

Because high-speed steel inserts can bend without breaking, they are an effective choice for select applications. To cut a long story short, the advent of carbide as an effective cutting tool material ...

Don Graham looks at eight common insert failure modes and explains that, using simple tools, manufacturers can analyse used tooling to predict usage and achieve maximum tool life. Insert failure and ...