Welcome to the Advanced Carbide Tooling Web Site. This site is a problem solving site for Tool Buyers, Production Engineers and Machine Shop Managers. If you have a metal cutting problem ACT will advise on the best tool for the job as we have done for thousands of clients since 1984 in the demanding industries of aerospace, oil, defence and medical applications.

ACT recognise the technical complexity of choosing the right tool for todays ever more complicated turned part designs.  Whether the job be a small bore, deep face groove, troublesome thread or the problem is slow feed or high tooling costs we will have an answer.  Either fill in the form on line or print it out and sketch the problem. You are guaranteed an immediate response.

World Class Products.

ACT have put together a unique range of tooling solutions from Dieterle,  Mircona, Combidex, and Metal Master to satisfy requirements not covered by the major manufacturers. Where further gaps are found, for example, at 2.2mm wide parting off applications ACT manufacture their own unique tooling range (See ACT2.2). If the standard insert cutting geometries are not correct for the application ACT provide a speedy modification service.

"As the tooling buyer at a small company I get to see most of the tooling currently on the market and I find it refreshing to find a company which sells so many specialised tools not covered by the big carbide manufacturers" Chris Hart, AUTOY Ltd.

• For machine types -  CNC Swiss sliding head, CNC lathes, CNC turning centres, bar fed automatics, manual milling machines, CNC milling machines.

• Applications - Turning, boring, grooving, groove turning, threading, parting off, profiling, chamfering and face milling.

• For Materials - Ferrous, non ferrous, stainless steel, acid & heat resistant alloys and many others.

World Class Technical Support

All our engineers are time served apprentices and have many years experience in industry.  All we ask is the opportunity to help you.  Please fill out the problem solving form.

"Thanks for your help regarding dovetail face grooving in 316 ST/ST.  Tooling costs are 5% cheaper and cycle time using Mircona tips modified by yourselves is down from 1 hour to 20 minutes.  Quality and repeatability is also excellent compared to previous methods."  Ian John, Smiths Fittings

World Class Service

ACT are a nominated Beacon Company, and were regional finalists in Outstanding Business Development in 1996.  We never stop trying to help our customers. ACT achieved BS 5750 certification in 1994 and have achieved "Investor in People" accreditation in year 2000.

"We believe the construction of the ACT121C tool holder played a major role in attaining the high rates of components produced using the ACT parting off system. We also monitored a more consistent component length and an increased feed per rev from 0.05 to 0.1mm." Ernie Craig, SLT Engineering

A team of engineers, all with detailed product knowledge will respond to your machining problems. For assistance, please fill out the problem solving form