Adam Chiaravalle – Star Cutter Company

Coolant Hole Configurations

December 9, 2025Adam ChiaravalleBlog0

Star Cutter offers three unique coolant hole configurations: Single Hole, Dual Hole, and Kidney Shaped Hole...

Tooling for Rifle Barrel Manufacturing

January 31, 2024Adam ChiaravalleBlog0

A rifle barrel typically begins life as a cylindrical steel bar. The transition from steel bar to a full-fledged rifle barrel begins with a deep-hole drilling process as the initial step, where a long drill with a hollow stem and tungsten-carbide bit is used to drill the trued and stress-relieved bar.

Star Cutter Displays Precision Tooling Solutions for Firearms Manufacturing

November 16, 2023Adam ChiaravalleNews0

Star Cutter Company will be displaying its cutting tools tailored for firearms manufacturing at the Shot Show 2024, Jan. 23 – 26 in the Supplier Showcase, booth #51317 at the Venetian Expo + Caesar’s Forum in Las Vegas.

Star Cutter Hires Josh Hubbard as Sales and Applications Engineer

July 9, 2021Adam ChiaravalleNewsTool Grinders0

Farmington Hills, Mich., June 23, 2021 – Star Cutter Company has added to its applications engineering team with the hiring of Josh Hubbard as a sales and applications engineer at its Elk Rapids, Mich., facility where the company builds its 5-axis CNC tool grinding machines. In this position, Hubbard will support the sales team by...

Star Cutter Announces Enhancements to NXT Tool Grinder

March 2, 2021Adam ChiaravalleNews, Tools Grinders, UncategorizedTool Grinders0

Farmington Hills, Mich., March 2, 2021 – Star Cutter Company has announced enhancements to its NXT 5-axis Tool Grinder, a versatile 5-axis CNC machine with a small footprint and a large grind zone. Designed in a modular fashion that offers quick adaptation to application requirements, the NXT’s mechanical, software and automation features and functions have...

Star Cutter Announces New Service Manager

February 16, 2021Adam ChiaravalleCutting Tools, News, Tools GrindersTool Grinders0

Farmington Hills, Mich., Feb. 16, 2021 – Star Cutter Company has promoted Bradley Cooper to service manager at its Elk Rapids, Mich., location responsible for the Star Cutter brand CNC tool and cutter grinders. Cooper will be responsible for managing and developing service group offerings, enhancing customer communication, order processing procedures and project management protocol,...

How using Near Net Shape Carbide Blanks can save you time!

March 27, 2019Adam ChiaravalleBlog0

One goal of the H.B. Advantage is to save our customers time when machining our blanks. By providing near net shape blanks, we can reduce the overall grinding time required to finish the blanks. We do this by adding features such as diameters, flutes, pockets, flats, coolant holes, etc. All machining is done in the...

The NXT generation of tool grinding has arrived

June 11, 2018Adam ChiaravalleNews, Tools GrindersTool Grinders0

Elk Rapids Engineering a division of the Star Cutter Company and manufacturer of the Star brand of CNC tool and cutter grinders has been hard at work designing, testing, and refining their next generation (5) axis machine. Similar to Colonel Steve Austin in the science fiction movie Six Million Dollar Man, Engineers at Elk Rapids...

Alex Simioni Named Sales Manager at Star SU for South America

January 21, 2013Adam ChiaravalleNews0

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL., January 21, 2013— Alex Simioni has been appointed Sales Manager at Star SU for the South American market. “In his new position, Mr. Simioni will be responsible for developing a new sales network for machines and tools in South America, while helping to establish brand recognition for the Star SU organization internationally,”...