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December 30, 2009
COMPACTGRAIN by VSM – Cutting Tools Iowa
Cutting tools available from General Cutting Tools including the all new COMPACTGRAIN from VSM Abrasives to Iowa.
Compactgrain
COMPACTGRAIN is engineered with a unique resin bonded granulate construction that is much more durable than structured abrasives. COMPACTGRAIN provides customers with a uniform finish, consistent stock removal and long product life.
Granulate Construction
What sets COMPACTGRAIN apart from the competition is the unique construction used to form the prod¬uct’s granulates. This technique takes the abrasive grains and bonds them together with VSM’s specialized resins. This bonding system structure is critical to product performance.
What makes these granulates unique, is that during the grinding process, these granulates are designed to break down at the opti¬mum moment, releasing a used dulled grain and exposing a new sharp one.
Conventional abrasives in compari¬son have only one layer of grain that dulls quickly and does not regenerate resulting in shortened product life.
Uniform Finish
Another distinguishing characteris¬tic of COMPACTGRAIN is its ability to provide a uniform finish. Conven¬tional abrasives when first used cre¬ate high roughness on the part being finished but because of their quickly dulling grains their finish becomes much finer. This is not the case with CO M PACTGRAIN. Tests have shown the ability of COMPACTGRAIN to provide a uniform finish over a longer period of time.
Consistent Stock Removal
The final characteristic of COMPACT-GRAIN is its ability to provide con¬sistent stock removal throughout the life of the product. This is accomplished by the constant regeneration of the granulates which in-turn continually expose new sharp edges.
In contrast, conventional abrasives have high stock removal in the beginning of an application, but over time as the grain wears, stock removal is significantly reduced due to the dulling of the grain, until eventually it can no longer perform.
Products Available
VSM’s extensive COMPACT-GRAIN product line can accom¬modate a wide range of applica¬tions including flat and/or round polishing, robotic polishing of con¬toured parts, hand polishing of common carbon steels, and pol¬ishing of heat sensitive metals such as titanium and cobalt. Whatever the application, VSM has a product to meet your needs.
December 29, 2009
VSM’s Combikorn Construction Technology
Combikorn Technology is a special coating process developed by VSM’s Research and Development staff and is now available from General Cutting Tools. The unique process provides the ceramic cutting grain with a firm support structure allowing for easy grain regeneration during the application process.
Higher Cut Rate
VSM’s Ceramic grain is a self-sharpening grain engineered to provide a more aggressive cut and produce higher rates of stock removal than conventional grains.
Long-Lasting Grain Saves Money
VSM’s Ceramic Grain product has the reputation of being the toughest, longest-lasting metal removal product on the market today. Compared to other conventional grain products that immediately begin to lose aggressiveness once grinding begins, the ceramic abrasive maintains its cut rate without needing significant additional pressures (see chart). This constant cut rate reduces grinding time, resulting in less operator fatigue, while increasing productivity and reducing abrasive costs.
Products Available
VSM’s ceramic products are available in a variety of backings from flexible to extremely durable. This backing range allows customers to use VSM products in a variety of applications, from robotic applications to the most severe plunge grinding applications.
Standard Products
VSM offers standard products available for grinding metals like hardened steels, carbon steels, and forgings and castings where heat sensitivity is not a factor.
Top-Sized Products
VSM’s top-sized products incorporate a self-lubricating grinding layer, which helps to reduce heat during the grinding process. This added layer allows the grain to continue cutting at its optimum level.
Resin Fiber Disc Products
Ceramic Resin Fiber Discs in both standard and top-sized products are available in 4-1/2″, 5”, 7” and 9-1/4″ diameters.
For more information on Ceramic Grain or other VSM coated abrasive products contact General Cutting Tools.
December 28, 2009
VSM Abrasives in Chicago, Illinois
Bonded and coated abrasives from VSM can be found at General Cutting Tools in Chicago, Illinois with shipping to Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the rest of the states. For over 130 years, VSM has established itself as a leader in the coated abrasives industry. With an expansive Technical Services team and Research and Development department constantly working on new and innovative products, VSM focuses on being a pioneer in abrasive technology.
