Carbides are fascinating compounds, revered across many industries for their strength, conductivity, and versatility. Compounds are combinations of more than one element to produce a chemical compound that enjoys enhanced features when compared to its individual ingredients. Carbides are compounds formed with carbon as a main element, usually combined with a metal. There are a…
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…
Precision CNC tooling, Manufactured in Britain… what’s not to like! Its great to see some of Prima Tooling’s PCD Router family together! this is just a small selection of PCD (Diamond) tipped router cutters for machining wood based products such as MDF and MFC. We manufacture CNC Cutting tools such as PCD Slatwall, PCD compression…
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…
Tool sharpening services – Even the very best tools will need sharpening over time! With over 40 years of cutting tool manufacturing and servicing, we offer sharpening and reconditioning of any manufacturers tooling such as PCD (Diamond) Router cutters, PCD Blocks, PCD Jointing Cutters, Edgebander tooling, PCD End Mills, Tungsten carbide Routers, TCT Blocks, TCT…
Machining composite materials has 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.…
Human societies have come a long way since the first metalworking lathe was invented just over 200 years ago, and our technology has progressed at an endlessly accelerating rate! Our modern technology requires sophisticated parts and tools, sometimes incredibly tiny or complex, that are created perfectly identically every time. This is where CNC comes in!…
CNC machines are vastly versatile, mainly due to the range of cutting tools that can be used to achieve varying operations. From end mills to reamers, allowing CNC machines to perform not only various cuts, but also precision machining. Lets look at some of the cutting tools used in CNC machining, though there are many…
We understand that the life of tools is important – especially reliable life – to avoid time lost and excessive wear. However, more important than tool life is performance. Allowing them to work faster, harder, hotter and reaching higher metal removal rates (MRR) is where there’s scope to reduce the cost of goods. Especially when…
