Grades CBN (Cubic Boron Nitride) SUMIBORON 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. In 1977, Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal 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. 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. Characteristics Classifications Structure CBN Content Hardness (GPa) Grades Application Characteristics Mainly CBNgrains fusedtogether High 44 BN700BN7000BN7500BNS800 Carbide High carbon content. Structure consists ofChilled cast ironstrongly fused CBN grains.Ni-Hard cast ironSuited to cutting cast iron, heat-resistantHeat-resistant alloy, Cast ironalloy, ultra-hard alloy, and other hardSintered ferrous alloymaterials. BNC500,* Mainly CBNgrains heldtogether witha binder BN1000 , BN2000, Alloy steel CBN grains are fused together strongly withBN350,*BNX10,Case hardened steela special ceramic binder.BNX20,BNX25,Carbon tool steelsStrong CBN binding force gives superior wearBNC2010, BNC2020Bearing steel, Die steelresistance and toughness when cutting hardenedBNC100,BNC160,Ductile cast ironsteel and cast iron. Low 21 BNC200, BNC300 *BNC500 can also be used with cast iron, while BN350 can also be used with sintered ferrous alloys. Grade Range Map Class Series Finishing ~ Light Cutting Medium Cutting Rough ~ Heavy Cutting Classification H01 H10 H20 H30 BNC2010 BNC2020 Coated SUMIBORON BNC100 BNC160 BNC200 BNC300 BNX10, BN1000 Uncoted BN2000 SUMIBORON BNX20 BNX25, BN350 Classification 01 10 20 30 Uncoted BN700, BN7000 SUMIBORON BN7500 Classification K01 K10 K20 K30 Coated BNC500 SUMIBORON BN7000, BN700 UncotedSUMIBORON BN7500 BNS800 B7 Sintered Components