Face Mill Tackles Toughest Cast Iron Applications
Jan. 24, 2017
Related To: Metal Removal - Product of Kennametal
Mill 16 face mill is designed for handling tough cast iron applications, especially machining compacted graphite iron (CGI). The octagonal, double-sided insert has 16 effective cutting edges, reportedly offering the lowest tooling cost per part in the industry.
Tool life is claimed to be 20% better and metal removal 50% more than competitive mills.
Tool strengths include:
- fine-pitch and medium-pitch cutter body equipped with innovative single-screw, wedge-style clamping system
- octagonal, double-sided insert with 16 effective cutting edges
- cutter diameters range from 2 to 10 in. (50 to 250 mm)
- maximum axial depth of cut at 0.216 in. (5.5 mm); depths to 0.35 in. (9 mm) are achievable
- wide assortment of insert edge preps, geometries, corner radii, and complementary grades