Modern Machine Shop
“…tools that exploit the CNC’s capabilities for helical interpolation to perform is a single operation what would otherwise require individual operations.”
“A good example of such unusual and interesting tools is the Thriller Tool…”
“Properly applied, the result is a significant cost and time savings, together with improved quality…”
“The Thriller Tool was developed by Turchan president Manuel Turchan primarily as an enabler for complete high speed machining of nonferrous parts. This tool represents a step toward gaining the same kind of benefits achieved in high speed milling in other high speed operations…” “These operations have been hindered in the past by the limited availability of spindles with sufficient rpm to run them at milling surface speeds…”
“The Thriller Tool relieves these problems, because it never has to stop or reverse.”