We originally bought the Rocklinizer to put a textured finish on our machined rolls for our hot rolling mill. We machine the rolls to remove oxide build up. When the rolls are freshly machined, getting a bar to start is difficult due to slippage. We use the Rockhard 3/16 electrodes and apply a layer on the rolls. This greatly helps us in getting new sets of rolls to run.
Since we bought the Rocklinizer, we have found many other applications in our facility. We applied a finish to the feed wheels on our rotary shearing machines, coated the jaws of one of our lathes and have used it to build up a layer on a shaft before we pressed it into a flywheel.
We have been very happy with the Rocklinizer since we purchased it. We continue to find other applications for it. Thanks for a great product!
Robert Green
Engineering Manager
Having been in the stamping industry for many years, I recognize the value and time savings your products can produce. We have used the Rocklinizer to fit loose die buttons, for slug retention, and for oil breaks on form dies.
The advantage of being small enough to be portable has proven itself several times. We were able to service dies while in the press, allowing minimal lost production time. I estimate the purchase price of the Rocklinizer was recovered in less than 6 months.
Your products are a must have for any die shop. With todays tight economy, time is one element we can be competitive with, and the Rocklinizer can be a great time saver. Thanks for being there with a quality product.
Paul Reichle
Tooling Engineer
Your product has helped to keep our tooling costs down, and in some cases, cut almost in half. By coating drills, reamers, and form tools, we are able to lengthen the life of high-speed steel and carbide tooling. For example, we often run aluminum bronze and stainless steel. Due to the hardness of these materials, tooling dulls quickly and needs to be replaced frequently. Having the Rocklinizer in house affords us less down time during job runs.
Jon Filarsky
Assistant Engineer
We have been using your Rocklinizer and have been quite pleased with this Rockhard application equipment. The product has been very dependable and perfect for obtaining a better gripping surface for our collets.
We have recently purchased (3) new machines giving us a total of 6 machines. This purchase was required because of our volume of work and Rocklin was chosen because of our previous success with current equipment.
Thanks for providing a good product.
Richard Baruk
President
The Rocklinizer is one of the best investments I have ever made for use in our shop.
We have used it for hardening bearing surfaces, cutting tools, dimensional build-ups, and wear surfaces, just to name a few. It is a great money and time saving device.
If I told you how much money and time it has saved me, you probably wouldnt believe it. I purchased another for our Flagstaff, AZ facility and theyre more than satisfied with its performance. Thanks for providing us with a great product.
Rick Wachter
Machine Shop Supervisor
We have been using the Rocklinizer for approximately 8 months now and we find it indispensable in our tooling maintenance operation. This is the third company that I have worked for, that I have brought this technology to. Our biggest use is on punches. We punch a tremendous amount of high strength steels and in the past have had problems with slugs pulling and not ejecting properly. With a couple of well-placed touches with the tungsten carbide, the problem goes away, and we have noticed increased die life.
Jack Pennuto
VP Technical Services
We had a differential that was taken undersize on one dimension. By applying the tungsten carbide on the problem area, we were able to regrind the dimension and make it within the desired tolerance. Also, the customer was very impressed with the application of the Rocklinizer and its ability to salvage undersized dimensions.
Another example of the worth of the Rocklinizer was when a number of parts were taken undersize on an inside diameter of a gear. The parts were only a few ten thousandths out of tolerance. By applying the tungsten carbide to the diameter we were able to use the parts and not scrap any of them. Just in those two scenarios Morgood Tools was able to save significant time and money.
From adding a better gripping surface to collets to building up undersize drill shanks, it has performed well. We have also used it to build up oversize conditions on the I.D. of bearings and fixtures.
The ability of the Rocklinizer to add as little as .0001 has been a very useful tool.
We would just like to thank your company for making a quality product with many different applications.
