The tool is equipped with fine, adjustable RIQ reaming inserts for high-precision finishing and a KM4X adapter for rigidity. The tool also features internal 3D-printed cooling channels.

Kennametal has developed a 3D-printed stator bore tool designed to meet customer requirements for lighter-weight tooling used to machine components for hybrid and electric vehicles.

“By using metal powder bed 3D printing together with finite element analysis software, we were able to design and build a tool that brought the moment of inertia very close to the spindle face, increasing its rigidity while meeting the customer´s weight restrictions,” said Werner Penkert, manager, Future Solutions.

Two versions of the tool were built—one with a carbon fiber tube, the other using a 3D-printed metal tube. The tool with the 3D-printed tube weighed 23.6 lbs. and the carbon fiber version weighed 20.9 lbs., less than half of their conventional counterparts.

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CNC Machine Center JIH-CNC6000 S Machine Features: - Working length 6 meters. - Aluminum meterial of short - scale multipe processing & long -scale processing. - Traveling column features high positioning accuracy. - The column longitudinal traverse is driven through servomotor combined with gear/rack transmission. - Three axes travels and driven by servomotors. - High precision linear guide ways on three axes assure fast and smooth movements. - 8 tool magazine. - Air clamps for workpieces. - Movable chips are equipped at the bottom of the machine. providing convenient chip handling. - The spindle is Italy (HSD) Standard Accessories - Syntec CNC controller. - Oil mist cooling. - Auto lube system. - Spindle air blast.

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Using additive layer manufacturing, Kennametal produced this stator bore tool that weighs half that of a conventionally manufactured version. Kennametal

E-mobility components are typically machined on small, low-horsepower CNC machining centers that require lighter-weight tooling. The 3D-printed stator bore tool weighs half that of the conventionally manufactured version, while still meeting accuracy, roundness, and surface finish requirements for aluminum motor body boring.

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