Diamond Plated Bore Sizing Technology
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DIAMOND TOOLING TECHNOLOGY About PSS-Abrasives & Tool Division PSS-Abrasives & Tool Division LLC, a division of Lapmaster International, serves customers worldwide in streamlining and perfecting honing operations. PSSAbrasives & Tool Division and its legacy of Micromatic, a producer of superior honing tooling and equipment for more than 75 years, now serve international customers from manufacturing facilities worldwide. Broadly skilled in custom tooling and process application systems, our experienced engineers provide customers with the most efficient, cost effective and reliable tooling technology solutions. Consider PSS Your Reliable Resource For Original and Replacement Tooling Microsize® Plated Tooling from PSS-Abrasives & Tool Division helps you get the job done right the very first time. The tools go through the bore only once, removing the prescribed amount of stock to yield a perfectly-sized bore in one pass. An expandable super-abrasive sleeve mounted on a tapered arbor, PSSAbrasives & Tool Division ' Microsize® Plated Tooling overcomes even the most difficult bore-sizing and finishing challenges. The tools excel on tandem bores and parts with keyways. The tools also yield extremely close tolerances and easily handle interrupted cuts. PSS-Abrasives & Tool Division Microsize® Plated Tooling is created for operation in bore finishing machines, Sunnen machines, drill presses and machining centers. The super-abrasive tools have been successful in bringing new efficiency to fine boring and grinding operations. They may also be used on their own to obtain fast stock removal, or as a part of a finishing process following traditional honing. Microsize® Tooling Technology PROVIDES ADVANTAGES TO YOUR CURRENT BORE SIZE PROCESSING • • • • • More accurate and consistent bores • Reduced cycle times Precise part size and part geometry • Ease of Use Tighter tolerances • Greater accuracy Faster finishing requirements • Manual or Automatic Coolant-induced availability • Increased production • Lower overall tooling costs and reduced cost per part Company product lines include: · Metal Bonded Diamond and CBN Stones · Single Pass Bore Finishing Tools · Production Honing Mandrels/Tooling · Diamond and CBN Plated Products · Applications Engineering Lab · Microhone® Products · Microsize® Technology PSS manufactures stones and/or tooling for all machines, including: Sunnen Barnes Nagel Engis Accu-Cut Toyo Micromatic Gehring Kadia Jones and Shipman Fuji Delapena Sample of materials honed with Bates' metal bonded stones: Diamond Stones · Cast Iron · Carbide · Chrome · Ceramic · Glass CBN Stones · Hard/soft steel · Inconnel · Stellite · Stainless steel · Zirconium

Microsize Tooling s The Microsize® Plated Tooling process allows manufacturers to achieve bore size and geometry with little operator involvement. Consider the following in planning your process and consult with a PSSAbrasives & Tool Division technician. Tool Operations s Installation: Install tool in appropriate chuck or collet holder. s Presizing: Superabrasive coated sleeve is pre-sized to slightly under the marked bore size on the sleeve. A slight adjustment is required to produce the bore size. s Break-In: A break-in period is necessary for a short time at the application’s start-up....