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Platinum Tooling Now Offers Rev Broaching Tools

Innovative broaching solutions for both CNC lathes and machining centers

March 9, 2023

Platinum Tooling, the importer and master distributor of live tools, angle heads, Swiss machine products, knurling and marking tools manufactured by various international suppliers, will now carry REV broaching tools exclusively in North America.

Nidec Machine Tool Launches Robot Cameras for Hobbing and Broaching Machines to Help Automate Visual Inspections of Cutting Tools

December 22, 2022

Nidec Machine Tool Corporation announced today that it has launched Robot Camera SPEED, visual inspection equipment for cutting tools (hobbing machines) to process gears and other components, and Robot Camera MAX, visual inspection equipment for broaching machines.

Variables to Consider for Broaching on CNC Lathes, Mills, and Machine Centers

February 23, 2022

Aaron Fagan

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Broaching is an unusual machining process, because it has the feed built into the tool, which effectively makes it a collection of single-point cutting tools arrayed in a sequence. Analogous to the multiple passes of a shaper, a relatively new class of CNC tooling and programming allows broaching operations to be done without the need for a second operation, thus greatly increasingly quality control and reducing time, space and cost.

Product News

January 1, 2013

The complete Product News section from the January/February 2013 issue of Gear Technology.

All-in-One Broaching Capability

January 1, 2010

Faster, more efficient manufacturing offered with table-top design from American Broach & Machine.

The Broaching of Gears

March 1, 1997

Broaching is a process in which a cutting tool passes over or through a part piece to produce a desired form. A broach removes part material with a series of teeth, each one removing a specified amount of stock.