BIG KAISER Tooling Today 2018-2019

stabilizing consumable expenditures along the way. Speaking of consumables, if that’s your shop’s primary concern when it comes to chamfering operations, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how the indexable inserts on the C-Cutter Mini work. The four-sided design means you can turn the insert three times (assuming you’re performing only front or back chamfering) before they have to be scrapped. On the other hand, with a solid carbide chamfering tool, once it’s worn away the whole tool has to be replaced. The bottom line is this: Taking a little extra time to explore the chamfering tool options out there can save

you a lot in the end, in terms of both time and money. It’s a process that may seem trivial, but there is a lot of opportunity to speed up cycles – even consolidate them – and save on consumable and energy costs, while delivering part quality that your customers are looking for more and more.

CONTRIBUTOR Cory Cetkovic is the Product Manager Sphinx at BIG KAISER Email: cory.cetkovic@us.bigkaiser.com

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