Category: Herringbone Cutter

Farewell & Parting: Next Generation Tooling ends relationship with MA Ford after 22 years.

9/29/2017

MA Ford 138 End Mill for Aluminum developed by NGT 1998

After 22 years, Next Generation Tooling has ended our relationship as an independent sales agent for MA Ford in the Northern California and Northern Nevada territories. Our last effective day will be September 30, 2017.

We truly appreciate and greatly value our long, successful relationship fostered by both MA Ford and NextGen since the inception of our company. We realize, with no reservation, that the wonderful people at MA Ford were a huge part of our success by working with us to develop technical solutions and will always value our memories and our personal friendships.

At the outset of our relationship in the late 1990's, we worked hand-in-hand with MA Ford to introduce their products to the unique applications and high speed machining that takes place in our markets.

In conjunction with the MA Ford engineering team we developed the 138 series end mills for use in aluminum and non-ferrous milling. As a result, many other end mill manufacturer's followed in the footsteps of that tool and began developing material specific tooling.

Because of the unique needs of our market, we suggested the expansion of LOC and OAL from what was commonly offered in "Stub, Standard, Long & Extra Long" lengths. The 138 series end mills where the first nationally recognized brand to offer 7 different lengths of cuts as stock standard.

We are very grateful to everyone at the MA Ford team who has worked with us hand-in-hand for so many years, and wish only the best for MA Ford in the future.

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The NEW EXOPRO® AERO-HBC Herringbone Router

4/16/2014

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The OSG AeroHBC is a herringbone style router for high feed rates and excellent surface finishes in difficult to cut carbon fiber composites and Nomex honeycomb sandwich materials. It features a compression cutting mechanism to reduce the tendency of flagging in honeycomb materials.

Upshear, Downshear and Herringbones

We often get asked about the advantages of different types of cutters by machine shops who are starting to move from metals based machining to composites. Here's a short explanation. Upcut or upshear routers will pull the chips up and out of the cut. Most standard end mills and routers operate this way. Downshear routers leaves a crisper, cleaner edge on the top surface of the material because they push the chips downward into the material. Herringbone cutters, also called compression routers, combine the two for the cutting of laminates, honeycomb or any two sided material. It virtually eliminates chipping, or flagging, on both sides for cleaner edge surface finishes. It also prevents the delimitation of the surface materials that sandwich the honeycomb together. In a herringbone cutter the bottom portion is upshear and the top portion is downshear.

The EXOPRO Aero-HBC Features

EXOPRO® AERO-HBC Features

30 degree Helix
4 Flutes
Pateneted OSG CVD Ultra-fine 2o micron Diamond Coating
Compression mechanism
Low cutting force

Applications

Carbon and glass composites and honeycombs
High feed routing and finsihing
Thick laminates
Thermoplastic matrix

Benefits

Ultra-fine coating ensures sharper cutting edges while diamond coating extends life up to 50X that of similar uncoated routers
Neutralizes cutting forces to prevent delamination on both top and bottom laminates
Long tool life

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Farewell & Parting: Next Generation Tooling ends relationship with MA Ford after 22 years.

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