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Milling cutters
News Release from: Kennametal UK | Subject: Indexable insert ball nose end mill M270
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 April 2004
Increasing performance in mould and die
production
Efficient indexable ball nose end mill is for finish machining hardened components of steel and chilled cast iron up to 64 HRC in less time and at lower cost.
Hard machining and high-speed cutting are machining strategies which are largely taken for granted in mould and die production For this type of work Kennametal provides a strong and wide-ranging programme to which further highly productive tools have been added: Efficient indexable ball nose end mill for finish machining - hardened components of steel and chilled cast iron up to 64 HRC can be finish-machined with a cutting speed of Vc=240m/min in less time and at lower cost with the combination of the optimised indexable insert ball nose end mill M270 and the new coated micro-grain grade TN2505 from Kennametal
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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For different accuracy requirements indexable inserts which have been precision-ground on all sides and precision-ground indexable inserts with a sintered chip control geometry are available, ensuring that the best-possible solution will be achieved for the particular application.
Thanks to standardised interfaces, these tools can be used on existing toolholders (shank-type adaptors and screw type adaptors), which means they can provide universal service on different types of milling applications.
Milling instead of eroding - long and expensive eroding operations can now be carried out more effectively and more quickly by means of milling.
For this purpose KennametaL supplies two- and four-edged solid-carbide milling cutters in diameters upwards of 0.3mm in the new grade KC637M.
The grade features an ultrafine-grain substrate with a very thin and highly wera resistant TiAlN coating.
This combination increases both the hardness and the transverse rupture strength of the milling cutter, resulting in excellent tool life and short milling times when hard machining of steels with 50 to 65 HRC.
By replacing eroding with milling in the machining of small moulds and dies it is possible to achieve an additional reduction in manufacturing cost.
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