Turning indexable inserts Roughingap (mm)Finishing - MediumFinishing - Mediumap (mm) ap (mm) ap (mm) Roughing (high feed rate) Introduction Chipbreaker selection - Negative inserts Steel (Molded chipbreaker) B Name Design Advantages Name Design Advantages 0.37 5° 22° • Suitable for 0.4 20° heavy interrupted • Roughing and high PH machining and forworkpieces PX feed rate operation• 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)12 12(Steel / Edge Length = 12, 16, 19) PH (19) PX (19) 10 10 PH (16)8 8 PX (16) 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° • Handed chipbreaker for copying VC • Good chip control at varied ap because of the large space on 15° the main cutting edge side 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 2 2 1 VC 1 VF 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 f (mm/rev) f (mm/rev) B6