Vargus Tooling increase Q1 threading sales

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(2006), "Vargus Tooling increase Q1 threading sales", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 78 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2006.12778ead.004

Vargus Tooling increase Q1 threading sales

Vargus Tooling increase Q1 threading sales

Keywords: Machine tools, Production equipment

A 37 per cent increase in sales of threading products has helped Vargus Tooling UK to record a 12 per cent increase in sales during the first quarter of 2006, compared with the same period last year.

The rise has been partly due to a series of new product developments for Vardex thread milling and turning, says general manager Stuart Hogg, “along with our existing ranges for high precision threading, grooving and boring in diameters as small as 2.5mm. These have proved popular in companies of all sizes across all industry sectors”.

Based in Telford, Vargus is a service orientated distributor of quality tooling for turning, milling, drilling, threading and grooving applications, as well as spindle nose tooling and hand debarring tools, and in recent months has announced a series of new products. These include the innovative Vardex HeliCool-C and HeliCool-R.

HeliCool-C is designed to thread mill and chamfer in a single operation, therefore, reducing both tooling requirements and tool changes and, as a result, tooling costs. It features three or four flutes and 12 or 14 teeth, depending on diameter, as well as through-hole coolant supply.

The tooling can be supplied with Vardex TM Gen Software that generates the program for both the thread and the chamfer.

The HeliCool-R helical fluted thread mill (Plate 3) with radial cooling has been developed to consistently produce high-quality holes when conventional through-coolant is ineffective. It does this by directing coolant out of the sides of the tool (rather than through the centre) so coolant is directed in a controlled manner straight onto the cutting edge.

Plate 3 The new Varex HeliCool helical fluted thread mill boosts Vargus Tooling's Q1 sales increase

While this will be of particular benefit when thread milling high temperature alloys, another major benefit is that swarf pick-up on horizontal machining centres is eliminated.

HeliCool-C and-R are available in diameters from 5 to 10.3mm and are able to produce M6 to M12 bores, and both are currently being offered in special promotions by Vargus.

Details available from: Vargus Tooling UK Ltd, Tel: +44 (0)1952 583 222, Fax: +44 (0)1952 583 383, web site: www.vargustooling.co.uk