Advanced Carbide Tooling to unveil new centre drill, spotting and chamfering tool and corner rounding range extension at MACH 2014

In particular, the new I-Center indexable centre drill and the W-Spotting tool for spotting and chamfering tapped holes will see their debuts. The new I-Center is said to be the world's first indexable centre drill that both increases tool life and process performance, whilst eliminating re-sharpening and re-setting, resulting in improved cycle times and reduced downtime. With insert positional accuracy of 0.05 mm, tool length setting and repeatability is "unparalleled". The I-Center toolholder is available in several lengths and diameter options to offer insert cutting widths for holes from 8 to 25 mm diameters. I-Center's K20F grade carbide inserts are available with TiAlN coatings for the machining of carbon and alloy steel, high alloy steel, cast iron, aluminium and aluminium alloys, and is offered in DIN and ANSI dimensions. Also making a MACH debut will be the new Nine9 'W' spotting tool for spot drilling and chamfering holes in one operation. Eliminating the need for a spot drill and chamfer tool, the 'W' spotting tool shortens cycle times, improves accuracy, hole position and consistency, whilst reducing tooling inventory. The 'W' Spotting tool is available in two toolholder diameters of 10 and 16 mm, with respective shank lengths of 89 and 97.5 mm. Suitable for metric threads from M4 to M10 and imperial threads from 1/4 to 3/8UNC, the K20 grade carbide inserts with TiAlN coating has been created as a universal grade for steel and cast iron machining. Both these developments from Nine9 will appear alongside the company's established corner rounding cutting tools, with Nine9 having now extended the corner rounding range to provide corner rounding inserts from 0.5 to 1 mm in 0.01 mm increments – another MACH 2014 product introduction. This product extension will target the micro-machining sector, whilst bolstering the existing corner rounding range that is available from 1 to 6 mm. The new introduction also supports the 'flexibility' philosophy that Nine9 boasts, by enabling the corner rounding toolholders to additionally accept the Nine9 series of chamfering inserts, thus reducing tool inventory and changeovers further. As well as showcasing these new developments, ACT will also be demonstrating an extensive selection of its established cutting tool technologies. Read about Nine9 at the link below MACH 2014 - Birmingham NEC, 7-11 April