Stainless steel / heat-resistant alloys / titanium alloy

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Name Design Advantages Name Design

23° 13°

  • Large rake angle
MQ• Low cutting forceTK
and good chip

15° control 9°

Advantages

  • Smooth chipbreaker geometry improves chip flow with less adhesion
  • Large curled chips

0.25 Superior cutting 19° ° edge sharpness and 12 strength achieved Less cutting force

by a positive land14° due to large rake
MS• Extra strengthST angle
0.25of cutting edge• Less notching by
19° inhibits damagespecial design
from wall
shouldering
15°• Large rake angle
reduces cutting
force
MU• Less burring
achieved by
15°diminishing
damage from
notching
Applicable chipbreaker range (ap indicates radius)

(Stainless steel) (Heat-Resistant alloys) (Titanium alloys)

5 4 4

TK ST TK 4 TK 3 3

MU 3 MU MU 2 2

2MQMQMS
MS1
11
MQMS
0.1 0.20.3 0.40.1 0.5 0.20.4 0.30.50.1 0.20.30.40.5
f (mm/rev)f (mm/rev)f (mm/rev)
Heat-resistant alloys
(Heat-Resistant Alloys)(Heat-Resistant Alloys)
77
NameDesignAdvantagesSQ(12)SX(12)
66SX(19)

SQ(19) 5 5

  • Effective for burr
21°44
suppression and
SQreducing notching33SX(16)

by slant cutting edge (inclined in (-) SQ(16) 2 2 direction)

1 1

• Well-balanced edge0.10.20.30.40.50.10.20.30.40.5
strengthf (mm/rev)f (mm/rev)
  • Cutting force

0.55 reduction for stable machining at high- (Heat-Resistant Alloys)

SG 10° 7

load cutting

  • Shallow and gently SG(19) curved breaker 6 controls chips 5 smoothly SG(12)

4 SG(16) 3

  • Slant cutting edge

20° reduces cutting 2

25° force SX 1

  • Less burring achieved by unique

cutting edge design 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5