HAIMER, a German provider of tool holding, has developed its universal Solid Carbide End mill Portfolio - HAIMER Power Mill . The new HAIMER Power Mill Solid Carbide Endmills are made from high end fine grain carbide and are equipped with a Safe-Lock shank as a standard. “Safe- Lock designates a HAIMER developed pull-out protection system which has become a standard for HSC and HPC machining in the past few years,” said a company spokesperson. The HAIMER developed end mill geometries are based on an unequal flute and helix design for chatter free high end machining. “All tools are coated with latest PVD technology and have a smooth surface for the best possible chip evacuation,” said the spokesperson. The new Power Mill Portfolio, with cutting diameters available from 2 to 20 mm and up to 1”, will be made available with three, four and five cutting edges having multiple lengths of cut. “To offer maximum flexibility in order to address the customer’s application requirements, different cutting edge solutions (sharp, chamfer and radius) will be offered. Aroughing geometry with a cord profile will also be part of the portfolio,” said the spokesperson. High precision of the tools is typical of HAIMER, according to the company. All end mills are fine balanced and have a runout of 5 µm. All shanks are based to an h5 tolerance. With the launch of the Power Mill portfolio in North America, HAIMER has expanded its Safe-Lock offering. “Resulting from the widespread and multiple customer requests for different application areas, Safe-Lock will be available starting from shank diameter 6 mm,” said the spokesperson. “As the inventor of Safe-Lock, HAIMER steps up and offers this shank solution as a standard for all HAIMER Power Mill tools starting from shank diameter 6 mm and intentionally gives up on plain round and Weldon shanks,” said Andreas Haimer. “Due to the inherently balanced design, the Safe-Lock shanks can be clamped in standard shrink fit and collet chucks without any problems,” said the spokesperson. “In comparison, it now does not make sense to clamp µm precision high-performance geometries with Weldon shanks and push them significantly out of center, which introduces an unbalance. Our target is to have high availability and replace the Weldon system in the next 10 years. Safe-Lock supports roughing applications and is becoming a new universal solution that continues to find more use during HSC applications with high helix end mills.” For more information contact: HAIMER USA 134 E. Hill Street Villa Park, IL 60181 630-833-1500 haimer@haimer-usa.com www.haimer-usa.com