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cutting tool tips

cutting tool tips

cutting tool tips

(OP)
What material is best for a cutting tool tip for machining a high volume of low carbon steel

RE: cutting tool tips

As near as I can tell there are maybe 7,000 grades of carbide, 1,500 grades of cermet and 500 grades of ceramics all of which could work.  (Those are guesses based on ten year old data.)

Depends on your machine, feed rate, desired finish, availability, insert cost and many other variables.     Try your tooling reps especially Sandvik, Kennametal and similar.   Look for ads in Modern Machine Shop and similar magazines.

Try posting  in http://www.practicalmachinist.com/

Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com

RE: cutting tool tips

Slater Tools most often recommends our standard M2 broach cutting tools for low carbon steel. These are hardened to the max. at heat treat, and ground to size. However, this is only for a rotary broaching application. If you are trying to chose tools before machining, check with the shop guys, they may prefer certain tools because of their machines. Coatings and other options make this a tough decision to manage, I agree with tomwalz to check with machinists for your most practical answer.

RE: cutting tool tips

(OP)
Thanks, we are now using Sandvik GC4240 with very good results.

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