SHAVING & FORM TOOLS
Knight Carbide makes it easy to accomplish your shaving and forming objectives with carbide insert form tools designed to your blueprint specifications. From the relatively simple to the highly complex, Knight Carbide insert form tools are designed by our capable engineers to work with dovetail holders in multi-spindle lathes. For screw machine insert form tools, as well as high-volume, precision-turned parts, Knight Carbide can lead you from start to finish with customer service based on the principle that nothing inspires customer loyalty like success.
Knight Carbide fabricates its insert form tools exclusively from materials of the highest quality, the exact grade of which is determined by analyzing the demands and parameters of each tooling application. Productivity, accuracy and repeatability are the key factors to consider in selecting the right tool for your form and shaving task.
Our knowledgeable machine shop technicians are prepared to guide you and your team toward choosing the right tool for the job. Inserts can be custom fabricated to your specifications to fit your tool holders and with the appropriate, high-quality coating for your needs. Rest assured that your uniquely engineered Knight Carbide form tool insert will deliver superior performance with consistent results. That means accuracy in cutting with effective material evacuation throughout for maximum productivity and minimal downtime.
BETTER INSERT FORM TOOLS
Lowering your per-part machining cost means increasing output without degrading repeatability. This is the challenge at the heart of all the advancements we have celebrated at Knight Carbide. And after 50 years of creating the highest-quality inserts for prominent clients in major industries like aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, medical and more, Knight Carbide has earned its reputation many times over as a leading insert tool innovator.
Knight Carbide’s exceptional form tools provide accuracy and repeatability for blueprint applications. Our form tools increase productivity by combining grooving and profiling into a single operation, saving time and increasing tool life.
Micro-geometry edging, highly effective chip breakers, and a range of premium coating options all conspire to increase tool life by optimizing chip formation for efficient evacuation at every cut. In the end, it is geometry that holds the secret to delivering maximum productivity in minimal time through the most cost-effective process achievable.
No two applications are ever entirely the same. The only way to ensure you have arrived at the ideal solution is to meticulously analyze every variable, every time you approach a new tooling challenge. Only then does the best solution reveal itself. Find out just how good you are at what you do by using the finest insert form tools available. You will find them at Knight Carbide.
THE BENEFITS OF GEAR SHAVING
Gear shaving is a finishing process involving intricate movements and specialized tooling. Knight Carbide offers the technology and the expertise to provide high-precision gear shaving to optimize part performance and extend operational service life.
Knight Carbide can provide precision ground blanks to fit many gear shaving tooling systems if you choose to grind the finish end form geometry in-house. These ultra precision blanks minimize deviations both in grinding forms and manufacturing gears.
Knight Carbide gear shaving removes even trace amounts of residual material left from the manufacturing process while correcting any irregularities or distortions in gear surface, edge and contour. The result is a finished part that will run quieter, work harder and last longer.
