Monaghan Tooling Group offers a comprehensive reamer reconditioning service through Diatool that restores most major brands of high-performance reamers to original OEM specifications – extending legacy tooling life with no process disruption. This proven service includes replacing all blades, grinding fresh bevel geometry, refurbishing the body of the reamer, and optional coating of the blades if required.
With turnaround of just 4-6 weeks, a fraction of new tool lead times, customers typically achieve cost savings of 40 percent (compared to new tooling). Ideal for solid and expandable monoblock reamers, expandable cutting rings, and replaceable head reamers. Diatool further enhances performance with advanced coatings options and blade materials including cermet, coated carbide, or PCD to reduce cycle times, and maximize tool life. Diatool does not limit the times a reamer can be reconditioned, extending the service life of the reamer with no compromise in tool life or cutting quality. Diatool’s reamer reconditioning service is ideal for machining operations struggling with long lead-times or non-responsive tooling vendors.
A major manufacturer of automotive steering components faced a critical challenge when their legacy tooling was no longer supported by the original manufacturer. With the reamer reconditioning service, each blade of the high-performance reamer was replaced and ground with a fresh geometry, and the reamer body was fully reconditioned. Initial testing proved that the performance met or exceeded original OEM specs, at a 40 percent cost savings. When TAC coating was applied, the results were even more impressive, with up to 2X tool life, and significantly reduced cycle times.
Long term, this manufacturer will need fewer machines to produce the required parts – achieving better plant use with a significant decrease in CPU.
In addition to refurbishing, Diatool offers application consultation to improve existing tooling with the latest alternative geometries or coatings. Typical results are higher bore quality, shorter cycle time, and significant CPU savings without reinvestment in new tooling.
With more than 35 years’ experience designing, building, and reconditioning high performance reaming systems, Diatool has become the industry leader recognized for delivering application driven solutions and superior reaming performance.
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