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Fullerton Tool's custom-designed Drill, Chamfer, Back Chamfer Tool Eliminates the Need for 3 Tools with this 1 Unique Tool Design

7/15/2020

Fullerton Tool Drill Chamfer Back Chamfer custom tool

This single tool allows manufacturers to drill, chamfer, and then back chamfer; resulting in less time setting up tooling, less tooling needed, and an overall reduction in their total cost per piece.

Check out some starts below on how this custom tool helped one of our customers reduce cycle time and save money.

Drill, Chamfer, Back Chamfer Stats:

Fullerton - Needed Tools Annually: 94
Competitor D - Needed Tools Annually: 361
Saved Annual Tool Changes: 1,068
Annual Savings for Tool Changes: $10,673
Annual Savings in Tooling: $114,729

Watch Drill, Chamfer, Back Chamfer In Action in the below video.

Start generating cost savings by contacting the Browne & Co. Fullerton sales team!

Download the Drill, Chamfer, Back Chamfer Case Study below

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Selecting The Right Chain Hoist for Your Jobs

7/15/2020

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written and edited by Bernard Martin

A hoist is a machine that can be used for lifting and lowering heavy loads In most applications a hoist is usually suspended overhead by means of a hook or connected to a trolley.

Hoists can be powered by hand, electricity, or air and can be supplied in various shapes and configurations.

A hand chain operated hoist, being a force multiplier, gives a person the ability to lift large / heavy loads with a small amount of force by using mechanical advantage. The lifting or lowering operation takes place by pulling on one side or the other of the hand chain which is endless.

Hand chain hoists are less expensive than powered hoists but they require the physical effort of pulling the hand chain to lift the load.

Chain hoists are great options to replace the manual lifting process in assembly lines and other material handling areas. Manual chain hoists typically operate with two chain loops, the hand chain and lifting chain. The hand chain wraps around a wheel that supports the lifting mechanism by pulling. The lifting chain is used to lift and lower the load by maneuvering the hand chain. This type of hoist system can be used in manufacturing facilities, construction sites, auto shops and warehouses. In industrial applications, hand chain hoists are most often used as an in-plant tool for periodic maintenance applications. A typical use might be for lifting pumps, generators, valves, pipe or other heavy equipment.

Lever Hoists vs Chain Hoists
Chain hoists are different from Lever Hoists. Lever hoists are portable devices used to manually lift, lower or pull a load. A lever hoist can also be used for tensioning and lashing loads for transport. Lever hoists are able to lift in most positions, including horizontally and vertically, where chain hoists are typically only used vertically.

Hand Chain hoists require the use of both your hands to operate. As you pull one chain, a wheel turns a series of cogs, axles, gears, and sprockets and in turn rotates the second load chain to lift or pull your load. The lifting mechanism is designed to do most of the work for you.

To ensure your safety and the safety of the load, chain hoists have a ratchet wheel that prevents the load from slipping back. Unlike lever hoists, hand hoists are ideal for high vertical loads. You can continue to operate the pulling chain from the ground even when the hoist is positioned up high.

The main benefit of chain hoists is the capacity. If your application requires lifting or pulling a load greater than 1/2 ton, a chain hoist is most likely the best tool for the job.

Hand Chain Operated Hoist Components

Chain Hoist Terms & How to Select the Best Chain Hoist for Your Needs

There are several things you should consider when selecting a manual chain hoist. Manual hoists have the advantage of being compact and light when compared to electric hoists. Here's some things to think about when selecting the best chain hoist for your applications.

CAPACITY & WORKING LOAD LIMIT
The first question is how much do you normally lift. It's expressed in tons. This is determined by the weight of the load to be lifted. A hoist’s rated capacity is the maximum load for which the hoist is designed to lift. If most of the things you are lifting are between 3-1/4 to 4-1/2 tons then select a 5 ton load limit. If you know that you sometimes need to lift up to 6 tons then you will need to move up to the 7-1/2 ton Tuffy Hoist. Remember, that one ton is 2,000 pounds.

