Tooling Database
Standards, dimensions, and types for mounting tools on machines. Compiled with sources from tooling manufacturers' technical documents and public information on standards. Also covers lathe, gear machine, and grinding machine tooling.
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Spindle Tapers and Shanks
BT30/40/50, dual contact (BBT, etc.), SK (DIN 69871), CAT, HSK, Capto, and KM dimensions and compatibility, pull studs.
⛭Holder types
Characteristics and runout accuracy of collet chucks, milling chucks, shrink-fit, hydraulic, side-lock, tap holders, and boring heads.
◎Collets
Clamping diameter, clamping range, and nut thread for ER8–ER50; DIN 6388, TG, DA, 5C, and lathe DIN 6343.
◐Lathe Tooling
VDI and BMT, designation of tool holders (ISO 5608) and boring bars (ISO 6261), overhang, chuck jaws and spindle noses, HSK-T and Capto.
⚙Gear Machine Tooling
Hob bore diameters and drive types, hob arbors, bore diameters of shaper cutters and shaving cutters.
◉Grinding Machine Tooling
Wheel dimensions and shape numbers, how to read marking codes (such as WA60K8V), flanges, maximum operating speed and safety rules.
▽Morse Tapers and Others
MT0–MT7, metric taper, Jacobs (drill chuck), B&S, 7/24 National taper (NT).