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News Release from: Sandvik Coromant UK | Subject: CoroDrill 880 drills
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2008
Short-hole drill range extended
Claimed to drill better quality holes twice as fast, and at half the cost, a range of indexable insert short-hole drills range has been extended to cover 12mm to 63mm diameter.
Sandvik Coromant said that its CoroDrill 880 drills make short holes twice as fast as other drills and at half the cost New drill sizes now extend this excellent performance to holes from 12mm to 63mm diameter
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company has extended the range of its perfectly balanced, CoroDrill 880 indexable insert drill from 01, the smallest size, to 09, i e, for 12.00 - 13.99mm diameter to 53.00 - 63.00mm diameter holes.
Sandvik Coromant told manufacturingtalk.com that in comparative tests, CoroDrill 880 (CD880) delivered a 60% increase in productivity when compared with a solid carbide drill.
CD880 offers high productivity drilling and high penetration rate at a low machining cost per hole.
It provides high machining security through its novel cutting action and effective chip evacuation.
Sandvik Coromant recommends grade GC4034 for maximum productivity in tough applications for smaller drill diameters, giving a secure, reliable and consistent tool life.
The CD880-drill delivers higher productivity, higher reliability and an ability to drill better quality holes.
It uses a new cutting action, advanced chip evacuation and indexable insert technology to accomplish this.
The increased application area of CD880 will ensure excellent hole-making results irrespective of material or application.
Since Sandvik Coromant introduced CD880 a few years ago, its proven performance has advanced short-hole drilling to a new level in hole making; it is the number one choice for short-hole drilling - in a class of its own - said the company.
* About grade GC4034 - GC4034 is now available in GT geometry in drill sizes 02 and 03 and in LM/GR geometry in 01.
GT geometry is also now available in 02 for grades 4024, 4034, 4044 and in 05 for grades 4024 and 4044.
* About Sandvik Coromant - Sandvik Coromant, a product area within Sandvik Tooling, is a global leading name in cutting tools for turning, milling and drilling as well as modular tooling systems for lathes and machining centres.
With some 7,000 employees, Sandvik Coromant is represented by its own sales personnel and specialists in more than 60 countries.
In addition there is an established distributor network.
20 state-of-the art Productivity Centres located around the world provide customers and Coromant personnel with training in tooling solutions for increased productivity.
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