Developing Partners
The concept of service takes center stage at VSM! Working closely with customers to understand their unique processes allows VSM to evaluate more accurately which abrasive product would be best suited to a specific application. Through this close working relationship VSM is able to help customers improve productivity and decrease manufacturing costs. VSM’s intent is to develop a close working partnership with each VSM’s highly trained technical experts are glad to assist with any application concerns or questions. They are recognized as one of the most highly trained and knowledgeable technical groups in the coated abrasive industry. Along with VSM local sales personnel and distributors, they develop a strong understanding of their customer’s processes and product needs. This in-depth understanding allows them to choose the best product for your process.
Providing Support
The following pages were designed to provide VSM’s customers with guidelines in determining the best VSM product available for a specific metal application. Please note however, that before purchasing a specific product for an application, a test should be conducted by VSM’s trained application experts.
December 24, 2009
December 22, 2009
Compression Solid Carbide Router Bits Chicago, Illinois
Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools is offering compression spiral solid carbide router bits designed for MDF and laminate materials shipping to Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa. Solid carbide compression spiral bits are designed for CNC applications requiring high feed rates and a clean finish. Particularly suitable for double sided melamine or laminated material. Choose either single flute for the highest possible feed rate or double flute for the best finish. Special unique carbide material is used for longer lifetime in abrasive material.
Compression Solid Carbide Router Bits for Mortising Work
These tools have a much shorter up cut section than the standard compression tools. They are ideal for mortising, grooving and dado.
Compression Spiral Solid Carbide Router Bits for MDF and Composites
Solid carbide compression spiral bits are designed for CNC applications requiring high feed rates and a clean finish. Particularly suitable for double sided melamine or laminated material. Special unique carbide is used for longer lifetime in abrasive material.
Compression Solid Carbide Spiral Router Bits for Solid Wood
These are specially designed for working in hard solid wood. Slow helix, special grinding angle, and improved body shape in order to support the high feed rate, quick direction changes and deep penetration.
Ball Nose Solid Carbide Up-Cut Spirals Router Bits
Used for carving, decorative doors and sign manufacturing. It leaves an excellent finish and expels chips quickly.
Spiral Flute Plunge Solid Carbide Router Bits
New three flute design for very high quality finish. Up cut or down cut spiral.
Solid Carbide Slow Spiral Router Bits
These specially designed router bits to provide an excellent finish in hardwoods, solid surface and hard plastics. Choose up cut if an excellent finish on the bottom of surface is required, or down cut for an excellent finish on the top surface.
Spiral Roughing Solid Carbide Router Bits with Chip Breaker
This series has a small chip breaker therefore the quality of cut will improve. It will leave smaller striated finish than the following series for massive wood removal.
Solid Carbide Spiral Roughing Router Bits with Chip Breaker
These tools are specially designed for high RPM and feed rate CNC routers. Unique chip breaker design is available with up-cut
Solid Carbide Straight Plunge Router Bits
For high volume, high speed cutting in dense natural woods and abrasive wood composites, use solid carbide bits. Solid carbide dissipates heat more uniformly, extending tool life. Single flute bits cut faster and with better chip clearance. Two flute bits cut more slowly but leave a smooth finish.
December 21, 2009
Wood Router Bits Chicago
Amana Router Bits from General Cutting Tools
Buy, resharpen and recondition your wood router bits at Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools. We ship to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, or anywhere in the country for that matter.
In choosing a bit for any application, always select one with the shortest cutting edges and the shortest overall length that will reach the required cut depth. Excessive length intensifies deflection and vibration, which degrade cut quality and lead to tool breakage.
Straight Plunge
A single-flute bit should be used where cut speed is more important than cut finish. Making one cut per revolution is faster than making two or three. Improved chip clearance is possible with a single flute configuration. The result: fast cuts.
Use a two-flute where fine finish is paramount. Two flutes balance the bit; eliminating tat degrades the cut finish. Two cuts per revolution yield a smooth surface, but feed rate is slightly reduced.
