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Solid-Carbide Chamfering Tools for Multi-Material Drilling

Walter introduced two new solid-carbide chamfering drills for its Walter Titex line: the X·treme Step 90 and the X·treme Pilot Step 90 for XD (extra deep) drilling applications.

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