What is PCD? Polycrystalline diamond is, as the name may suggest, a single diamond made up from many smaller diamond crystals! The process of forming PCD takes grit formed from tiny pieces of diamond and fuses it back together into a single form. As diamond is a super hard material, the forming of PCD tools…
Computer numerical controlled (CNC) machining is used to craft a huge range of products and parts, from many different materials. Milling is just one type of machining that can be performed by CNC, but milling is far from just one process! Have a look below at the many different types of milling that can be…
Composite materials have taken many industries by storm in the last few decades, as advanced composites created for specific purposes are replacing previously used materials. But composite materials have been used by human societies for millennia, dating back all the way to the use of straw and mud to form bricks in Ancient Egypt. In…
There are countless different choices and options for cutting tools available on the market today. A huge variety of factors must be considered in order for you to choose the perfect tooling solution for your application. What material you’re working on, such as whether it is metal, plastic, timber, or composite, the functionality of the…
A threading tap is a unique type of drill that is specifically designed to carve a screw thread on the inside of a pre-drilled hole. All threading taps are designed to complete this simple task, but there is still a huge range of different sizes and styles, all designed to produce a slightly different result.…
Prima Tooling’s incredible range of PCD end mills are amongst the most effective and high-quality milling tools available on the market. PCD – polycrystalline diamond is manufactured by sintering together carefully selected diamond particles. This is done at a very high temperature and pressure in the presence of a solvent/catalyst metal. The results are an…
At Prima Tooling, our extensive collections of carbide drills are crafted from the finest quality tungsten carbide of an ultra-fine grain type. Tungsten carbide is one of the strongest materials on the planet, capable of cutting virtually all other materials on Earth. This makes carbide drills perfect for drilling ultra-hard materials, ferrous and nonferrous metals,…
At Prima Tooling, ultra-fine grain carbide end mills are created to an impeccable standard from high-quality tungsten carbide. Tungsten carbide is created by blending together tungsten and carbon, using cobalt as a binding material. The resultant alloy, tungsten carbide, is one of the strongest materials in the world. It also enjoys an incredibly high heat…
The elements of the periodic table are the basic building blocks from which everything in the universe is created. Of the elements that humans have discovered, the majority of those naturally occurring are metals. The abundance of metals in our planet has facilitated human progression for thousands of years, allowing us to craft tools and…
End mills are an incredibly common tool for use in CNC machining. Sometimes similar in looks to a carbide drill, end mills allow for cutting, grooving, and profiling in multiple directions, not just the lateral up-down movement enjoyed by drills. End mills are used for a huge range of tooling tasks, and can be used…
