(Platinum Tooling: Prospect Heights, IL) -- Platinum Tooling, the importer and master distributor of live tools, angle heads, Swiss machine products, and knurling and marking tools manufactured by various international suppliers, has announced the release of its new product catalog.

The company’s premium lines include live tools and angle heads from Heimatec; Swiss-type collets/guide bushings from Tecnicrafts; mechanical, air, and motor spindles from Henninger; and QUICK knurling and marking tools from Hommel + Keller. Additional products are specialty and adaptive guide bushings from Dunner and broaching tools from REV.

Manufacturing tools for the most popular machine tool builders, Heimatec supplies precision live and static tools in all sizes, ranging from the smallest Swiss-type CNC lathes to the largest live tool lathes. The company’s angle heads are manufactured to handle the most difficult applications, and they’re ideal for drilling, tapping, and milling operations.

Tecnicrafts Swiss-type collets and guide bushings are available in standard and ultraprecision grades with a runout accuracy of 5 microns or less. Bore profiles include round, square, hexagon, rectangle, and custom. Guide bushings are chamfered in the back bore and slit to provide smooth guiding and unwanted marks.

Available as air, mechanical spindle, and high-frequency motor, Henninger speed increasers help maximize productivity by achieving the higher cutting tool rpm required for certain applications.

The Hommel + Keller QUICK line offers premium quality knurling and marking tools with special consideration for customer requirements. For both form knurling and cut knurling, QUICK fulfills the most stringent quality standards and masters difficult tasks, while marking tools make it possible to mark workpieces in seconds on a variety of surfaces and part geometries.

A manufacturer of guide bushings for Swiss-type CNC lathes, Dunner manufactures bronze, ceramic, and titane (Meehanite) guide bushings for customer machining needs. All guide bushings are ready for machine use with finished internal surfaces and geometries designed to offer the best result with nominal size material.

REV broaching tools are ideal for machining simple keyways or internal and external profiles, both teeth and splines. Common profiles, including square and hexagon, are easily achieved, and custom profiles are available.