Strategies for success from a custom tooling solutions provider

Founded in 1927, Star Cutter is a custom tooling solutions provider uniquely suited to address the specialized challenges for customers making tools or those requiring tools for high precision, tight tolerance applications such as the medical industry. Through our vertically integrated approach, starting with our own carbide powder and grades for producing blanks and pre-forms to engineering of specialized tools produced on our own CNC machines, and backed by application support and tool reconditioning, we oversee the entire process. This ensures an excellent customer experience and a high-value solution that improves productivity, quality, and cost of ownership across the life of the tool.

Capability that optimizes TOOL Performance and life

Material technologies: Tungsten carbide custom, altered standard and standard blanks, and pre-forms, starting from powder through finished ground blanks are available in a comprehensive selection of grades to deliver high-performance, reliable near-net shaped tools addressing specialized customer application challenges across diverse industries.

Round tools: Custom-engineered tooling solutions across a wide variety of precision applications solve unique challenges, reduce machining time, improve quality and productivity, and drive overall cost savings. Our array of tooling for the medical industry – including standard micro tools as small as 0.05mm and specials down to 0.02mm – is designed to achieve extremely tight tolerances in manufacturing instruments and orthopedic cutting tools; cannulated bone drills, bone screws, femoral and intramedullary interlocking nails; as well as joint replacement and other general parts.

CNC tool grinders: CNC tool grinders provide the flexibility and versatility to address custom or high-volume manufacturing applications and reconditioning of end mills, high-performance drills, drill points, step drills, reamers, form tools, gear tools, broach tools, inserts, and other custom tools. For precision medical applications, our exclusive relationship with ESPRIT CAM provides a huge benefit to manufacturers of hip rasps, rotary files, bone files, drills, and other complex surgical tools for orthopedic applications.

Tool services: We offer reconditioning of our full line of round, gear, and PCD tools – as well as other manufacturing brands. This restores tools to their original state, improving productivity and quality in machining operations.

With nearly 100 years in manufacturing, our focus on innovation and providing an excellent customer experience is embedded within our DNA.

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https://www.starcutter.com