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Proven Performance - Case Studies

Real-world results.

Tests with actual customers like you prove that MENLO Carbide Tool products work better, last longer, and improve productivity and profitability.

MENLO tools:

• Last longer, so you replace them less often. YOU SAVE.
• Work faster and more efficiently, so you make more parts per tool, per shift. YOU’RE MORE PRODUCTIVE. YOU SAVE.
• Reduce the time – and the costs – to make each part. YOU SAVE.

MENLO tools can pay for themselves in a matter of days, sometimes hours.

Case study: POW•R•FEED.

Savings power with POW•R•FEED.

Running dry in 4140 material, POW•R•FEED ran at double the chip load and higher spindle speed. This higher feed rate, combined with a 1x diameter axial cut and .5x radial cut, resulted in nearly triple the metal removal rate and significant savings in machine time.

• Saved 50% or more in machine time (actual customer test results).
• 95% longer tool life – a result of special AlTiN coating and exclusive design (actual customer test results).
• More than triple the metal removal rates (actual customer test results).
• Shorter cycle times, lower part costs.

Read how Machining & Manufacturing ended a backlog with the POW•R•FEED carbide end mill.

Case study: POW•R•FEED.

Reduced tool costs.

In one test working in titanium 6Al-4V, POW•R•FEED ran twice as long as a competitor's variable pitch product, more than doubling the parts per tool, and produced an excellent surface finish.

Case study: MENLO enDuro.

53% higher feed rates + 2x tool life.

The enDuro 5-flute increased feed rates by 53% over a competitor's 5-flute end mill for a customer machining aerospace parts in 15-5 PH stainless steel. Shortened cycle times increased output dramatically, and the high-strength geometry of the enDuro tool doubled tool life, eliminating tool changes and increasing productivity even more.

Case study: MENLO Omega-6.

One tool solves two problems.

Having difficulty meeting surface finish and job deadlines on a milling application in D2 steel hardened to 60 HRc, one customer tested alternatives. The Omega-6 outran competitors' 4- and 8-flute tools by a wide margin (without coolant at 460 sfm with an axial cut of .750 inch and radial cut of .002 inch) and solved the customer's finish problems.

Case study: MENLO Streakers.

50% higher feed rate.

Cycle time was a critical problem for one customer machining aluminum with a competitor's 3-flute end mill at 1,300 sfm and 60 ipm with an axial and radial cut of .125 inch. Using a Streaker at 90 ipm and increasing the axial and radial depths of cut to .265 inch reduced cycle time per part by 15 minutes.

Case study: MENLO Rougher/Finisher.

318% increased metal removal rate.

One customer wanted to reduce time cutting slots 5/8-inch wide and 5/8-inch deep in 4140 steel at 28HRc. The machine had limited horsepower, so the customer relied on general purpose mills. Tested against several competing coated end mills, our 5/8-inch rougher/finisher with AlTiN coating improved tool life, reduced power draw and allowed a higher feed rate with reduced cycle time.