Machine Tool Builders and Dealers

Milling is the largest cutting segment accounting for 40.2% of all tools purchased. It also removes the most material and therefore has the largest impact on your customer's profitability. It is the most difficult of all metalworking applications and is prone to chatter. 

56% of new machines are sold naked, no tooling or certificates. That is missed profit potential for you and a chance for your customer's satisfaction with their new machine purchase dependent on other parties. Tap testing their initial tooling package and providing Dashboards in an organized database will generate additional value for your customer.

The majority of the time the tool is more flexible than the part. Stabilizing the tool is enough. However, as fixtures become more extended from the table and are made of less rigid materials like aluminum, you can also tap test the part to find speeds that are stable for both the tool and fixture.

Tap testing a monument tool (a tool that never leaves the machine) and generating a Dashboard as part of a PM will detect if a spindle has been damaged or is worn to the point of needing service.

Generate time studies faster and win more runoffs with tap testing. You will find the best tools and run that at the best speeds, feeds and cutting depths for your specif machine models.

You will be able to find the best milling tools for turnkeys faster and more effectively. Turnkey performance often degrade in the first six months. Providing robust parameters and Dashboards will keep your customers on track.

A comparison of six premium toolholders holding the same endmill in the same machine yielded performance that ranged 5X from the best to the worst. That means your machine could run five time better or five times worse solely based on the choice of toolholder. Tap testing will tell you the answer in minutes.

Use VirtualRunoff® to compare up to four tap tested tool assemblies at a time to find which one will perform the best for the customer's application. Use the air cutting factor to adjust MRR for different tool path strategies. Deliver your machine with the best tooling and a digital Dashboard library with our Viewer application.

You can resell SpeedCast tap testing kits and software subscriptions to your customers. You can customize it to show only your machines and only the tooling brands you want. We offer reseller discounts to verified distributors. Fill out the form at the bottom of this page to get a quotation. 

If you remarket used machines and trade-ins you can prove their capability by tap testing the prospective buyer's tooling and generating Dashboards to show where it will run. Tap testing accounts for the current spindle condition and delivers the best possible speeds.

Build a physics-based digital twin of your machine models for the SpeedCast library. Your customers will be able to generate more accurate Dashboards. Contact us for more information.