Inserts & Tool Bits

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. has released the new AC6030M and AC6040M turning grades for machining stainless steels.

Beyond Drive from Kennametal comes in a range of grades and geometries.

The new CBN600 universal PCBN insert grade from Seco Tools LLC brings cost-effective performance to high-volume rough turning operations that involve gray cast iron, high chrome iron and high manganese steel workpiece materials.

With the unveiling of its next-generation Duratomic Technology, Seco Tools LLC introduces three new turning insert grades that achieve the elusive balance of toughness and hardness when machining steel alloys and other workpiece materials such as cast irons and stainless steels.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. is significantly expanding its Hertel line of metalworking products.

Knight Carbide Inc. offers precision-ground carbide inserts, indexable inserts, form tools and carbide cutting tools. According to the company, the tools provide accuracy and repeatability for blueprint applications, and the carbide grades, geometries, edge preparations and coatings are fine-tuned to enhance performance.

Dapra Corp.'s EDGE2 indexable cutting tools accept inserts with two cutting edges. The Spherical Ball Nose (SBN) series tools enable long, unattended finishing runs and enhanced tip cutting and 3D profiling, according to the company.

Cole Family of Companies says its precision ground carbide cutting tools seamlessly integrate with end users' blueprints to enhance usability, efficiency and precision.

Now available in configurations for threading, grooving and chamfering, Carmex says its expanded CMT line of vertical milling inserts delivers longer tool life, higher material removal, excellent surface finish, reduced cycle times, and lower cutting forces in materials up to 62 HRC steel.

Tungaloy Corp. announced the expansion of PVD-coated grade AH3135 for milling operations.

Walter USA LLC has introduced three new Walter Cut GX Tiger-tec Silver CVD grooving and parting grades, the WKP13S, WKP23S and WKP33S, which are being introduced in combination with Walter's provden geometries UD4, UA4, UF4, RD4 and the plunge grooving and parting geometries GD3 and CE4.

With new technological developments, emerging on the automotive horizon, manufacturers are faced with extremely high demands in terms of quality, security and productivity. The new Sandvik Coromant grades GC4315 and GC4325 with Inveio are designed to support the automotive industry with outstanding reliability and process security.