Acetabular Cup
Requiring extreme precision, acetabular cups are composed of a titanium or cobalt chrome shell and Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene liner. The shape of these components requires the use of custom fixturing during machining; their thin walls increase the importance of eliminating vibration from the process. Custom tools are often required to effectively and competitively create these complex components.
YOUR MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES
- Increase tool life
- Reduce vibration
- Optimize turning of acetabular cups
- Control chip flow
- Maximize turning productivity
| | TURN HARD, ABRASIVE COMPONENTS |
Your Challenge: | | Increase tool life |
Our Solution: | | TS2050 is a TiSiN-TiAlN coated grade that features a coating structure with a Nanolaminate PVD top layer for maximum toughness and high chipping resistance. It is highly applicable in both CoCr and titanium alloys. |
Product: | | Seco Turning Grade TS2050 |
Your Benefits: | | - Highly resistant to edge fracture
- Long, predictable tool life
- Maximized part quality
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Ideal for: | | Acetabular cups |
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STABLE MACHINING |
Your Challenge: | | Reduce vibration |
Our Solution: | | A custom toolholder combined with inserts featuring sharp cutting edges and excellent chip control reduces cutting forces and provides a soft cutting action for a reduction in vibration. |
Product: | | Toolholder |
Your Benefits: | | - More stable process
- Superior surface finish
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Ideal for: | | Acetabular cups |
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TURN SPHERICAL CUPS |
Your Challenge: | | Optimize turning of acetabular cups |
Our Solution: | | Round turning inserts strike an excellent balance of process security and productivity during internal turning. The inserts can reduce cycle times by 50% and tooling costs by 33%. |
Product: | | Round Turning Inserts |
Your Benefits: | | - Higher output
- Improved profitability
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Ideal for: | | - Acetabular cups
- Femoral caps
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TURN HIP REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS |
Your Challenges: | | - Control chip flow
- Maximize turning productivity
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Our Solution: | | Jetstream Tooling® Duo applies one or more additional coolant jets from a second direction to quickly and efectively remove heat from the cutting zone and lush the clearance surface to enable the use of higher cutting speeds. |
Product: | | Jetstream Tooling® Duo |
Your Benefits: | | - Longer tool life
- Higher productivity
- Better chip control
- Excellent part quality
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Ideal for: | | |
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