In the latest edition of Metalworking Production & Purchasing (MP&P), BIG Kaiser Applications Manager and KAISER Product Manager, Matt Tegelman, contributed an in-depth article on properly tooling up deep hole boring jobs.

The advances in multi-axis machining in recent years have unlocked the creativity of machine shop engineers and operators.

When tasked with developing a faster way to machine wire EDM starter holes, our Swiss partner, Sphinx, went right to the source: their mold making customers.

There are many advantages to turning (pun intended) to an underutilized operation that virtually every machining center is capable of: OD turning — otherwise known as “outer diameter turning”, “pin turning”, or “boss milling”.

Making a hole with very tight tolerances is often a two-part process. When starting from scratch, a drill is used first to create the hole.

Did you catch the May issue of Shop Metalworking Technology? The magazine profiled one of our customers, BC Instruments, Schomberg, ON, that recently dealt with an urgent prototyping adjustment.

The BIG KAISER Sphinx drill series includes more than 2,000 different drills under 3 mm in diameter as standard. With a range of 0.05 to 3 mm diameters.

BIG Kaiser’s partner, Sphinx Tools Ltd. (Derendingen, Switzerland), is a leader in the innovation, production and distribution of precision tools for the metalworking and medical industry; manufacturing high precision solid carbide and high speed steel (H.S.S.) drills, micro drills and micro end mills.

Precisely ground micro drills, especially those that are made of tough, nano-grade carbide and are small enough to drill accurately through a single hair follicle, aren’t exactly a dime a dozen.

Sphinx, known for its specialization in the precision drilling niche, as well as its fine craftsmanship and know-how, has formed a longstanding partnership and trust with one of the world’s most innovative manufacturers, Aeschilimann AG Décolletages.