As the exclusive North American representative of Louis Bélet SA (Switzerland) Swiss cutting tools in North America, Star SU displayed its line of high-precision drills, end mills, thread, and gear-cutting tools including hobs and skiving tools in booth #3209 at the Motion + Power Technology Expo. This included solutions for micromachining applications within the medical, automotive, aerospace, watchmaking, and general machining sectors.
The Louis Bélet product line expands the dimensional range of the Star SU portfolio of round and gear tooling to include microtools as small as 0.05mm and specials down to 0.02mm for Swiss-style machining, as well as extended offerings in the area of fine pitch gear cutting tools.
Star SU also showcased its wide variety of gear-cutting tools including solutions for chamfer and deburring, hobbing, and milling, as well as scudding cutters manufactured to produce gear and spline teeth for reduced cycle times and tool costs.
Additionally, the company showcased its full offering of machine tools for producing gears and other fluid power components. This includes interactive demonstrations or displays on FFG Modul Vertical Gear Hobbing; Chamfer, Deburr, and Rolling of straight or helical gears or shafts; Profilator Scudding® machines; and Star Cutter NXT 5-axis grinder for cutting and sharpening gear tools.
Star SU, which is the marketing, sales, and service partner for Star Cutter Company, offers a comprehensive line of products and services that enables customization of each cutting and tool grinding operation from cutting speeds and feeds to automation and tool coatings.