3D Printed Cutting Tool for Large Transmission Part | The Cool Parts Show Bonus

Transportation component maker Voith formerly used tools that were nearly too heavy for its CNC machining centers for a bore machining operation for transmission housings of large vehicles. Inspired by a generatively designed cutting tool for machining the stator bore of electric motors, Voith turned to cutting tool maker Kennametal to develop a cutting tool for its application made using generative design for lightweighting along with 3D printing to produce the resulting form. The resulting tool is less the half the weight, reducing the maintenance needs of the machining using it while also allowing Voith to decrease machining cycle time because of the faster acceleration of the tool.

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Voith
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Kennametal stator bore tool
https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

Additive manufacturing capability at Kennametal
https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

Generative design
https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

Formnext 2022 and what else we saw there
https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

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