Application: Your choices are... Boring Designed for use in boring, the machining of an internal diameter in the workpiece.
Inserts for tools involved in construction and civil engineering applications such as milling of concrete or asphalt. Insert for cut-off or parting applications on a lathe. Designed for use in drilling operations, typically with good thrust capacity in addition to radial load rating. Inserts for cutting a groove into shafts or other workpieces. They may be square-edged, radiused, or of many other configurations. Cutting of gear tooth profiles. Designed for use with milling cutters; can include a wide variety of machining operations and tools. Insert designed for mining and rock cutting of granite, marble, etc., and for general use in mining drilling operations. Inserts for saw blades, including rotary and reciprocating. Inserts for knives or blades that shear, cut, perforate, etc.
Construction
Cutoff / Parting Drilling
Grooving
Hobbing Milling
Mining
Sawing Shearing / Cutting Tapping Threading
Designed specifically for use with taps to create internal threads. Creating or chasing external threads on a cylindrical workpiece. They are frequently used on lathes or turning centers. Used in horizontal or vertical lathes and turning centers. Turning inserts specifically designed for turning and resurfacing of automotive brake rotors. Other unlisted or specialized application.
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Geometry Specifications
Geometry: Your choices are...
Circular
Round or circular inserts are used in applications such as button mills or in radius groove turning. Some types are adjustable to employ unused edge portions once part of the edge is worn. Four-sided insert with two acute angles used for material removal. Inserts with a triangular shape; three equal sides and three tips with included angles of 60. Three-cornered insert resembling a triangle, but with a modified triangular shape, such as bowed sides or intermediate angles on the sides, to allow for higher included angles at the tips. Cutting tips are square with four equal sides. Four sides, two of which are longer than the other two. These inserts are often used for grooving, etc., where the short sides contain the actual cutting edge. Four-sided, with an angle on the sides for cutting point clearance. Insert with five equal sides and angles. Six equal sides. Eight-sided insert, typically indexable. Inserts with a hemispheric "ball nose" whose radius is one half of the cutter diameter; useful for machining female semicircles, grooves or radii. Straight inserts with ground radius on tips, typically for use on milling cutters. Insert side or ends contain an angled section on tip to produce an angled cut or a chamfered edge on the workpiece. Typically attached to milling cutter holders. Two-edged insert with a narrow mounting center and, as the name implies, a broader cutting feature on both ends. Often used for grooving.
Diamond
Triangle
Trigon
Square Rectangular
Rhombic / Parallelogram
Pentagon Hex Octagon Ball Nose Mill
Radius Tip Mill
Chamfer Tip Mill
Dogbone
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Tip Included Angle Your choices are...
35 50 55 60 75 80 85 90 108 120 135 Other Search Logic: Typical for pentagon inserts. Typical for hexagonal inserts. Typical for octagonal inserts. Other unlisted tip angle. All products with ANY of the selected attributes will be returned as matches. Leaving all boxes unchecked will not limit the search criteria for this question; products with all attribute options will be returned as matches. Insert size is generally categorized by the Inscribed Circle (I.C.), or the diameter of the circle that fits entirely within the insert geometry. This is used for most indexable inserts, except for rectangular and some parallelogram inserts, where length and width are used. User may specify either, both, or neither of the "At Least" and "No More Than" values. Products returned as matches will meet all specified criteria.
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Features Your choices are...
Unground
Insert blank or semi-finished blank where the final radius, rake and relief angles, etc., have not been ground. Insert may be indexed or turned to present a fresh cutting edge after one is worn. Indexable inserts can typically be indexed without removing the tool holder. Notches, grooves, or other edge or surface geometry to facilitate cutting chip clearance and removal. Insert face is "dished," or has a recessed or radiused face. This can allow for higher rake angles. All products with ANY of the selected attributes will be returned as matches. Leaving all boxes unchecked will not limit the search criteria for this question; products with all attribute options will be returned as matches.
Indexable
Chipbreaker
Dished
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Insert Attachment Your choices are... Screw-on No Hole Insert has a hole for screw attachment to the tool holder. No center hole for screw attachment. The insert is attached via clamping, brazing, etc. All products with ANY of the selected attributes will be returned as matches. Leaving all boxes unchecked will not limit the search criteria for this question; products with all attribute options will be returned as matches.
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Material & Coating
Insert Material Your choices are... Carbide Carbide grades are much harder than high-speed steel, and therefore last longer and wear less. Several coatings are available to lengthen cutter life. Micrograin carbide exhibits a small grain size that enables grinding to a very fine edge; often used for finish cutting where surface finish is a consideration. Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) is a synthetic abrasive. It is used in grinding wheels and as a tool material with very good abrasion resistance. Many grades of ceramic are used in the manufacture of cutting tools; ceramic grades are characterized by good wear
Micrograin Carbide
CBN
Ceramic
and abrasion resistance, nonconductivity, and good thermal properties. Cermet Ceramic - metal composite in which ceramic powder in bonded with metal. Good thermal characteristics prevent the work or chips from bonding to the insert surface. Cobalt steel tools are somewhat harder than high-speed steel and are often used for milling stainless steel and other alloys. Industrial diamond grades such as polycrystalline diamond (PCD) are used for very long life, and sometimes for special applications such as very highspeed cutting. Cost-efficient cutter material, used for general application metal machining. Ceramic grade noted for its good shock resistance and thermal characteristics. It is often used for roughing operations, and other process such as scale removal, interrupted cutting, etc. Other unlisted or specialized cutter material. All products with ANY of the selected attributes will be returned as matches. Leaving all boxes unchecked will not limit the search criteria for this question; products with all attribute options will be returned as matches.
Cobalt
Diamond / PCD
High Speed Steel Silicon Nitride
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Coating Your choices are... None TiN Uncoated cutting edges. Titanium Nitride. Widely used generalpurpose tool coating, used in most cutting operations. Good adhesion and low friction; typically pale gold in color. Titanium Carbonitride. Good hardness and smoothness, often used on drills and reamers for castings and nonferrous materials. Often bluish gray in color. Titanium Aluminum Nitride. This coating actually forms an oxide-like layer on the
TiCN
TiAlN
tool substrate. Typically used in highspeed or high heat dry-cutting operations; bronze in appearance. AlTiN Aluminum Titanium Nitride. Variation of TiAlN with increased hardness and abrasion resistance. Dark gray or black in color. Aluminum Oxide. Applications include high-speed cutting or turning of abrasive materials such as ductile irons. Also used as an additive for other coatings, due to its abrasion and temperature resistance. Depending on its grade, it can range from gold to black in appearance. Chromium Nitride. Good corrosion and oxidation resistance. Used for plastics processing and cutting. Low friction also makes it useful for drawing, forming, and extruding tools. Zirconium Nitride. Typically used on nonferrous materials such as aluminum, brass, nickel alloys, plastics, etc., but can have applications for some iron and stainless steel grades. Good abrasion resistance and lubricity; pale gold in appearance. Thin diamond films are applied to cutters to increase life and abrasion resistance. Synthetic coatings similar to diamond films are sometimes referred to as diamond-like coatings (DLC). Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary coating. All products with ANY of the selected attributes will be returned as matches. Leaving all boxes unchecked will not limit the search criteria for this question; products with all attribute options will be returned as matches.
Al2O3
CrN
ZrN
Diamond / DLC
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