Dugard adds sales manager for Scotland

As part of its ongoing growth strategy, Dugard has employed a new area sales manager to support customers in Scotland. With almost 15 years of industry experience, Andrew Sutton will be a welcome addition to the Dugard team. He joins from a well-recognised cutting tool and ancillary equipment distribution company. Says Sutton: “Dugard has a significant number of machines installed in Scotland that will act as reference points, so I’ll be aiming to apply my previous experience and contacts to further grow the brand, while ensuring that existing Dugard customers are fully up to speed with all of our new machines.”

For further information
www.dugard.com

New high-feed milling cutters

Now available from Horn is a new generation of milling cutters for machining at high feed rates. The DAH82 and DAH84 milling systems feature a precision-sintered indexable insert with eight cutting edges for cost-effective metal cutting. Despite its negative mounting position, the positive cutting geometry ensures good chip removal combined with a smooth, soft cut. Furthermore, the large radius of the insert’s main cutting edge ensures even distribution of the cutting forces, extending tool life.

Horn offers the inserts in the SA4B substrate, which is suitable for universal use on various materials. Maximum cutting depths are 1.0 mm for the DAH82 and 1.5 mm for the DAH84.
The DAH82 variant is available as an end mill and as a screw-in milling cutter in the following diameters: 20 mm (z = 2), 25 mm (z = 3), 32 mm (z = 4), 35 mm (z = 4) and 40 mm (z = 5), where z denotes the number of inserts. As an arbour milling cutter, it is available in diameters of 40 mm (z = 5), 42 mm (z = 5) and 50 mm (z = 6).

For diameters in excess of 50 mm, the larger DAH84 indexable insert is used. It can be supplied as an arbour milling cutter in the following standard diameters: 50 mm (z = 4), 52 mm (z = 4), 63 mm (z = 5), 66 mm (z = 5), 80 mm (z = 6), 85 mm (z = 6), 100 mm (z = 7) and 125 mm (z = 8). All tool bodies receive a special surface treatment of high strength and hardness, providing long-term protection against abrasive wear from chips.

For further information
www.phorn.co.uk

Machines flowing both ways at XYZ

During September and October, XYZ Machine Tools says it will dispatch around 100 machines to customers in the UK and across mainland Europe. Given the company’s reputation for keeping high stock levels, some 87 machines had arrived (to replace those sold) by mid-September, with a further 116 arriving by the end of October. “As UK manufacturers continue to bounce back, we are seeing significant demand for quick-delivery machines,” says Nigel Atherton, XYZ’s managing director. “While the rapid increase in orders impacted our stock, customers can be assured of our usual first-class response to their needs.”

For further information www.xyzmachinetools.com

End mills offer stability and long life

Seco Tools is offering a new family of versatile, highly productive solid-carbide end mills: the JSE510 series. Redesigned to offer more rigidity, chip control and tool life, the company says the new milling cutters achieve the lowest possible costs per metre of machined steel, stainless steel, cast iron, titanium and some aluminiums. The cutters provide high process reliability across a broad application range.

JSE510 cutters offer higher versatility in comparison with the previous version of this product range, not just for general engineering, contract manufacturers and job shops, but those specifically serving the aerospace, medical and automotive industries. Seco’s design for the JSE510 stands up to tough milling applications with a versatile carbide grade, advanced polished SIRA coatings and a strong, sharp cutting edge. To extend tool life further, the tools offer a vibration-damping variable pitch design and an optimised helix.

Seco’s JSE510 family includes 216 tools in four geometries, with two length variants in the three and four-flute version: normal (LV2) and long (LV3). The two-flute JSE512 handles the large chips produced in helical interpolation or peck drilling, keyways and slotting applications, while the three-flute JSE513 offers universal milling performance for ramping, full slotting and side milling. The four-flute JSE514 is for side milling and slotting, as well as dynamic milling. Finally, the ball-nose end-mill geometry of the JSB512 offers the versatility required for finishing operations.

“These cutters offer productivity in less stable machining conditions or when pushed hard to balance productivity and tool life costs,” says Rob Mulders, solid end mills global product manager. “This versatility makes the JSE510 series particularly useful when shops face increased tooling costs because of a greater variety of applications and materials.”

For further information
www.secotools.com

Lubricants partnership

TotalEnergies and Amada Europe have signed a new partnership deal for the supply of original equipment lubricants to Amada Europe’s plants, as well as a range of Amada-branded lubricants. The partnership will last for five years and cover 14 countries in Europe.

Since 2016, TotalEnergies’ Lubricants Department in France has been supplying part of the original equipment oils to Amada’s main plant in Europe at Château-du-Loir. With this latest partnership deal, TotalEnergies’ Lubricants Division is further committed to providing its expertise and know-how to Amada Europe’s customers.

For further information
www.lubricants.totalenergies.com