ISCAR Introduces Adjustable Milling Cutters

“A new family of High Speed Milling (HSM) adjustable endmills and facemills from ISCAR improve milling of aluminum, non-metallics, cast iron and hardened steel, especially in automotive and aerospace applications,” said a company spokesperson.

“The dynamically balanced cutters are specifically designed to work with polycrystalline diamond (PCD) or cubic boron nitride (CBN) inserts, protecting their edges and delivering outstanding surface finishes,” the spokesperson said. “They also accommodate standard HSM-rated HELIDO 2000 carbide inserts.

“In both the endmills and facemills, internal coolant holes ensure a cooler cutting face while improving chip evacuation and resistance to built-up edge.

“Insert pockets in the cutters feature a flexible rear stopper, which can be adjusted by a slanted screw, enabling axial positioning of the cutting edge within 0.002 mm (.00008 inches).

“Endmills, designated E90AD, are available with HSK A63 shanks in four diameters from 25 to 50 mm (1 to 2 inches). Facemills, designated F90AD, cover the 50 to 80 mm (2 to 3 inches) diameter range, also in four sizes.

“When used with HELIDO carbide inserts, the adjustable HSM cutters deliver extremely smooth cutting action with low cutting forces. HELIDO inserts’ helical cutting edges gently enter the work a bit at a time, like scissors slicing into paper, to reduce impact loads at the cutting face.”

For more information contact:

ISCAR Metals, Inc.
300 Westway Place
Arlington, TX 76018
817-258-3200
Fax: 817-258-3221
info@iscarmetals.com

Popularity: 36%

Iscar Chatterfree End Mills

Manufacturers and die & mold shops can now eliminate chatter problems in many milling operations with ISCAR’s new CHATTERFREE endmills. The cutters’ variable-pitch flute pattern eliminates harmonic vibration, the main source of chatter. This enables faster cutting and finer finish in rough or finish slotting, shoulder milling and cavity milling. In addition, users also report longer edge life due to reduced chatter.
The chatter-free feature is available in both solid carbide endmills and tips in ISCAR’s MULTI-MASTER replaceable-tip line.
Diameter range is 6 to 20 mm (0.250 – 0.750″) for the solid carbide endmills, and 8 to 20 mm (0.312 – 0.750″) for MULTI-MASTER tips.
These new endmills are ideal for low power machines with ISO40 or BT40 adaptations.
The solid carbide version can handle full slot machining up to 2xD. Depth capability on the replaceable-tip version is more limited
since the active length is shorter.
In full slotting applications on alloy steel, the solid carbide version
easily handles 0.03-0.05 feed rates at 180-220 mm/min surface speed and 2xD depth of cut.

Iscar.com Press Release

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Crystallume Lightning Series End Mills

Crystallume has introduced a new diamond coated tool.  They call it the Lightning Series.  Here is what they have to say about it:

“The Lightning Series has about half the thickness of our standard diamond coating.  The reduced coating thickness gives up tool life for edge sharpness and lower cost, due to reduced time in the coating chamber.

The Lightning Series is available in common standard fractional sizes, in both square, corner radius and ball ends.”

You can find more information in there catalog located here:

Crystallume Lighning Series End Mills

Popularity: 20%