Milling with pressed, radial ISO indexable inserts completes MAPAL’s portfolio of standard milling tools. Up to now, the company has mainly focused on a milling program with ground tangential ISO indexable inserts. These are used for special applications, very large stock removal, unstable conditions, or disc milling cutters.
MAPAL has incorporated the comprehensive know-how gathered in these special applications into the new series of milling cutters with radial ISO indexable inserts. The new powerful face, shoulder, slot, and shell end face milling cutters are designed for roughing and for medium machining of cast iron, steel, and stainless steel.
They have optimally designed tool bodies with the ideal number of teeth for the respective application. Positive and negative indexable inserts made of four different PVD cutting materials, based on newly developed carbide substrates and coatings, are available for the milling cutters.
Depending on the requirement, the most economically efficient version is used. For example, between 8 and 16 cutting edges per radial ISO indexable insert can be selected for face milling and between two, four, and eight cutting edges for shoulder milling.
The new tools are convincing in use due to their very smooth running and low noise. In addition, very long tool lives are achieved due to the possibilities for exact adjustment to the respective material and the respective application.