
Introduction Chipbreaker selection - Negative inserts
Steel (Molded chipbreaker)
B Name Design Advantages Name Design Advantages
0.37
5° 22°
Turning indexable inserts
Roughing (high feed rate)
• Suitable for
0.4 heavy interrupted • Roughing and high
20°
Roughing
machining and for feed rate operation
PH workpieces PX • Low cutting force
with scale due to 0.34 chipbreaker
strong cutting edge 0° 22°
Single-sided
Applicable chipbreaker range (ap indicates radius)
(Steel / Edge Length = 12, 16, 19) (Steel / Edge Length = 12, 16, 19)
12 12
PH (19) PX (19)
10 10
PH (16) PX (16)
8 8
ap (mm)
ap (mm)
6 6
4 4
PH (12)
2 2 PX (12)
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
f (mm/rev) f (mm/rev)
Steel (copying / undercutting , varied ap)
Name Design Advantages
15°
Finishing - Medium
• Handed chipbreaker for
copying
VC • Good chip control at varied ap
because of the large space on
15°
the main cutting edge side
Finishing - Medium
13°
• Good chip control at varied
VF ap such as copying and
undercutting
3°
Applicable chipbreaker range (ap indicates radius)
(Steel) (Steel)
4 4
3 3
ap (mm)
ap (mm)
2 2
1 1
VC VF
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
f (mm/rev) f (mm/rev)
B6