Machine steel - and do so efficiently
Higher performance or a longer tool life? You can have both!
ISO-P steels are extremely diverse and correspondingly challenging. The versatile range of ISO-P indexable inserts impresses with high-performance solutions for the universal turning and drilling of ISO-P steels.
1. Medium machining, CNMG -M50
2. Finishing, DNMG -F50
3. Fine machining, XCNT -M50Q NEW
4. Medium machining, XCNT NEW
TiN - Gold-coloured indicator layer
Al2O3 - Multilayer
Ti (C, N)- Highly textured base layer
Diverse range of tool carriers from Ø 63 mm to Ø 315 mm
Turning tools
CTCP115-P
EcoCut multifunctional tools
CTCP425-P
Advantages/benefits
Up to
45%
longer tool life
compared to competitors
Tool change before tool breakage: indexable insert "predicts" its demise
→ 10 cuts
→ 1 cut
Wear detection means that optimum utilisation of the multi-edged indexable insert can be identified with a quick glance at the cutting edges. Wear on the cutting edges is also easier to see and easier for the machine operator to identify.
A comparison between the insert detection of our new ISO-P insert (CTCP115-P in the example) and its predecessor insert is shown here.
Dragon strength in steel machining
Due to the vast range, machining ISO-P steels is anything but simple. To make machining the biggest material group in metal machining easier for machine operators, we have rethought everything from the substrate to the geometries, right through to the coating – for optimal breakage resistance and hardness of cutting edges. The Dragonskin coating makes a decisive contribution here. Its optimised layer structure is designed specifically to:
Test report for the old and new ISO-P turning indexable insert
> CTCP115-P turning grade in the example
Indexable insert: CNMG 120408EN-M50
Material: 1.2343 – X37CrMoV 5-1 44 HRC
Cutting data: vc 70-130 m/min | f 0.35 mm/U | ap 2 mm
| Cutting speed vc | Increase in % |
| 70 m/min | 20 |
| 100 m/min | 44 |
| 130 m/min | 45 |
Result: Depending on the cutting speed, an increase in performance of up to 45% can be achieved with the CTCP115-P grade.
Want to see for yourself and test our ISO-P carbide grades for high-performance turning processes, as well as benefit from improved wear resistance?
Then request your personal sample box now with the turning grade of your choice, without obligation.
In episode 7 of THE CUT
, host Brian Lorenzen, product manager Stefan Karl and innovation manager Kathrin Weirather talk about challenges in the turning of steel, the latest developments in turning and our new ISO-P grades with indicator layer – the perfect solution for turning steel.
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