Aerospace Manufacturing

New grade for difficult turning applications

Tooling manufacturer, Horn has introduced a new carbide insert grade, SG66, for turning components from steel that has been case hardened to 58 HRC.

21st May 2024

Horn unveils versatile toolholder for grooving system

Tool manufacturer Horn has combined the attributes of various toolholders into one to provide a new version with two connections to suit the user's coolant delivery equipment. The holder has been designed for the popular 224 indexable insert grooving tool range.

10th April 2024

Horn unveils new tool system for milling light materials

For its patented M409 tangential milling system, tooling manufacturer Horn has introduced new rhombic indexable inserts with polished rake faces to enable efficient machining of non-ferrous metals in the ISO N material group, principally aluminium alloys.

11th October 2023

Horn unveils new grooving and cut-off milling system

A new generation of tools for grooving and cut-off milling has been introduced by German tooling manufacturer Horn.

5th April 2023

Horn unveils multi-tooth PCD cutter for high speed finishing

A new, high-feed milling system for productive finishing of non-ferrous metals and plastics has been introduced by Horn Cutting Tools.

10th January 2023

New carbide grades for high feed milling of tougher materials

Horn has announced the introduction of two new carbide grades for inserts used in its DAH82 and DAH84 high feed milling systems, enabling their use for machining a wider range of materials. The expansion gives customers the ability to choose grades best adapted to their applications.

25th October 2022

Horn offers tools capable of turning and drilling

Under its joint sales cooperation with Austrian ISO tooling company Boehlerit, German cutting tool manufacturer, Horn is offering customers the former's new Quattrotec tool system.

6th October 2022

Horn unveils new cubic boron nitride tools

Horn has announced an expansion of its product portfolio to include tools tipped with cubic boron nitride (CBN) for machining difficult materials, such as superalloys and hardened steels.

29th June 2022

Raising gear production efficiency

Aerospace Manufacturing hears how Horn’s skiving tools more than halves gear teeth machining times and reduces overall production time by nearly two-thirds.

23rd May 2022

Horn unveils narrow groove slot milling solution

Horn has extended its circular interpolation system for slot milling to include tools for the production of narrower grooves.

15th February 2022

New tools for milling small holes

Tool manufacturer Horn has extended its range of products to enable circular interpolation milling of holes down to 8mm in diameter.

7th January 2022

Horn unveil new coatings for carbide inserts

Horn has introduced two new, high-performance coatings, IG6 and SG3, for the carbide inserts it manufactures for turning applications. Despite being less than 0.005mm thick, such coatings can extend service life by a factor of 10 or more compared to uncoated inserts.

22nd December 2021

Modular reamers for large bores

A new, modular system for reaming large diameter holes has been introduced by Horn.

27th October 2021

Diamond tooling for hard materials presented at Intec Connect

Horn is presenting in the expo area at this year's Intec Connect online machine tool and metalworking show an expanded range of CVD (chemical vapour deposition) diamond-tipped tooling.

5th March 2021

New parting off geometry for high feed rates

For parting off at high feed rates, Horn has introduced the new EH geometry, a development based on the manufacturer's S100 grooving system. The single-edged insert is available in widths of 3mm and 4mm. The stable cutting edge enables feed rates in the range f = 0.25 to 0.4 mm/rev during grooving and parting, leading to fast cycle times. Reliable swarf control and evacuation are ensured by special formation of the chips.

5th February 2021

Horn expands cartridge tooling system for grooving and parting-off

German tool manufacturer Paul Horn, whose UK subsidiary is in Ringwood, is expanding its 220 cartridge system to cover virtually every grooving insert type in the tool portfolio.

10th December 2020

Horn optimises end mill range for cost-effective titanium machining

Following the introduction of its newly developed IG3I substrate, Horn is optimising its DS solid carbide end mills to enable productive, cost-effective machining of titanium and its alloys. By combining the novel carbide grade with a new coating, the tool specialist has been able to increase cutter life significantly.