Robert Martin, Quality Inspector
John Gunn, Q.A. Manager
We purchased our Rocklinizer unit a couple years ago and even though we had tried some samples before purchasing the unit, we were still a little apprehensive about the long term durability of the coating. I just want to let you know that I am now convinced that the coating is durable. We were having particular trouble with a wipe down block getting galled up on one of our tools. We had tried various other coatings on the block with minimal success. We then applied the Tungsten Carbide coating with the Rocklinizer and havent touched the block in over a year. Our toolrooom personnel like the ease-of-use of the unit and just having this ability to coat the items in-house saves a lot of headaches. We now use the coating on a lot of our extrusion punches, curl rollers and wipe down blocks.
Andy Will
Operations Manager
"Rocklinize spade drills, form tools – use every two days
Rocklinize 46–foot bandsaws
Use on reamers and drills – carbide inserts on edges – get 25% longer life."
"Rocklinize 22cutting tools – happy with it and many thanks for being there when we needed you
Rocklinize chipper blades that cut ponderosa pine
46 bandsaw blades."
"Rocklinize carbolloy tools for longer life
Cutting tools
Rocklinize aluminum molds every 6 months."
"1/4" spade drills used for drilling alloy steel; increased life
Main application seaming chucks
Rocklinizing worn stamping dies to extend life
Rocklinizing die facing, couldnt run aluminum without it
Rocklinize stainless steel auger used to cut chicken bones
Rocklinize rim roll tooling, punches, dies
Keeps slugs from sticking."
"Rocklinize drills and end mills
Part of maintenance department
Small tools."
"Rocklinize clamping jaws
Rocklinize punches – get 2–3 times the life
Rocklinize bottom dies that make radiators
Chain saws."
"Rocklinize tools for cutting Kevlar fiber made by DuPont."
"Rocklinize face of hammer on computer line printer
Very happy with Rocklinizer; paid for itself many times over
Has saved them thousands of dollars
Rocklinize lamination dies
Drills
Extrusion dies."
"Use in drawing operations and punch press dies, drills and end mills."
"Use Rocklinizing on blades of post and pole peelers and post sharpener
Use on chain saws to get 2–3 times life and less sharpening."
"On A–2 tool steel dies in tape control operation and end mills
Ecstatic with Rocklinizer for hard facing pusher jaws
Use it on plastic molds; first we Rocklinize with tungsten carbide electrode, then with Super Titan electrode (TiC) – very happy
Use Rocklinizing on piercing and stamping dies
Make cutting tools, use on edges
Use Rockhard electrode to roughen dies to hold tubes so they wont slip, get at least twice the life
Use Rocklinizer in the tool crib
Use Rocklinizer building up bushings, on hammer heads for resale
Rocklinize bearing shafts
Use on highly abrasive dies."
"Use on making and repairing dies – bring undersize die parts to size – use on chopper blades to cut PVC material
Rocklinize undersize bearings
Rocklinize drawing dies making oil filters – gets twice the life."
"Rocklinize die blocks, cut off blades, cutlery – time between resharpening cut 50%
We use it every day on cutters and tools with our 40–50 pieces of numerical control equipment
Punches go through 1" material
increased life of cutters, blades – saved $400 broach
Rocklinize reamers holding tolerances to few tenths
Savings paid for Rocklinizer in one week
H.S.S. and carbide tools, build up undersized drills and reamers – 3 times life on tools
Rocklinize tools for Hydrotel as well as planers – excellent on tools for hot punches – increased tool life above all their expectations."
"Rocklinize drills – one drilling center has 9 drills – 4 times life and improved production 300%
Lathe bits, milling cutters, drills used in repairing guns; points on triggers
One rotary cutter used for broaching – ran 12,000 parts – after Rocklinizing has run 25,000 parts and still going
Get 100% increase on life in drill bits and end mills
Use on wire forming dies
100% life improvement on forging blocks for hot work."
"Use Rocklinizing on cores of H–13 steel for casting aluminum
Use to roughen up draw die holding radii and tightening small punches where set screws are not permissible
Rocklinize drilling and mining tools
H.S.S. tools and form tools on screw machines."
"After Rocklinizing shell mills and turbo end mills and stoning them lightly, get 3 times life
Use every day on die surfaces
End mills
In use all the time on cutter teeth that hot tap holes in pipe."
"Rocklinize with silver over copper wiring contact points."
