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SEPTEMBER 2008 We are pleased to announce that payment can now be accepted by credit card: 
SEE US IN OCTOBER 2008 - Micro Manufacturing Exhibition, October 21-22, Coventry FEBRUARY 2008 - New HRRS four flute corner radius endmill - HFB four flute ballnose endmill now available DECEMBER 2007 SEE US IN OCTOBER 2008 - Micro Manufacturing Exhibition, Coventry We are pleased to announce that RAINFORD PRECISION and UNION TOOL will be one of the main sponsors of the inaugural Micro Manufacturing Exhibition in Coventry, 21st and 22nd October 2008. The growth in micro parts or micro features on components over the past 10 years has lead the call for a more focused exhibition to enable visitors to benefit from the expertise shown by each exhibitor. With the UNION TOOL range of endmills and drills our focus has been the machining of micro features on components or the manufacture of mould tools for micro moulding. The needs of the toolmaking industry wanting to eliminate extra operations such as EDM has meant the growth of tools with coatings to machine 65HRC steel with high surface finishes. This expertise together with samples and moulds will be demonstrated at the MICRO MANUFACTURING exhibition. For more information visit the exhibition website www.micro-show.com FEBRUARY 2008 - New HRRS four flute corner radius endmill Initially launched at the 2007 EMO Exhibition in Hannover and now available in Britain is UNION TOOL’s new HRRS four flute corner radius endmill. The newly designed tool has unequal flute spacing to prevent chatter and vibration large corner radii (25% of the cutter diameter) and a slight back taper to improve tool life and increase the volume of metal removal. The super micro grain based tools have UNION TOOL’s own HARD MAX coating which enables steels up to 65 HRC to be machined.
Union Tool’s new HRRS corner radius endmill
FEBRUARY 2008 - HFB four flute ballnose endmill now available UNION TOOL’s new HFB four flute ballnose endmill is now available in Britain after being launched at the EMO Exhibition last September. These are available in a diameter range between 4 and 12 mm. They are coated with UNION TOOL’s own HARD MAX coating to enable steels as hard as 65 HRC to be machined efficiently and with a high surface finish. When grinding the endface particular attention has been paid to having larger gashing to enable deep cuts to be made together with unique 4 tip point grooves to prevent rubbing, which give excellent surface finishes combined with higher feedrates. FEBRUARY 2008 - The weakening Pound The exchange rate between the Euro and the Pound Sterling has seen some major changes over the past four months and in particular since the start of 2008. For a long time the rate had been quietly bouncing around 1 Euro equals 68 pence but now we are looking at 1 Euro equalling 75 pence. This is a change in value of approximately 10%. As a result we have to increase the cost of our tooling but will not implement a full price increase. UNION TOOL have not increased their price for over 30 months and do not have any immediate plans for such an action. To our customers in the Republic of Ireland, this price change does not affect your buying prices which are in Euros.
DECEMBER 2007 - New models in CZS range 19 new models have been added to UNION TOOL’s CZS range of high feedrate endmills. All the additions give extra flute length capability. To plunge in to material with a high feedrate the cutting tool needs a wide flute for chip evacuation and the ability to also reduce the size of the chips, hence the unique endface design (described as two slotdrills in one). The tools are TiAlN coated and are available from 1 mm diameter up to 12 mm diameter. |
