Silent Tools

Quietly boosting
your productivity

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Silent Tools has long been the trademark for a family of tool holders for turning, milling,
boring and drilling. The tool holders are designed to minimize vibrations through a
dampener inside the tool body. The majority of Silent Tools customers use these tools
for long overhangs and poor accessibility. However tests have shown that even with
shorter overhangs, large productivity increases and surface quality improvements are to
be gained.

Not just a problem solver

The integration of a dampening system makes it easier for you to stabilize your whole
machining process. So if you need to speed up your process and yet maintain the high
quality of your components, Silent Tools could be the answer.
Whether you increase your metal removal, improve your surface finish, secure your
process or reduce your production costs you will certainly enjoy the silence.

a productivity booster
Take a look at just a few examples where we increased productivity in excess of 100%.

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Turning internal hole

Internal turning is sensitive to vibration. The choice of tool is
very much restricted by the components hole diameter and
length, as the depth of the hole determines the overhang.
Minimize the tool overhang and select the largest possible
bar diameter in order to obtain the best possible stability and
accuracy. For internal turning a steel dampened Silent Tool
boring bar is the first choice.

Operation:
Component:
Workpiece material:
Machine cost EUR/hour:
Working hour/week:
Dampened adaptors usage:
Machined volume/pc cm3 (inch3):
Assembly length mm (inch):

A typical internal light roughing operation of a process flange

benefitted greatly from the application of a Silent Tools boring bar.
Countering vibration we could more than double the spindle
speed, reduce the cycle time by a third and maximize productivity
to 188% increase.

General internal machining, light roughing

Process flange
CMC 01.1, P1.1.Z.AN, Low alloy steel
75
80
44%
54 (3.295)
406 (15.984)

Reference
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Adaptor:
C6-570-3C 40 368
Cutting head:
570-DCLNL-40-12-L
Cutting data:
n, r/min:
424 955
Dm mm (inch):
60 (2.360)
60 (2.360)
vc m/min (ft/min):
fn mm/r (inch/r):
ap mm (inch):
Tot. cycle time:
Tool life (no of comp.):

80 (263)
180 (591)
0.1 (.004)
0.15 (.006)
1.0 (.040)
2.0 (.079)
91.63 min
31.84 min
1.5 2.65

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Shoulder milling
Applying a Silent Tool to a shoulder milling operation on a valve house
resulted in increased metal removal and improved surface finish. With
the increase in speed, depth of cut and spindle speed there was no worry
for vibration problems.
The results are conclusive. A 149 % increase in productivity and return on
investment after 9 weeks.

Operation:
Component:
Workpiece material:
Machine cost EUR/hour:
Machined volume/pc cm3 (inch3):
Zn:
Assembly length mm (inch):

Circular interpolation
Valve house
CMC 09.1, K3.2.C.UT, Nodular cast iron
195
179 (10.92)
5
280 (11.024)

Reference
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Adaptor:
C6-391.05CD-22 200
Cutting head:
R390-066Q22-18M
Cutting data:
n, r/min:
700 1352
vc m/min (ft/min):
176 (577)
280 (918)
fz mm (inch):
vf mm/min (inch/min):
vfa mm/min (inch/min):
ap mm (inch):
ae mm (inch):
Tot. cycle time:
Tool life (no of comp.):

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0.27 (.010)
687 (27.05)
1 156 (45.52)
8.0 (.315)
19.0 (.748)
4.0 (.158)
6.0 (.236)
18.59 (.732)
18.59 (.732)
30.07 min
12.08 min
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Face milling
185 hours of production time per year was the result of realizing that a machining
process, which actually worked well, could be so much better with a Silent Tool
especially tailored to the individual customer requirement.
The upper body steering unit for a ship required a special dampened milling adaptor
to achieve a greater depth of cut and speed up the whole process. This face milling
operation could now increase productivity by 162 % for the complete component.

Operation:
Component:
Workpiece material:
Machine cost EUR/hour:
Machined volume/pc cm3 (inch3):
Zn:
Assembly length mm (inch):

Face milling
Upper body steering unit
CMC 09.1, K3.2.C.UT, Nodular cast iron
745
122 (7.45)
6
300 (11.81)

Reference
Silent tools
Adaptor:
S-391.06-22 260//ISO50
Cutting head:
R390-063Q22-18H
Cutting data:
n, r/min:
760 1197
vc m/min (ft/min):
150 (492)
237 (778)
fz mm (inch):
vf mm/min (inch/min):
ap mm (inch):
ae mm (inch):

0.32 (.013)
1200 (47.25)
1.0 (.040)
31.5 (1.240)

0.18 (.007)
1320 (52.00)
3.0 (.120)
31.5 (1.240)

Tot. cycle time:

Tool life (no of comp.):

59.75 min
22.77 min
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Boring
Silent Tools dampened boring bars and adapters make it possible
to maintain good productivity and close tolerances even for long
tool overhangs.
The machining of this aerospace part, with a length of 2.1 m (7 ft)
and width of 0.91 m (3 ft), proposed a challenge for accessibility.
The job entailed the machining of two lug holes on the outside
of the component. The two holes were in line. The process
consisted of semi-roughing both lugs from one side. Then a finish
pass of one lug from one side and ream from one side. Then set
up the part to opposite side. Dial it in to center. Finish the other
lug and ream the other lug.

Operation:
Component:

Workpiece material:
Machine cost EUR/hour:
Dampened adaptors usage:
Machined volume/pc cm3 (inch3):
Zn:
Assembly length mm (inch):

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Finishing
Lug holes,
Landing gear
300M, High alloy steel
75
6%
0.07 (0.004)
1
332 (13.071)

We combined the finish and ream into one operation and used
the Silent Tool for reach to be able to bore both lugs in one
operation. This reduced the process by eliminating the set-up
time to move the part and dial in. We could do everything from
one side and eliminate the reamer.
As you can see from the data below we could increase the speed
and feed and after just manufacturing 9 components the return
on investment was achieved. A staggering productivity increase of
228% for the complete component.

Reference
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Adaptor:
C5-R825B-FAD315A

Cutting data:
n, r/min:
203.7 254.6
30.5 (100)
38.1 (125)
vc m/min (ft/min):
Dm mm (inch):
47.6 (1.874)
47.6 (1.874)
fn mm/r (inch/r):
0.005 (.0002)
0.038 (.0015)
ap mm (inch):
0.05 (.002)
0.05 (.002)
Tot. cycle time:
219.82 min
66.93 min
Tool life (no of comp.): 1
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