The RobbJack Machining Lab
A real lab, open for customer tests, engineering and development, and on-machine process optimization. 67 years of running the cuts — put it to work on your part.
When a cut is fighting you — a composite that delaminates, an alloy that eats tools, a thin wall that chatters, a cycle time that won't budge — the fastest path to an answer is to run it. The RobbJack Machining Lab exists to do exactly that: test, engineer, and optimize, then hand you a tool and the numbers that work.
Customer tests
Don't take our word for it — put a RobbJack tool in the cut on your material and your part. Our application team picks the tool, sets the speeds and feeds, and helps you dial it in.
Talk to our labEngineering & development
Bring us the problem the catalog can't solve. We develop new geometries, modify standards, and design special and combination tools that eliminate operations — then back them with real machining data.
Request a special / altered toolTap & cut testing
Measure your spindle and validate optimized cutting parameters per tool — typically a 30% minimum productivity gain with chatter engineered out, delivered as a playbook your team can run every time.
See tap & cut testingWhat the lab does
The lab is where our application engineers and tool designers work the problem together — the same people who develop RobbJack's production tooling. Whether you need a tool proven, a special designed, or a process dialed in, the work happens in real material on real machines.
- Develop and prove new tool geometries against your toughest cuts
- Run cut tests in real material to validate tool life and finish
- Optimize speeds, feeds, and depths of cut on representative parts
- Solve delamination, chatter, finish, and tool-life problems hands-on
- Document repeatable parameters so wins transfer to your floor
Have a cut worth solving?
Send us the part and the problem. We'll tell you how the lab can help — a test tool, a special, or a testing event on your machine.