Custom Tooling
Designing and manufacturing custom tooling is by far the most rewarding of efforts here at KV Tooling. We are privileged to offer services to our customers that help them create parts faster and more accurately than their competition. Whether it’s a tool designed by your in-house engineering department, or it’s something we here at KV have designed from your part print and process plan, we are driven to provide the right solutions for your company. |
Helical-Fluted Form Tools
We get asked from time to time if we can make form tools on a helically fluted tool. We reply by telling them “we certainly can!” Our dedicated ANCA programming system can project the cutting edge across a helix with relative ease. The 5-axis grinder picks up the programmed numbers and produces the final form very accurately and consistently. |
Tool Wear
Every shop is as different as the people in them. Machine shops face an ever changing diversity of challenges and forces that drive their businesses down many roads. Machinists are generally a very resourceful bunch. We enjoy a good challenge. The flip side of that is the more challenging the job is to machine, the slimmer margin of error and sometimes profit there is. |
Crest Cut Tools
“Crest cut” or “wave cut” are brand names of special types of tooling that allow users to mill difficult to machine materials such as titanium and Inconel with less horsepower. The wavy flute form and cutting edges are designed to lessen the effects of tool pressure by breaking up the chips into smaller pieces. The wave structure along the helix varies from flute to flute in conjunction with a staggered or unequal helix. This form greatly reduces the forces that are generated in end milling. |