HEIGHT OF LIFT "LIFT"
This is expressed in feet. This determined by the maximum length of travel required for raising and lowering the load. Standard lifts are 10ft, 15ft, and 20ft. Longer heights of lift are available on special order.

If you have not purchased a chain hoist before, "lift" may be a new term for you. In simple terms, lift is the amount of chain you are going to need to reach from where you have the chain hoist mounted on the ceiling to floor or table where you are going to be lifting materials from.

In simple terms, if you are mounting this on a ceiling beam that is 20' from the floor you will need 20' of lift. If your floor is 20' from the ceiling but you have a loading dock and sometimes need to lift things from below the level of the loading dock, you will need more lift length. In North America, the most common loading dock height is 55 inches (140 cm)

HAND CHAIN DROP
This is expressed in feet. Commonly this distance is two feet shorter than the height of lift. However, longer or shorter may be required for a specific application.

FALL OF CHAIN
This is the number of chains that attach to the lifting chain hook. Additional Falls of chain is It's what enables Tuffy to use a 10mm chain for up 50 tons of lift. By standardizing on a chain size of 10mm it's easier to stock replacement parts and also to keep the overall costs down

SUSPENSION
The way you hang the manual chain hoist referred to as its suspension. The two most common types of suspension are the hook suspension and lug suspension. Most hoists allow for a lug suspension. It is particularly useful in situations where headroom for hoist operation is limited or insufficient.

HEADROOM
This describes one of the dimensions of a hoist. This dimension is the distance between the bearing surfaces of the upper and lower hook when the lower hook is raised to its highest point. (or the minimum distance between the hooks) Headroom is depicted in the chart below by dimension "A"

OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER
Other factors include the height of the hook point: where the chain hoist will be mounted, and type of operator interfaces, such as hand chains.

Do you have low headroom? Will you be using this on an A-frame gantry? Then dimension A in the below chart is going to be important to you.

If you are mounting from the ceiling you will need to know if it is an I-Beam or H-beam and is it the beam flat or tapered? Explosion proof environments or clean room environments each have some specialized requirements that we can help you with but, for now, keep in mind that each beam has different applications and is a topic unto itself.

TUFFY CHAIN HOIST FEATURES:

Overload clutch standard feature on chain hoists
Modern small body, compact, stamped steel construction
Fully machined steel load sheaves
Cast steel hook latches instead of stamped steel
Fully enclosed gear train and caged internal bearings
All exposed parts plated or powder coated for corrosion protection
Bottom hooks of chain hoists equipped with roller thrust bearings
Double pawl Weston style load brake
Conforms to ASME B30.16 - Chain Hoists and Standard B30.21 - Lever Hoists

Tuffy Chain Hoist sizes capacity lift speed power voltage

NOTE: Please specify chain length required when ordering, by adding a -5, -10, -15, -20 to the end of model number. As shown above in the chart, the standard is a 10 ft. lift.

Dimension of Tuffy Chain Hoist 1/4 ton through 2 ton

Dimensions of Tuffy Chain Hoist 3 ton through 30 ton

Below you can get more information in the Tuffy Hoist Catalog and also information on our selection of beam clamps, plain beam trolleys, and geared beam trolleys to attach your chain hoist to a beam.

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New From Nine9 - ERgo System For Live Tooling!

7/14/2020

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New Nine9 ERgo system can be applied on any kind of driven tools (live tooling) and collet chucks. Rigidity is optimized and the quick change ability saves huge machine time. The excellent repeatability also saves you set-up time.
Please call: 440-463-3970 or email: dmb@brownesales.com to schedule a demo or for more information

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Rocky Mountain Twist Featured On Fox Business Channel

7/11/2020

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Rocky Mountain Twist Drill in Ronan, Montana was featured on Fox Business News "Manufacturing Marvels" segment. Rocky Mountain Twist is the leading U.S. manufacturer of high performance, precision industrial cutting tools.

