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2017
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New high performance Cyclone CXD drill range launched
New high performance Cyclone CXD drill range launched
2023
M.A. Ford Europe - 25 years and counting
01 Sep
Multiple new product launches at EMO from M.A. Ford Europe
15 Aug
Key appointment for M.A. Ford in Poland
26 Jul
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
23 Jun
Have you downloaded our App yet?
01 Jun
Taking high performance machining to extremes
08 May
M.A. Ford Europe hosts Swiss distributor.
18 Apr
MV4 end mill cuts cost by 82% on customer test.
09 Mar
Apprenticeship award for M.A. Ford
15 Feb
Meet the team - David Ward - Managing Director
10 Jan
2022
TMS – Tool management at your fingertips
12 Dec
Increasing role for Sophie
09 Nov
Optimising machining with ‘IMS’
11 Oct
Machining aluminium? – We’ve got it covered!
08 Sep
Precision engraving with FordMAX FETM
08 Aug
Another Rego-Fix® order is on its way!
06 Jul
Meet the team – Kevin Jefferies
07 Jun
FordMAX HPD drills – The versatile drill
02 May
New FordMAX Interchangeable insert drill range
04 Apr
New tooling launches at MACH 2022 from M.A. Ford Europe
07 Mar
New Android cutting data app from M.A. Ford Europe
01 Mar
Key M.A. Ford appointment supports Midlands’ manufacturing.
17 Feb
2021
M.A. Ford Europe extends HPD drills range
08 Nov
M.A. Ford Europe launches new interactive cutting data app for Apple iOS
19 Jul
Two key appointments as M.A. Ford Europe expands support in Northern England.
24 May
New 2 flute ball nose end mill range from M.A. Ford Europe
18 Feb
AJ Cook chooses M.A. Ford Europe to cut metal and manufacturing cost
26 Jan
Tool management and inventory control at the push of a button from M.A. Ford Europe
14 Jan
2020
Season's Greetings and Best Wishes from M.A. Ford Europe
22 Dec
Christmas & New Year business hours
04 Dec
In Remembrance.
11 Nov
New ‘FordGrip’ Power Chuck from M.A. Ford Europe
02 Nov
Grab yourself a gripping Rego-Fix® deal for just £3999
07 Oct
Grip-Cut-Release-Repeat x 20,000 – How Rego-Fix® works
28 Aug
New YouTube channel from M.A. Ford Europe
10 Aug
Don't miss out on our special Rego-Fix® offer.
16 Jul
A Gripping Rego-Fix® offer from M.A. Ford Europe.
15 Jun
M.A. Ford’s MACH 2020 stand contractor helps GP's surgeries after show postponement
04 May
M.A. Ford expands support for South West manufacturing with new appointment
24 Apr
M.A. Ford Europe - New products and special offers supplement in April’s PES magazine
14 Apr
New Technical Sales Manager supports West Midlands manufacturing
01 Apr
New APG and FordMAX high performance tooling catalogue launched
27 Mar
Five new high performance tooling ranges launched
18 Mar
The latest addition to M.A. Ford Europe’s comprehensive drill range is the new high performance Cyclone CXD, which is designed to deliver high metal removal and penetration rates when machining high temperature alloys, stainless steels and titanium.
While two-flute Cyclone CXD drills are designed for high performance drilling with a broad range of materials, the combination of a new low-thrust point geometry and M.A Ford’s latest generation of ALtima® Plus coating, makes them especially suited for use with difficult to machine metals including titanium, stainless steels, Inconel®, Hastelloy® and other high temperature alloys.
The ALtima® Plus coating enables higher cutting speeds and penetration rates to be achieved, as well as improved tool life and a lower cost per hole while the CXD’s new enhanced double margin design allows quicker hole engagement together with improved location and stability when drilling through cross-holes.
Covering hole diameters from 3.0mm up to 20mm, the CXD range is available in five different variants and include through coolant or solid options to meet a variety of different machining demands. Alternative flute lengths of 3 x and 5x diameter is available across the range while and extended 8x diameter length is offered on the CXDCL model, which is available up to a maximum diameter of 16.0mm and with through coolant only.
While the cutting speeds and penetration rates will be dependent on individual applications, the quoted figures for drilling a 16mm diameter hole with a 5x diameter through coolant CXD drill in 13V-11Cr-3Al titanium alloy is a speed of 46 m/min (915 rev/min) with a penetration rate of 0.36 mm/rev giving a feed of 329 mm/min.
M.A Ford Europe’s Managing Director, David Ward, explained: “The CXD range marks another period of innovation for us, as we’re planning to introduced a number of new high performance tools during 2017, including the CDA drills for aluminium, which we expect to set new standards of productivity and precision.”
He added: “To support this, we implemented our Integrated Manufacturing Solutions (IMS) programme more than 12 months ago, which enables us to provide customers with optimised machining performance by using HSM tool path software and spindle anti vibration analysis solutions. We are also the UK distributor for Rego-Fix® precision tool holding, which can make a massive contribution to tool performance, which also integrates with IMS.”
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