Tool Type and Geometries

Hole ambitions? Optimize! Customize!

by Ginger Gardiner, contributing writer, High Performance Composites
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Matching the drill tool to the job can save thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars. For six decades, “you…

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New Drill Bit for F-35 Planes has Bonded Home-Grown Diamonds

by Harry Sawyers,
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The F-35 Lightning II airplane is made from composite fiber, which means that when it comes to working on it,…

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The Composite Cutting Tool Challenge

by Andrew Gilpin, Product Development Manager, AMAMCO Tool
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The largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, an emerging fabricator, and a family-operated machine shop all have one thing in…

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Tool solutions for machining composites

by Andrew Gilpin, Product Development Manager, AMAMCO Tool
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There is a continuing demand for tool innovations to cut, shape and drill composite material applications in almost every industry…

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Super Drills

by Daniel McCann, Senior Editor, Cutting Tool Engineering
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More sophisticated drills enable shops to tackle superalloys with ease No one can put as fine a point on how…

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Coated Carbide Cutting Tools Offer Superior Cutting Geometry and Longer Tool Life

by Jeff Sloan, Editor, High Performance Composites Magazine
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After rigorous testing, Lockheed Martin chose coated carbide tools made by AMAMCO Tool (Duncan, SC) for machining composite wingskins on…

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