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Everede Tool Swap Program is Here

7/8/2020

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Swap a competitors boring bar in usable condition and upgrade to an Everede Bar! Will swap unused inserts and replace with Everede superior grades and chip breakers. (Limited Quantities)

30% Discount on Everede Bars with out a swap and we will provide an insert to fill the pocket!
Applicable Bar Series: A, B, E, F and ANSI. Also, CHM and IND Series tools.
Everede will include an insert with purchase, or with the CHM holder, a set to load the cutter. Specify material cutting and where applicable the radius upon order. Grades will be based upon application.

o Excludes Oversize shank bars.
o Excludes modifications such as added flats and cut bars
o Excludes non-stock catalog items such as left hand bars or make to order
items

MADE IN USA! Quality With An Economical Advantage
Highest Quality Lowest Prices

Use Ordering code: SEP0502

View Guidelines Here

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Haimer Safe-Lock System Now Available From Fullerton Tool

7/7/2020

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Fullerton Tool end mills are now available with the HAIMER Safe-Lock® System to help improve your productivity and profits. The unique Safe-Lock design in cutting tools and tool holders combines high precision shrink fit clamping with a positive form locking mechanism. This prevents round cutting tools from being rotated or completely pulled out from tool holders during heavy machining.

On the safe side with Safe-Lock™:

For High Performance Cutting (HPC) and for trochoidal (dynamic) milling
Highly accurate clamping thanks to shrink fit or collet chuck technology
High torque due to form closed clamping
No loss or accuracy
No pull out of the tool
No spinning of the tool
No damage of the work piece or machine

Have questions? Contact Fullerton Tool by email sales@fullertontool.com Phone: 800-248-8315 or Live Chat on Fullerton Tool's website

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Tapping into Tapping Terms

7/1/2020

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Getting a good understanding of the definitions of the parts of a tap will help you to better understand the functions of tap designs. Special thanks to North American Tool for letting us share their short and simple explanations!

North American Tool Tap Nomenclature definitions

ALLOWANCE
Minimum clearance between two mating parts; the prescribed variations from the basic size.

ANGLE OF THREAD
The angle included between the sides of the thread measured in an axial plane.

AXIS
The imaginary straight line that forms the longitudinal centerline of the tool or threaded part.

BACK TAPER
A gradual decrease in the diameter of the thread form on a tap from the chamfered end of the land towards the back which creates a slight radial relief in the threads.

BASE OF THREAD
The bottom section of the thread; the greatest section between the two adjacent roots.

BASIC SIZE
The theoretical or nominal standard size from which all variations are derived by application of allowances and tolerances.

CHAMFER
The tapering of the threads at the front end of each land of a tap by cutting away and relieving the crest of the first few teeth to distribute the cutting action over several teeth; Taper taps are chamfered 7-10 threads; plug tapsare chamfered 3-5 threads; semi-bottoming (or modified bottoming) taps are chamfered 2-2.5 threads; bottom-ing taps are chamfered 1-2 threads; taper pipe taps are chamfered 2-3.5 threads.

North American Tool Concentric Eccentric Con-Eccentric relief.

CHAMFER RELIEF
The gradual decrease in land height from cutting edge to heel on the chamfered portion, to provide clearance for the cutting action as the tap advances.

CREST
The top surface joining the two sides or flanks of the thread; the crest of an external thread is at its major diameter, while the crest of an internal thread is at its minor diameter.

CUTTING FACE
The leading side of the land in the direction of cutting rotation on which the chip forms.

FLUTE
The longitudinal channels formed in a tap to create cutting edges on the thread profile, and to provide chip spaces and cutting fluid passages.

HEEL
The edge of the land opposite the cutting edge.

HEIGHT OF THREAD
The distance, measured radially, between the crest and the base of a thread.

