Custom PCD and carbide cutting-tool maker West Ohio Tool recently expanded its product and service offerings. For those manufacturers machining ferrous metals, hardened steels, and superalloys, the company now offers CBN-tipped tools that boost cutting efficiency and provide extended tool life.
“Some of our customers have moved into working with steel, and PCD is not really a good option for them,” said West Ohio Tool production manager Chad Mahurin. “Adding CBN allows us to provide them optimum tools for those materials. Also, our CBN tools last much longer than carbide tools, and as compared to carbide, CBN can significantly reduce price per hole.”
The company offers CBN cutting surfaces on all custom tools engineered and designed specifically for unique customer applications, including the EdgeX4™ cross-center tipped drill. Additionally, West Ohio Tool provides quick delivery on CBN re-tipping of other manufacturers’ tools.
In addition to tool design, the company uses its years of experience to help customers determine which grade of CBN to use by researching all aspects of the project from work materials and machining parameters through application support. That experience paired with West Ohio Tool’s in-house engineering and design team provides up to 75 percent faster turnaround and delivery times than the industry standard.
West Ohio Tool’s hand-selected team of experts in engineering, tooling, innovation, and advanced machining geometry develops special drills that have been exceeding expectations for more than 30 years, with delivery times up to 75 percent faster than industry standards. The firm’s innovations include the patented edgeX4, the cross-center tipped drill that runs up to three times faster and 10 times longer than carbide. As an experienced PCD and carbide cutting tool maker, West Ohio Tool focuses on building long-term partnerships with customers based on problem solving, technical support and better, faster, longer-running drills.
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