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Steel Rule
Die-makers Tool Set |
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steel rule die-making industry, large format CNC routers continue to make gains and to
expand the capabilities of die shops. One of the factors that is
supporting this growth is the availability of a new generation of
cutting tools. New grades of submicrograin carbide and tuned,
proprietary coatings have enabled the fabrication of innovative cutter
designs that offer superior cut quality and cutting speeds that,
in some applications, actually exceed that of laser cutters. |
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Dieboard tools
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Counterboard tools
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Kerf Cutters
Specifications
Our 5-flute UltraBIT kerf
cutters are rapidly becoming the tools of choice among steel rule
diemakers. Specifically tuned for high-speed cutting (100
- 140 in./min @ 40 KRPM)
of maple and Baltic birch plywood, the kerf cutter produces
precise, clean cuts with just the right amount of drag. The
innovative "blended helix" design provides the most
effective debris removal in the industry.
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Skiving Tools
Specifications
The innovative center-cutting WhisperCut is the
first skiving tool specifically tuned to cut composite and laminated
counterboard substrates. The high-rake, 4-flute geometry insures thousands
of inches of clean, smooth skiving at a fraction of the noise produced
by conventional cutters.
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3-Flute Contour Cutters / Alignment Pin drills
Specifications
These tools have a split personality. They spend
most of the day cutting shapes out of plywood for cabinetry, shelving
and steel-rule die boards. (Applications where splintering and fuzzing of
the top, or bottom surface has to be minimized.) The rest of the
time, they are happily drilling precision registration holes in die
boards and counter boards.
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Counter-board Channel Cutters
Specifications
One area where lasers cannot even hope to compete with large format
CNC routers is the fabrication of phenolic counter boards. Used with the
precision machines on the market today, 3-flute PreciseBIT channel
cutters offer the cleanest cuts at the highest feed rates
(200 in./min. @ 40 KRPM)
in the industry.
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Spiral Cutters
Specifications
PreciseBIT 1/8 in. dia., 2-flute contour cutters feature a flute
geometry designed to produce clean, accurate sidewalls at very high chip
loads (150 - 175 in./min @ 40 KRPM).
The aggressive flute geometry is also very
effective at cutting ejection rubber or increased machine
utilization.
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Ball-nose Counter-plate Channel Cutters
Specifications
The ball-nose geometry, with it's variable rake around the nose, was designed for cutting smooth,
round-bottom channels in high-volume production counter-plates.
Optimized for cutting soft-steel and cold-rolled counter plates, they operate
at 72 - 115 in./min. @ 40 KRPM.
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ColletCare®
Spindle and Toolholder Cleaner / Lubricant
Designed by a corrosion chemist to:
- dissolve varnish and gummy deposits in the
spindle bore
- loosen rust
- inhibit corrosion in spindle bores and on collets and
toolholders.
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Chamfering / Cutout
Tools
Specifications
These tools offer the best low-cost, high-performance solution to
depanelling counter boards and chamfering counter board channels.
Optimized for cutting composite counter board substrates, they operate
at 150 - 250 in./min. @ 40 KRPM.
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