Product category:
Drilling, boring and reaming
News Release from: Kennametal UK | Subject: Indexable insert drills
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 January 2007
Cutter grade increases drilling
performance 100%
An indexable insert drill has a wear-resistant substrate, whichable to resist high temperatures and cutting speeds can also be enhanced significantly.
KC7815 is a new CVD grade for drilling with indexable inserts, which Kennametal has put on the market It achieves tool-life improvements of up to 100%
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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As this cutting grade is based on a wear-resistant substrate able to resist high temperatures, cutting speeds can also be enhanced significantly.
The polished surface with a 12 micron thick MT-CVD TiCN-Al2O3 coating improves the chip flow and prevents the formation of built-up edges.
The new cutting material is suitable for drilling and countersinking applications in standard and custom tooling solutions with Drill-Fix DFR and Drill-Fix DFT.
It can be used for all kinds of steel and cast iron.
* About Kennametal - Kennametal Incorporated (NYSE: KMT) is a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered components and advanced materials consumed in production processes.
The company improves customers' competitiveness by providing superior economic returns through the delivery of application knowledge and advanced technology to master the toughest of materials application demands.
Companies producing everything from airframes to coal, from medical implants to oil wells and from turbochargers to motorcycle parts recognize Kennametal for extraordinary contributions to their value chains.
Customers buy over US$2.3 billion annually of Kennametal products and services - delivered by our 13,500 talented employees in over 60 countries - with almost 50% of these revenues coming from outside the United States.
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