Super Plunge
This bit’s specially designed carbide center tip enhances the speed of plunge cuts. At the same time, it extends the life of the cutting edges by reducing the stress of plunge cuts on their tips, making it Ideal for mortising and other plunging operations.
Production Plunge
These plunge bits are specifically designed for high production operations, where long tool live is the primary concern. The higher hook angle produces a more aggressive cutting action in dense and abrasive materials, including solid wood, MDF, plywood, acrylics (Plexiglas) and other difficult to machine materials. The result is a faster feed rate without significant compromise of cut quality.
Production Shear Bits Straight Plunge 3° Down-Shear
Excellent for working composition board and melamine, this bit cuts with a shearing action, cycling very slightly downward to prevent chipping and tearing of the surface veneer or coating. It augers chips away from the router. Designed primarily for production applications where the router is above the work.
Production Shear
Application: Same as sown-shear listed above, but with up-shear design to pull chips away from the cut. Can be used inverted as in a router table. Straight ground (not radial ground) for highest quality cut and fastest feed rate.
Opposite-Shear Staggered Tooth
A stagger-tooth bit has two cutting edges, each only half the flute length, located 180° apart, one high, and one low. The result is a tool that combines the speed and chip clearance of a one flute bit with the strength and balance of a two flute bit. This opposite shear configuration features a down-shear edge and an up-shear edge. On a through cut, it shears down on both surfaces at the same time. It is excellent for working double sided melamine, plywood, laminates, and veneers, as well as solid surface materials.
Spiral Flute Plunge Solid Carbide
Spiral flute bits combine a shearing action in cutting with an augering action in chip clearance. The shearing action yields an especially clean, accurate cut; wile the angering action clears chips from the cut. The up cut shears from the bottom up, pulling chips from the bottom up, thus allowing deeper penetration with less stress on the on the tool. An excellent choice for mortising.
The down-cut cuts from the surface down, leaving a smooth edge at the surface. Special unique carbide grade increased clearance geometry and razor sharp cutting edges with polished flutes provides a superior finish and longer tool life. Special unique carbide grade for longer lifetime in abrasive materials. These bits are great for production settings and excellent for creating grooves and dado cuts in softwood, hardwoods, plywood and composite materials. Primarily used on CNC machines and other automatic routers. Also can be used with hand held and table mounted portable routers.
Spiral Flute Plunge Solid Carbide for Solid Wood
Specially designed for speed and finish when working with solid hard woods. The combination of acute spiral flute shear angles with face ground helix yield high feed rates, fast plunge action, quick direction changes, deep penetration and mirror finish.
December 20, 2009
AG-SUS Drills from Nachi in Chicago
Nachi AG-SUS Drills
Introducing the AG-SUS drills to the market from Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools by Nachi as a drill for stainless steel machining. As we know, stainless steels are well known for being a superior industrial material because of non-corrosive, heat resistant and non-magnetic characteristics in addition to its decorative uses. Due to its features such as low rate of heat conduction and its readiness to work harden, stainless steel is considered to be a material which is difficult to drill. This kind of drill has been particularly required making high efficient drilling possible. Nachi AG-SUS drills are available in short (stub, screw machine, etc.) length and jobbers length.
Nachi’s new drill, AG-SUS is promising high performance with high efficiency and stability wile drilling of stainless steels.
These drills feature improved abrasion resistance by combining high alloy high speed steel and TiAlN based AG coating. Superior chip separation occurs due to a well designed drill shape resulting in high efficiency drilling. Variations are also kept to a minimum wile being stable and have a long life. Application materials are: stainless steel, structural steel and low carbon steel. On the stub drills, higher rigidity and stable drilling accuracy is achieved by adoption of a precision ground shank and short flute length.
December 19, 2009
High Performance Drilling in Chicago With Nachi SG Drills
Nachi SG Drills
Get high performance drilling with Nachi SG HSS drills in Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa from Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools. Nachi SG drills utilize a high accuracy shape of lip relief, consisting of 3 rake, 2 rake and extra thinning. They are made from premium powder metal with Nachi’s special composite multi-layer SG coating. It is gold in color but is similar to TiCN. Nachi SG drills also feature ground shanks for highly precise and accurate drilling.