"Research center – works like a charm on drills, reamers, lots of special tools
Good on chain saw teeth and bars
Rocklinize progressive die work areas
Extends life of collets and finger pads
Rocklinize punches and dies used on heavy press work for automotive trade
Use Rocklinizing on 15/16" – 4 flute hog end mills to rough out stainless steel
Increase life of staking tools
Wear area of mold dies
Build up old dies
Rocklinize guide rolls and stripper plates to reduce wear."
"Rocklinize bearings and crank shafts
Milling cutters last 3 times longer
Die areas for gripping and clamping
Use 12–14 hours a day to Rocklinize collet pads
Use on shafts holding bearing races – eliminates sending out worn parts
Rocklinize dies to stop slugging
Rocklinize drills used on special forging operations – unit paid for itself in one operation
Rocklinizing is replacing chrome on draw rings
Dies and broaches
Carbide inserts and tools
Form and shave tools
Build up hole sizes in bushings – Rocklinize punches to prevent galling
Tighten up loose dowels, punches, die buttons – saves downtime tool expense, gives greater production
Rocklinizing bores in collets increases torque power 5–6 times
Automatic screw machines for form tools with reamers locking collets and vise jaws
Broaches and milling cutters
Tube rolling finishing rolls
Fill in holes on cam shafts
Rocklinize tube forming parts
Coating die cavities for aluminum castings
Rocklinizing has extended production, reduced inventory of carbide inserts due to longer life
Salvage worn parts and correct machining errors
Use on debarking knives
Rocklinizes cutting surfaces of trim and punch dies giving longer run time – cutting edges do not roll
Could not operate our tube fabricating operation without Rocklinizing
Rocklinize wear surfaces of shoes of holding mandrels
Heat treat cutting tools and grippers in mill, then Rocklinize edges."
"Rocklinize extrusion dies to help us hold close dimensions on areas that wear when aluminum is pushed through dies
In die casting operations when slugs start dropping
On spot facing drills
Wear parts of feed fingers that move paper
On saws for resale
On clamping rings that grip foil when stretched
Molds and punch press equipment to make toys
Rocklinize drills cutting electro–magnetic iron."
"Rocklinize 48" long keyway broach to extend life of broach
Rocklinize lamination die to stop slugging
Rocklinize chopper / cutter blades that cut H.S.S.
Use 2 hours a day on M-3 milling cutter and form tools."
"Rocklinize cutting edges of circular chasers machining brass casters which increases wear life 17%, amounting to $2,000 yearly; also salvaged 3,000 case hardened stamped pieces where excess metal had been ground off for $1,500 more
Increased life 50% between resharpening of progressive die punches
Use it on seaming chucks of canning operations
Use it 8 hours a day on punches
Use it all the time – mostly on dies."
"Rocklinize seating tapers of cores and stripper bushings – sliding cores, inserts, levers and shafts of molds
Rocklinize shafts with tool post gun
Rocklinize pusher pads and collets good for another 6 months
Inside of dies to prevent slug pull back."
"Rocklinize saw blades, carbide inserts, etc.,
Chuck jaws for holding."
"Rocklinize clamps holding tennis rackets being strung
Works great on forming tools in wire operations
On tooling and carbide inserts
Forming plugs increase wear ability
Cutting tools, carbide tools, etc."
"Rocklinize drills they sell
Rocklinize hardened stainless surgical instruments
Tools used in heavy metal stamping operations
Build up die sections
Punches, inserts, die sections
Rocklinize small cobalt drills
Use on progressive dies
Rocklinize special H.S.S. end mills and drills
Use it on anvils
Extends life of extrusion dies
Rocklinize canning liner and seaming chucks
Prevents slug pull back."
"Rocklinize wear parts on basket stapling machine
Mold repair
Die repair of edges used in shearing
Use Rocklinizing every day for maintenance
Use Rocklinizing for carbide tools – now switching to Rocklinized H.S.S. tools
Used on carbide inserts – to increase speed and wear life of tools
Improves carbide tool surfaces
Rocklinized broach, used it 3 times with no wear – previously had to resharpen after each use."
