About Cogsdill Tool Products, Inc. from http://www.cogsdill.com
In 1914, Stuart A. Cogsdill set up shop in Detroit as a cutting tool regrinding and repair service. He soon began designing and manufacturing special tools for early automotive pioneers such as Henry Ford and the Dodge brothers, who relied on Cogsdill to develop innovative tooling solutions for tough manufacturing problems.
Today, Cogsdill has three operating units in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Two of the facilities design and manufacture engineered specialty tooling for metal machining industries around the world: Cogsdill Tool Products, Inc. of Camden, South Carolina, USA – corporate headquarters Cogsdill-Nuneaton Ltd. of Nuneaton, England
– subsidiary of Cogsdill Tool Products. The third operating unit designs and manufactures specialty hydraulic tombstone-type mixtures that hold the same type of components that Cogsdill tooling is used on: Master-Work Holding Inc. of Morganton, North Carolina – subsidiary of Cogsdill Tool Products Currently owned and operated by the second and third generation of Stuart Cogsdill’s descendants, the Cogsdill Group offers its 21st century customers the same commitment that inspired its founder: we will develop and build innovative tooling and fixturing solutions for your tough manufacturing problems.
July 24, 2008 —
Special Twin Coin Punch Tool Achieves Chamfer Diameter and Location Specs, Greatly Reduces Costs
Special tool based on Cogsdill recessing head design used a coining arbor to punch the hole and chamfer in the bottom of the reservoir in their master cylinders. The tool fed into the bore and then was offset, which caused the punch to make contact with the surface. They could only manufacture one punched hole at a time. The method by which the tool was offset caused deflection problems, especially with the punched hole closest to the bottom of the bore. This particular tool was directly...
July 24, 2008 —
Boring and Contouring Heads
Dramatic Improvements in Quality and Productivity Subcontract machine shop had to obtain high quality threads in a very deep bore, with a smooth transition to a 30° angle. The large part, made of stainless steel and Inconel, was about four and a half feet in length and could not be rotated.
July 24, 2008 —
Nobur® JA Series Automatic Recessing Tool Allows Faster Production Time
Cycle time is reduced by more than 94% as Nobur Recessing replaces circular interpolation for grooving operation manufacturer of hydraulic valves had to machine two O-ring grooves in a spool valve bore. They were circular interpolating one groove at a time with a key slot cutter. The approximate cycle time with this method was six minutes per part. The grooving operation was a bottleneck in their manufacturing process. With the use of the Nobur JA Automatic Recessing tool from Cogsdill, both...
July 24, 2008 —
Cogsdill's ZXTM Bottle-¬Boring Tool Outperforms The Competition
Better chip evacuation, cutting support, and surface finishes special Cogsdill ZXTM bottle¬boring tool was designed to machine a 5.451 in. (138.46mm) diameter cavity bore and conical blend tapers (21˚ and 11˚), leading into a 3.794 in. (96.37mm) flow bore. The customer was honing the flow (pilot) bore for size.Awork length of 49.430 in. (1255.52mm) was required in order to machine the 21˚ taper, but the most challenging feature was the absence of cross bores or cavities, so that...
July 11, 2008 —
Universal(TM) Burnishing Tool Achieves Finish, Reduces Down Time
Job shop was machining a six-speed transmission hub for a major automotive manufacturer. Their production requirement is some 75,000 to 80,000 parts per year. They were achieving the desired size and finish, but changing cutting tool inserts every 20 to 50 parts.Although the carbide inserts were relatively inexpensive, down time for changing the insert and re-setting the machine was costly.
July 10, 2008 —
Cogsdill AEX Series Roll-a-Finish® Tool Saves Time and Money
Secondary operation is eliminated as finish is achieved in the original CNC turning process secondary operations are expensive and time-consuming. A manufacturer of gas sensors discovered that Cogsdill roller burnishing could help them achieve the desired surface finish on a plunger on the original machine on which the part was produced, thereby eliminating a hand-polishing operation.