Nachi SG drills work in structural steels, carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels, cast irons, and aluminum alloys.
The performance of these drills is fantastic. Streamlining the process and reducing machining time dramatically can be easily accomplished. In fact, with use of the SG-ESS or stub length drills, the spotting and centering operation can be completely eliminated from the cycle. You also get stable positioning within 0.0006” (15µm) with other manufacturer’s drills being over 30µm. Faster speed and speed rates than regular high speed cobalt drills wile having a better cost performance than carbide drills.
Nachi SG drills, Nachi UG Power drills, Nachi AG (AG-SUS) Nachi AG-POWER drills, Nachi Aqua drills, Nachi Aqua Micro drills, Nachi Diamond coated carbide drills, Nachi high speed drills (HSS), Nachi high speed cobalt drills (HSCO, M42), Nachi carbide drills, Nachi DLC-HSS drills, Nachi DLC Microdrills, Nachi DLC Drills Regular, Nachi Straight Shank Jobbers drills, Nachi Straight Shank Cobalt drill, Nachi G Standard Drills (TiN coated), Nachi Screw Machine Length drills, Nachi Taper Length drills, Nachi Straight Shank Extra Length drills, Nachi Oil Hold drills (coolant drills), Nachi Taper Shank drills, Nachi Regular Shank drills, Nachi Silver and Deming (S&D) drills, Nachi Drill Sets, Nachi End Mills, Nachi 2 flute end mills, Nachi 4 flute end mills, Nachi HSS end mills, Nachi HSCO end mills, Nachi carbide end mills, Nachi multi-flute end mills, Nachi square end mills, Nachi ball end mills, Nachi radius end mills, Nachi GS end mills, Nachi GS-MILL, Nachi Mold Meister ball end mills, Nachi GS-MILL Hard end mills, Nachi X’s-MILL GEO end mills, Nachi X’s-MILL GEO radius end mills, Nachi X’s-GEO SLOT end mills, Nachi X’s-GEO KV end mills, Nachi DLC-MILL end mills, Nachi aluminum end mills, Nachi DLC-MILL SHARP CORNER end mills, Nachi DLC-MILL RADIUS end mills, Nachi DLC-HSS end mills, Nachi AG-MILL ROUGHING end mills, Nachi AG-HEAVY end mills, Nachi Genac end mills, Nachi SG end mills, Nachi roughing end mills, Nachi finishing end mills, Nachi hog end mills, Nachi extra long end mills, Nachi double end end mills, Nachi high performance drills, Nachi high performance end mills, Nachi high performance taps, Nachi DLC TAFLET thread forming taps, Nachi thread forming taps, Nachi form taps, Nachi plug taps, Nachi cut taps, Nachi SG taps, Nachi SG LO-SPIRAL taps, Nachi low spiral taps, Nachi slow spiral taps, Nachi taps, Nachi VIPER T SERIES taps, Nachi viper taps, Nachi T series taps, Nachi spiral point taps, Nachi taps for stainless steel, Nachi VIPER TAFLET taps, Nachi VTP Spiral fluted taps, Nachi spiral fluted taps, Nachi VTP Spiral pointed taps, Nachi spiral pointed taps, Nachi VTP Roll form taps, Nachi VTP metric taps, Nachi metric taps, Nachi SAE taps, Nachi standard taps, Nachi hand taps, Nachi spiral flute taps, Nachi oversize taps, Nachi pipe taps, Nachi taper pipe taps, Nachi straight pipe taps…all available for purchase and shipment to Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa or anywhere in the US from Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools.
December 18, 2009
Nachi Drills, Nachi Endmills and Nachi Taps in Chicago
Nachi Cutting Tools
Get the Nachi difference at your shop from Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools in Chicago, Illinois shipping to Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and across the United States. Nachi is a pioneer of precision cutting tools in Japan and one of the leading manufacturers of tools world wide. No manufacturer of cutting tools anywhere in the world exercises greater control over the quality of its products than Nachi. Nachi quality starts with the material itself because the high speed steel, premiums cobalt high speed steel, powder high speed and cermet they use comes from their own mills. The technology of the coating, such as Mixed Component multi-layer coating and Diamond coating (thin film diamond) has been developed specifically for their cutting tools.
