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Morris Welding& Machine Inc. designed and developed MorrisKeyseater. MorrisKeyseater is a unit that fits onto any mill whether manual or CNC. MorrisKeyseater can be programmed by any CNC control and follows a CNC path by way of linear bearings. It cuts internal and external keys, splines, tapered keys, internal grooves, blind keys, and helicols. The machine is driven by the mills spindle, and the base is clamped directly to the mills table. The machine moves following a pattern using X, Y, and  Z movements only. For example, you are able to take a .500" endmill and cut a 1.250" keyway. By moving in Y, you just move over and extend the width of the keyway. Cut standard or metric keyways with one cutter. There is very little tooling involved.

MorrisKeyseater cuts material using live tooling. The tooling is water cooled and does not harden the material unlike many other broaching or keyseating machinery. Tooling for the MorrisKeyseater is approximately a 1/3 of the cost of traditional broaches. Larger end mills can be sharpened and reused unlike broaches. The tooling can be changed in less than 30 seconds with a quick turn of an allen wrench. The MorrisKeyseater also does not require different size spindles for each internal diameter, and keys can be cut without cutting the full length of the part.

• No need for different size spindles
• Water cooled means no material hardening
• Cuts keys without cutting full length of part
• Cuts keys in one pass or multiple passes
• Tooling can be changed in less than 1 minute
• Labor is cut in half compared to traditional keyseaters or broaches
• Tooling is approx. 1/3 the cost
• Easy loading and unloading of keyseater
• Setup time is dramatically decreased

• Internal and external keyways
• Splines
• Gears
• Blind Holes
• Oil Ring Grooves
• Tapered Keyways
• Step Keys
• Intergrates with a 4th Axis or Rotary Head
• Portable Machine that can be used on any mill

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