Advanced Carbide Tooling

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New board and re-organisation on 20th birthday

Advanced Carbide Tooling (ACT) has marked the 20th anniversary of its formation with the appointment of a new board of directors and a re-organisation to increase efficiency and customer service.

News from Engineeringtalk, 4 November 2004

Vegetable-based oil increases tool life

Replacing conventional coolants with nontoxic Microlube has greatly improved working conditions and increased tool life at Dales Engineering Services at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

News from Engineeringtalk, 10 December 2003

Tooling developments in Birmingham

Two important additions to ACT's range of tooling for precision small component production will be launched at this year's UK Tooling Show in November.

News from Engineeringtalk, 3 September 2002

Proactive manufacturer aims for long-term savings

For its parting-off work Beverston Engineering turned to Advanced Carbide Tooling to identify and implement the best solution.

News from Engineeringtalk, 30 May 2002

2.2 face-grooving system cuts 14mm diameters

A new 2.2mm wide tooling system for face grooving at diameters down to 14mm and depths of 10mm has been developed by Advanced Carbide Tooling.

News from Engineeringtalk, 25 March 2002

Inserts overcome parting-off and grooving problems

A new type of insert has been introduced by Mircona to counter problems associated with parting-off and grooving sticky and work-hardening materials, small-diameter workpieces and thin-wall tube.

News from Engineeringtalk, 8 January 2002

Economic metal removal on small-diameter parts

Dieterle's LWPH range of indexable radial turning inserts, available in the UK from Advanced Carbide Tooling, provides rapid metal removal economically on small-diameter components

News from Engineeringtalk, 27 April 2001

Tight grip for milling inserts

Advanced Carbide Tooling is offering users of Metal Masters face milling cutters free-of-charge a new type of insert clamping screw and T-bar driver for securing the patented Frustum inserts.

News from Engineeringtalk, 8 March 2001

Special toolholders supplied at the double

Special Mircona toolholders and inserts have been supplied in just four weeks by Advanced Carbide Tooling for small-diameter deep face-grooving on high-performance proportional solenoid housings

News from Engineeringtalk, 20 February 2001

Futura-coated carbide inserts allow dry machining

Advanced Carbide Tooling has introduced Futura-coated carbide inserts for its 2.2 parting-off and grooving system, allowing dry machining as well as higher cutting speeds with longer tool life.

News from Engineeringtalk, 20 February 2001

New tooling for Swiss type CNC sliding head lathes

The new Dieterle SSXA tooling designed for use with Swiss type CNC sliding head lathes incorporates features designed to save machining time and costs.

News from Engineeringtalk, 3 October 2000

Largest range of parting-off and grooving tools

A claim that its Mircona parting-off and grooving tools is the largest single range currently available from any manufacturer is being made by the UK supplier Advanced Carbide Tooling

News from Engineeringtalk, 7 September 2000

F11-iP motor maintains 40m/s optimum cutting speed

Parker Hannifin, the provider of motion and control technologies, has developed a hydraulic saw motor that automatically maintains an optimum cutting speed of 40m/s for 35 per cent faster cutting.
Schaeffler launches enhanced ball roller range

The Schaeffler Group has launched a complete family of ball roller bearings, which offers reduced friction and allows bearing mass and width to be decreased by 20 per cent.