Cutting tools are basic products for the machine industries. Successful performance of machine tools cannot be expected without precise cutting tools and high quality. Nachi pursues the highest quality 100% of the time. Nachi is the first Japanese cutting tool manufacturer to be awarded the prestigious honor of the Deming Award for Quality.
When you purchase Nachi from General Cutting Tools, you are using products produced by one of the largest, most innovative manufacturers of industrial equipment in the world. Established more than 75 years ago, the Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation has grown into a world class, worldwide leader in its industry.
Nachi Drills
After you use Nachi tools, they can be resharpened, reconditioned and recoated here in Chicago, Illinois by General Cutting Tools. Our 7 axis CNC tool cutter grinders and master tool makers can regrind the tools to original, factory specifications.
Nachi SG drills, Nachi UG Power drills, Nachi AG (AG-SUS) Nachi AG-POWER drills, Nachi Aqua drills, Nachi Aqua Micro drills, Nachi Diamond coated carbide drills, Nachi high speed drills (HSS), Nachi high speed cobalt drills (HSCO, M42), Nachi carbide drills, Nachi DLC-HSS drills, Nachi DLC Microdrills, Nachi DLC Drills Regular, Nachi Straight Shank Jobbers drills, Nachi Straight Shank Cobalt drill, Nachi G Standard Drills (TiN coated), Nachi Screw Machine Length drills, Nachi Taper Length drills, Nachi Straight Shank Extra Length drills, Nachi Oil Hold drills (coolant drills), Nachi Taper Shank drills, Nachi Regular Shank drills, Nachi Silver and Deming (S&D) drills, Nachi Drill Sets, Nachi End Mills, Nachi 2 flute end mills, Nachi 4 flute end mills, Nachi HSS end mills, Nachi HSCO end mills, Nachi carbide end mills, Nachi multi-flute end mills, Nachi square end mills, Nachi ball end mills, Nachi radius end mills, Nachi GS end mills, Nachi GS-MILL, Nachi Mold Meister ball end mills, Nachi GS-MILL Hard end mills, Nachi X’s-MILL GEO end mills, Nachi X’s-MILL GEO radius end mills, Nachi X’s-GEO SLOT end mills, Nachi X’s-GEO KV end mills, Nachi DLC-MILL end mills, Nachi aluminum end mills, Nachi DLC-MILL SHARP CORNER end mills, Nachi DLC-MILL RADIUS end mills, Nachi DLC-HSS end mills, Nachi AG-MILL ROUGHING end mills, Nachi AG-HEAVY end mills, Nachi Genac end mills, Nachi SG end mills, Nachi roughing end mills, Nachi finishing end mills, Nachi hog end mills, Nachi extra long end mills, Nachi double end end mills, Nachi high performance drills, Nachi high performance end mills, Nachi high performance taps, Nachi DLC TAFLET thread forming taps, Nachi thread forming taps, Nachi form taps, Nachi plug taps, Nachi cut taps, Nachi SG taps, Nachi SG LO-SPIRAL taps, Nachi low spiral taps, Nachi slow spiral taps, Nachi taps, Nachi VIPER T SERIES taps, Nachi viper taps, Nachi T series taps, Nachi spiral point taps, Nachi taps for stainless steel, Nachi VIPER TAFLET taps, Nachi VTP Spiral fluted taps, Nachi spiral fluted taps, Nachi VTP Spiral pointed taps, Nachi spiral pointed taps, Nachi VTP Roll form taps, Nachi VTP metric taps, Nachi metric taps, Nachi SAE taps, Nachi standard taps, Nachi hand taps, Nachi spiral flute taps, Nachi oversize taps, Nachi pipe taps, Nachi taper pipe taps, Nachi straight pipe taps…all available for purchase and shipment to Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa or anywhere in the US from Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools.