Advanced Material Inserts
Grades and Grade Descriptions
Reduce cycle times. High speed
and feed capability. Long tool life.
New multi-layer coating provides
better wear resistance.
P Steel
M Stainless Steel
K Cast Iron
N Non-Ferrous
S High-Temp Alloys
H Hardened Materials
wear
resistance
05 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Grade Description
Coating
Mixed (black) ceramic. Matrix Al2O3 and TiCN. Good toughness properties combined
with good wear resistance. Semi-fi nishing and fi nishing. For hardened iron base
materials and grey cast iron (fi nishing).
CM-H10
toughness
K
H
Silicon-nitride ceramic. Extraordinary toughness properties. Roughing, also in heavily
interrupted cuts. Capable of high-performance turning. To be used with or without
coolant. For grey cast iron.
K
CN-K15
Whisker ceramic with a matrix of Al2O3 + SiCw. The SiC whiskers embedded in the
micro-structure give this ceramic excellent toughness for cutting high-temp alloys
and cast materials with high Brinell hardness.
S
C4
H
A high CBN content, solid CBN insert with multiple cutting edges. Applied in roughing
to fi nishing of fully pearlitic grey cast iron, chilled irons, high-chrome alloyed steels,
sintered powdered metals, and heavy cuts in hardened steels (>45 HRC). Use for
fi nishing chilled and fully pearlitic cast iron. Solid inserts offer better security and
shock-resistance than tipped inserts, while also enabling deeper depth-of-cut
capability.
BN-K40
H
H
B173
A low content CBN grade with a PVD-TiAlN coating for added wear resistance.
Designed for precision machining of hardened steels (>45 HRC); the harder the steel
the better. PVD coating offers improved wear resistance and excellent surface fi nish
capability. Effectively applied on bearing steels, hot and cold work tool steels,
high-speed steels, die steels, case-hardened steels, carburised and nitrided irons,
and some hard coatings.
BN-H10
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