The manufacturing industry in America and abroad relies on edge honing services to ensure that manufacturing parts are kept well-honed, sharp, and functional in every respect. Ask a manufacturer – any manufacturer from the dawn of the industrial age to present day – about how well a dull cutting tool performs work, and they’ll simply shake their head. Sharp cutting instruments perform as they are expected to perform. This includes drills, gundrills, carbide inserts, endmills, reamers, taps, hob cutters, shaper cutters, spiral bevel stick blades, saw blades, and rock drills (to name a selection). Edge honing, however, can be a troublesome process, especially if the manufacturing line is without a proper edge honing system or service in place. Edge honing is defined as “the creation of a controlled radius and the improvement of surface finish.” When tools and bits and…
Posted on August 18th, 2021
