Inserts & Tool Bits

Seco Tools Inc. continues to enhance its Multi-Directional Turning (MDT) program, most recently announcing the GS (Grooving Sharp) and GG (Grooving Ground) chipbreakers for grooving steel, nonferrous alloys and superalloys.

Lovejoy Tool Co. Inc. offers PCD chip control geometry inserts.

Tool-Flo Manufacturing Inc. has introduced an API 8 Round insert with chip control available in Flo-Lock and laydown styles.

Iscar Metals Inc. offers a family of reinforced TANG-GRIP blades for the INDEX Model MS18C and TRAUB TNL and TNK mill/turn machines.

The new Beyond line of high-performance turning products from Kennametal Inc. now includes two new geometries in round inserts for improved productivity in turning steel, stainless steels, cast irons and high-temperature alloys: RU (Roughing Universal) and UP (Universal Positive).

Seco Tools Inc. has announced the availability of TP0500, its newest turning grade to feature one of the company's wear-resistant Duratomic coatings.

Sandvik Coromant Co. offers two new insert grades for milling titanium: S30T and S40T. S30T has a PVD coating on a micrograin carbide substrate so sharp edges resist fatigue and microchipping, according to the company.

The E-Z Tool Calculator from E-Z Burr Tool Co. offers a simple way to see what tool, blade or insert to order, as well as the recommended speeds and feeds for the tool, which is available at ezburr.com/eztoolcalculator.

Dapra Corp. has expanded its Toroid Rhino-Carb CNC-pressed insert line with a new cutting edge geometry. Available for round and octagonal inserts, the new neutral ("N") cutting edge provides smoother cutting action for steels, irons and many stainless steels when compared to Dapra's stronger T-Land insert edge, according to the company.

A new turning geometry for the finish turning of components manufactured from steel to the most difficult-to-machine materials, such as high-temperature alloys, has been launched by ATI Stellram.