
SUMIBORON Series Grades CBN Coated SUMIBORON Series High hardness and heat resistance for cutting high hardness steel and hard cast iron. Long tool life with high-speed finishing of grey cast iron. A In 1977, Sumitomo Electric successfully developed a revolutionary CBN sintered tool - SUMIBORON. The main component in SUMIBORON is Cubic Boron Nitride with a special ceramic binder sintered under super high pressure and temperature. Grades As compared to other conventional tool materials, CBN has higher hardness and excellent heat resistance. With these distinct characteristics, SUMIBORON can perform machining of hardened steel, high hardness cast iron and exotic metals where previously only grinding was done. Furthermore, excellent efficiency and longer tool life can also be achieved from high speed machining of cast irons. Carbide Coated Characteristics Cermet Classifications Structure CBN Content Hardness (GPa) Grades Application Characteristics 44 ・High carbon content. Structure consists High Carbide BN700 Chilled cast iron Mainly CBN of strongly fused CBN grains. BN7000 Ni-Hard cast iron ・Suited to cutting cast iron, heat- Ceramic grains fused together BN7500 resistant alloy, ultra-hard alloy, and BNS800 Heat-resistant alloy, Cast iron Sintered ferrous alloy other hard materials. BN500・BNC500 BN1000 ・BN2000 ・CBN grains are fused together Carbide Alloy steel Mainly CBN BN350・BNX10 Case hardened steel strongly with a special ceramic binder. grains held together with BNX20 ・BNX25 Carbon tool steels ・Strong CBN binding force gives superior BNC2010・BNC2020 Bearing steel, Die steel wear resistance and toughness when a binder BNC300・BNC100 Ductile cast iron cutting hardened steel and cast iron. Layer 21 BNC160・BNC200 CBN Low Grade Range Map PCD Work Series Finishing to Light Medium Medium Rough to Heavy Materials Classification − H01 H10 H20 H30 BNC2010 BNC2020 Coated BNC300 SUMIBORON BNC100 H Hardened Steel BNC160 BNC200 BN1000 Uncoted BN2000 SUMIBORON BNX10 BNX20 BNX25,BN350 Classification − 01 10 20 30 Sintered BN7500 Uncoted alloy SUMIBORON BN7000 Classification − K01 K10 K20 K30 Coated BNC500* SUMIBORON K Cast Iron BNS800 Uncoted BN7000 SUMIBORON BN500 *For Ductile Cast Iron A30