XP Tooling Series

Vortex Tool Company, Inc. has recently developed a new series of tooling, the XP “Extreme Performance” Series, the result of extensive testing performed at the company on its own CNC test router. According to company officials, the testing was done as a result of tool life issues being reported by one of its longtime customers. Vortex purchased material from the customer and developed a uniform testing procedure for new tool designs. After testing nearly 100 different tool configurations and routing over 40,000 lineal feet, Vortex was able to increase tool life ten to one over current tool technology.

“We first tried several different grades of carbide,” reported Mike Serwa, Vice President of Vortex Tool. “It became evident that carbide grade was not going to be the answer. From there we literally wiped the slate clean and started from scratch; every aspect of the manufacturing process of this new series has been altered or changed completely. This is more than just changing the carbide grade to try and get more life,” Serwa said. “We’ve completely changed the way we make this tool!”

Vortex is currently building inventory on many of its most popular tool sizes and has begun filling orders for customers. The new XP series will be designated by the standard part number followed by “XP” and is available in the most popular two flute compression geometries only.

For more information, contact Mike Serwa, Vortex Tool Company, 5605 Jelinek Avenue, Schofield, WI 54476, 800-355-7708, Fax: 715-355-7353, E-mail: mikes@vortextool.com, Web: www.vortextool.com.