HELIX ANGLE
The angle made by the advance of the thread as it wraps around an imaginary cylinder.

HOOK
The undercut on the face of the teeth.

HOOK ANGLE
The inclination of a concave cutting face, usually specified either as Chordal Hook or Tangential Hook.

Chordal Hook Angle: The angle between the chordpassing through the root and crest of a thread form at the cutting face, and a radial line through the crest at the cutting edge.
Tangential Hook Angle: The angle between a line tangent to a hook cutting face at the cutting edge and a radial line to the same point.

INTERRUPTED THREAD TAP
A tap having an odd number of lands with alternate teeth along the thread helix removed. In some cases alternate teeth are removed only for a portion of the thread length.

LAND
The part of the tap body which remains after the flutes are cut, and on which the threads are finally ground. The threaded section between the flutes of a tap.

LEAD
The axial distance a tap will advance along its axis in one revolution. On a single start, the lead and the pitch are identical; on a double start, the lead is twice the pitch.

MAJOR DIAMETER
Commonly known as the “outside diameter.” It is the largest diameter of the thread.

MINOR DIAMETER
Commonly known as the “root diameter.” It is the small-est diameter of the thread.

PERCENT OF THREAD
One-half the difference between the basic major diameter and the actual minor diameter of an internal thread, divided by the basic thread height, expressed as a percentage.

North American Tool Basic Pitch Diameter angle of thread flank

PITCH
The distance from any point on a screw thread to a cor-responding point on the next thread, measured parallel to the axis and on the same side of the axis. The pitch equals one divided by the number of threads per inch.

PITCH DIAMETER
On a straight thread, the pitch diameter is the diameter of the imaginary co-axial cylinder...the surface of which would pass through the thread profiles at such points as to make the width of the groove equal to one-half of the basic pitch. On a perfect thread this occurs at the point where the widths of the thread and groove are equal. On a taper thread, the pitch diameter at a given position on the thread axis is the diameter of the pitch cone at that position.

North American Tool Allen Benjamin Positive Negative Neutral Rake Tap

RAKE
The angular relationship of the straight cutting face of a tooth with respect to a radial line through the crest of the tooth at the cutting edge.

Negative rake means that the crest of the cutting face is angularly behind the balance of the cutting face of the tooth.
Neutral or Zero rake means that the cutting face is directly on a radial line.
Positive rake means that the crest of the cutting face is angularly ahead of the balance of the cutting face of the tooth.

RELIEF (or Thread Relief)
The removal of metal from behind the cutting edge to provide clearance and reduce friction between the part being threaded and the threaded land.

ROOT
The bottom surface joining the sides of two adjacent threads, and is identical with or immediately adjacent to the cylinder or cone from which the thread projects.

SPIRAL FLUTE
A flute with uniform axial lead in a spiral path around the axis of a tap.

SPIRAL POINT
The angular fluting in the cutting face of the land at the chamfered end; formed at an angle with respect to the tap axis of opposite hand to that of rotation. Its length is usually greater than the chamfer length and its angle with respect to the tap axis is usually made great enough to direct the chips ahead of the taps cutting action.

STRAIGHT FLUTE
A flute that forms a cutting edge lying in an axial plane.

TOLERANCE
In producing a tap to given specifications, tolerance is:
(a.) the total permissible variation of a size;
(b.) the difference between the limits of size.

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Fullerton Tool's custom-designed Drill, Chamfer, Back Chamfer Tool Eliminates the Need for 3 Tools with this 1 Unique Tool Design

Download the Drill, Chamfer, Back Chamfer Case Study below

Selecting The Right Chain Hoist for Your Jobs

Chain Hoist Terms & How to Select the Best Chain Hoist for Your Needs

New From Nine9 - ERgo System For Live Tooling!

Rocky Mountain Twist Featured On Fox Business Channel

Everede Tool Swap Program is Here

Haimer Safe-Lock System Now Available From Fullerton Tool

Tapping into Tapping Terms

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