27th August 2020

Face grooving system extended

The range of face grooving products offered by Horn has been expanded to include new holder variants for its S224 double-edged system for producing axial grooves from 38mm to 1m in diameter.

24th March 2020

New tool for turning titanium can be monitored with sensors

A new insert geometry for grooving and parting off titanium has been introduced by German tool manufacturer, Horn.

17th December 2019

Boehlerit expands 3D milling system

Under a joint sales cooperation with Boehlerit, Ringwood-based Horn Cutting Tools has introduced to the UK market an expanded 3D milling programme for the tool and mould making industry.

13th December 2019

New Horn tool geometry allows multi-functional machining

A variant of Horn's Supermini precision tooling system has been introduced with new HP geometry, allowing higher infeed rates and other cutting parameters. It also enables multi-functional use on a lathe across a range of operations including drilling, boring, face turning and skimming.

8th November 2019

Diamond tooling for machining hard materials

Tooling manufacturer, Horn has introduced a CVD (chemical vapour deposition) diamond-tipped tool system, DDHM, for cost-effective drilling and countersinking of sintered carbides and ceramics of hardness up to 3,000HV.

13th August 2019

Horn expands its DTM lightweight milling system

Horn has expanded its DTM lightweight milling system to include two new versions.

14th February 2019

Horn extends DTM face milling cutter system

Horn has expanded its DTM lightweight milling system to include two new versions.

23rd January 2019

New grooving system for prismatic parts

A new range of Speed-Forming tools has been introduced by Horn for machining deep, narrow grooves into prismatic metal workpieces very productively. Initially, the tools are offered in widths from 1.5mm to 4mm and from 12mm to 35mm long.

9th November 2018

New side milling cutter from Horn

A new, tangential milling system launched by Horn is said to be the first ever side mill to deploy six effective cutting inserts. The patented system offers positive cutting and axial rake angles for a particularly soft cut.

10th October 2018

Adjustable side milling cutter for grooving

A new side milling cutter for stepless adjustment of groove width has been introduced by Paul Horn, and is available through the firm's UK subsidiary, Horn Cutting Tools, Ringwood. The milling body features a central sleeve that enables the required groove width to be adjusted easily on a pre-setter.

29th August 2018

Horn unleashes CBN-tipped cutting inserts

The 315 system from Horn for internal and external grooving has gained a new range of single-edged, CBN-tipped inserts suitable for hard machining applications. They are available for producing grooves from 1mm to 3mm wide and up to 5mm deep.

22nd August 2018

New internal grooving systems

German tooling manufacturer, Horn, has introduced two grooving systems for internal machining of bores. System 209 is intended for bores of diameter 16mm and above, while system 216 machines bores greater than or equal to 20mm diameter.

18th May 2018

Diamond-tipped tools forever

Diamond-tipped Supermini and Mini tools with internal cooling directly to the cutting edge are the latest additions to the products Horn offers for boring, profiling and grooving.

2nd June 2017

Thread whirling with turbo options

Horn has introduced tools for thread whirling, having six or nine inserts, providing an efficient, cost-effective way to produce single- and multi-start external threads and profiles.

9th May 2017

New grooving insert from Horn

A six-edged, indexable grooving insert for turning has been added to the Horn family of carbide tooling.

16th March 2017

Small bores, high variants

The 105 Supermini system manufactured by Horn is now available in new versions for boring, internal grooving, chamfering, threading, broaching, facing and parting-off exotic alloys and steels, including those that are structurally inhomogeneous. User benefits include improved productivity and significantly increased tool life.

13th February 2017

Quick-change tools lower the cost of reaming small-diameter holes

A new modular system for changing small, indexable-insert reamers in a machine spindle quickly and to a high degree of repeatability has been introduced by Horn Cutting Tools. Called DR Small, the tooling comprises four sizes covering diameters from 13.1mm down to 7.6mm and is a cost-effective alternative to using solid carbide reamers.

29th November 2016

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