"Rocklinize drills, reamers, taps and cutting tools; on tools used in working with C–1110 material
Good machine – trouble free – use once a day; Rocklinize tap which previously tapped 2 holes – now does 60 holes
Very happy with it
Multiple spindle screw machines – H.S.S. cutting tools –face collets and pusher pads
Works excellently; Rocklinize wire forming dies
Building up worn tools
Rework edges of trim dies
Used Rocklinizer for years on drop forge dies
Rocklinize nail dies and cutters
Standard job Rocklinizing stainless steel shaft
Seaming chucks canning Anheuser Busch products
Saved $2,500 first Rocklinizer application on broaches
Rocklinize blades for cutting polyethyelyne
Extrusion punches
Doubles tool life
Rebuilds tools
Repaired Daytons water department pump shaft
Seaming chucks
Form tools
Form rolls
Collets
Bearings and extrusion dies
Finding new applications every day
Rocklinize paper cutting knives and anvils Make aircraft parts
Do work for Chrysler
Very happy with results
. Blanking die eliminates slugging, milling cutters and drill
Rocklinize split collets and shunt pads which grip large pipe being machined."
"Very happy with Rocklinizer used on shears that make wire bread ties for bread wrappers
End mills – reamers for large pump manufacturers."
"Rocklinize knives of moulder heads
On good clean cutting wood like pine, previously ran 50,000 lineal board feet before resharpening – with Rocklinizing we can go as high as 500,000 lineal feet. We have 8 moulders
Knives previously cut 1,000 feet – now Rocklinized knives cut up to 7,000 feet – Rocklinize 196" band saw to cut Philippine mahogany; now get 4 times life – operation time to Rocklinize blade 20 minutes."
"Rocklinizing works beautifully – use every day on form tools
Rocklinize cutting tools to machine 304 stainless steel castings
End mills machining zinc and aluminum die castings and tool steel
Increasing production 100% or better
Rocklinize cams
Broaches and drills
Prevent soldering where molten metal tends to solder on dies
Paper cutting knives and anvils
Hammers used to pulverize cocoa beans
Rocklinize N.C. tools for drilling – slab and horizontal milling cutters – doubles life of tools to cut high carbon and chrome
Puts heavy coating on our feeder bowls – works great
Rocklinize H.S.S. tool edges that cut molten glass."
"Everything works fine – good results
Very satisfactory; wouldnt know what to do without it – puts beautiful mottle finish on tools
Very good machine for tools for screw machining – make all their own tools – Rocklinizing lasts longer."
"Rocklinized dies stop slug pull back
Rocklinize molds that make ceramic parts
Use on spade drills, cutters, shearing punches for saw blades."
"Rocklinize tools to bend copper tubing
Mandrels of hollow dies
2" twist drills
Slug pulling reduced – builds up undersized dies
Very happy – milling cutters, shell mills, circular cutters."
"Rocklinize drills, end mills – pleased with results
Build up undersize tools – harden cutter faces
Build up internal splines of gears expanded during heat treatment
Have used unit for several years .. Dies get twice life
Rocklinize drills and hobs for special material – get 2-3 times life
Rolls and collets."
"Rocklinize dies
Outside supplier for company who specify Rocklinizing 1"wide band on 400 parts
Rocklinize motorcycle parts
Cutting tools – H.S.S. and carbide."
"Rocklinize planer knives – extends life of expensive tools several times
Impregnates knife blades of office type paper cutters – circular saw blades will cut up to 5 times longer."
"Rocklinize draw dies on deep draw processes
Taps
Dowel pin holes
Rocklinize screw machine form tools cutting through tough materials – previously had to shut operation down every 2 to 3 hours – Rocklinizing allowed 2–1/2 complete shifts before resharpening
Spade drills
Oil pan draw dies
Drawing operation
Cut off tools
Rocklinize milling cutters and hobs after grinding for additional hardness
Seaming chucks
Needle dies
Surfacing shafts
H.S.S. tools used on large boring mills
Dies
Punches
Die casting die gates, vents, and cores so aluminum wont stick to H-13 steel dies."
