Fair Lawn, New Jersey – When material savings are required due to machining expensive materials, large batch productions, or both, it is essential to use the thinnest insert width possible. CoroCut QD parting off and deep grooving tools offer smaller insert widths with internal high-pressure coolant.
Component material waste is an often-overlooked production expense. Wider insert blades cut away more material than necessary during each parting off operation with the excess material ending up in the chip bin. Using a thinner insert blade not only wastes less material but also allows for more parts per bar when parting off using a bar feeder. Realizing this material savings is especially important for those who machine components made of expensive materials, such as heat resistant super alloys (HRSAs) such as Inconel, titanium, and cobalt chrome.
For smaller insert widths, insert handling is accomplished with the use of the insert cam key. Accompanied with each CoroCut QD, the cam key allows the user to leave the finger of the blade in the open position allowing for use of both hands for insert positioning. With the turn of the cam key, the new insert clamp design offers improved rigidity for process security. CoroCut QD toolholders are made using the same improved tool steel as the larger width CoroCut QD, resulting in 12% higher tensile strength.
Source: Sandvik Coromant