Low carbon steel (pipe / rolled plate / rolled steel)

BB

Name Design Advantages Name Design Advantages

0.15 0.2 15° 9°

  • Excellent chip
  • Consistent chip

control at high

XFXQbreaking due to
speed and small ap

0.16 0.17 moderate rake face

machining of low and special design carbon steel ° 7 11°

0.18 0.2 4° Consistent chip 7°

  • Short chips due to breaking due to
XPsharp cutting andXSspecial rake face
0.11special designand rake angle

3° design 8°

Applicable chipbreaker range (ap indicates radius)

(Low Carbon Steel) 5 4 3 2 XS XP

1 XF XQ

0.10.20.30.40.5
f (mm/rev)
Steel / stainless steel (for automatic lathe)
(Steel)(Stainless Steel)
NameDesignAdvantages55
44
14°33
  • Machining in automatic lathes
  • Sharp cutting performance FP-TK
22FP-TK
equivalent to positive inserts
SK • 2-step dot design provides
13° reliable chip control at various11
apFP-SK, SKFP-SK, SK
- FP-SK:
Polished sharp edge0.050.10.150.20.250.050.10.150.20.25
-SK: Honedf (mm/rev)f (mm/rev)

(Steel)

  • Good in automatic lathes 12

13° (When machining workpieces of medium to large diameter) LD-D type

  • Superior cutting performance 9

FP-TK achieved by sharp edge

9° and polished surface 6

  • Smooth chipbreaker geometry improves chip flow with less LD-T type adhesion 3

·Large curled chips

0.025 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2

f (mm/rev) 20° Available for greater depths of cut than many conventional chipbreakers

  • Achieves high-precision machining in a single pass

LD Chipbreaker shape optimized 20° for various depths of cut

  • Stable chip control in a wide range of machining applications