b'Productive TimesBROACHING WITH CONFIDENCEAmanufacturer must have part confidence in its cutting tools to successfully perform lights-out machining. When we cant trust a tool, we cant do it, so we lose pro-duction, said Ben Sacco, opera-tion manager for Radax Industries Inc.Unfortunately, the Webster, New York-based fastener manufacturer and provider of machining services didnt have enough confidence in the rotary broaches it was applying to allow long, unattended produc-tion runs. For example, Radax aver-aged 500 pieces per broach, which cost $100 each, when machining 17-4 PH stainless steel before the tool would chip and need replace-ment, Sacco said.I just couldnt swallow that cost much longer. It was getting ridicu-lous, he said, noting that Radax doesnt typically run low-volume jobs at its 50,000-sq.-ft. facility. We have long, ongoing jobs that never come off the machine.Of course, reaching that level didnt happen overnight. Saccos grandfather Rocco founded the company in 1967, operating threeRadax Industries Davenport screw machines in aA Rayco #7 rotary broach (left) set up on a machine atRadax Industries.SPTM & TMLR Thread MillsThread MillsScientific Cutting Tools Indexable BoringNew EXJ& XL styles Single PointPort & CavitySingle Prole Thread Mills (SPTM)Specialty Toolscut internal and external threadsin a range of thread sizes with SPTM STYLES:minimum side cutting pressure UN, External UNJ, Metric,Long Reach Thread Mills (TMLR) ML, L, XL, Acme, Stub Acmehave three teeth and a helical ute TMLR STYLES:that excel in internal deep threads as SPTM TMLR UN, Metric, ELwell as hard-to-cut materialswww.sct-usa.com [email protected] 805.584.9495 800.383.2244 | Technical Assistance is Available 74JULY 2019 ProTimes.indd 74 6/14/19 9:17 AM'