Characteristic Selection of Milling Grades
Characteristic
CVD coating
Classification Grade Hardness(HRA)Toughness(GPa) Coating Thickness(μm) Characteristics Old Grades

P
Steel
ACP100 89.3 3.1 Super FF Coat 6
A grade that employs a tough carbide substrate and thin-layer Super
FF Coat to provide superior thermal crack and wear resistance in
high-speed milling of steel.
AC230

M
Stainless steel
ACM200 89.8 3.4 Super FF Coat 6
A grade ideal for hardened steel machining that provides excellent
wear and heat resistance by employing a newly developed high
strength carbide and Super FF Coat.
AC230

A grade that employs a high-strength carbide substrate and Super FF
ACK100 92.0 2.4 Super FF Coat 6 ̶
Coating to provide excellent wear resistance in high-speed milling.
K
Cast Iron A grade that employs a tough carbide substrate and thin-layer Super
ACK200 91.7 2.5 Super FF Coat 6 FF Coat to provide superior thermal crack and wear resistance for AC211
high-speed milling.

PVD coating
Classification Grade Hardness(HRA)Toughness(GPa) Coating Thickness(μm) Characteristics Old Grades
(New) General machining of general steel and die steel.
Employs PVD coating of multiple nanometre-thick layers coupled
ACP200 89.5 3.2 Super ZX 3 with a special tough substrate to provide a general-purpose grade ACZ330
P
Steel
Coat
(New)
with an excellent balance of fracture and wear resistance.
Interrupted machining and stainless steel machining.
ACP300 89.3 3.1 Super ZX 3 Employs PVD coating of multiple nanometre-thick layers coupled ACZ350
Coat with an ultra-tough substrate for excellent fracture resistance.
(New)
A grade that provides excellent wear resistance by employing high
ACM100 91.4 3.3 Super ZX 3 strength fine-grained carbide and New Super ZX Coat. ACZ310
M
Stainless steel
Coat
(New) The first recommended grade for stainless steel machining that
achieves a good balance between wear resistance and fracture
ACM300 89.8 3.4 Super ZX 3 resistance by employing our newly developed high strength carbide ̶
Coat and New Super ZX Coat.
(New) General to interrupted machining of cast iron and ductile cast iron.
K
Cast Iron
ACK300 91.4 3.3 Super ZX
Coat
3
Employs PVD coating of multiple nanometre-thick layers coupled
with a fine-grained super tough substrate for excellent fracture
resistance.
ACZ310

N DL1000
AURORA Coat For machining aluminum alloy, copper alloy, and other non-ferrous
̶
H
92.9 2.1 0.5 metals, and resin.
(DLC Coat) DLC coat with low friction coefficient and excellent adhesion resistance.
Non-Ferrous Metal

Cermet


Cutters
Milling
Classification Grade Hardness(HRA)Toughness(GPa) Coating Thickness(μm) Characteristics Old Grades
A general purpose grade that employs a substrate with improved
T1500A 92.0 2.2 ̶ ̶ balance of fracture and wear resistance to deliver superior finished T1200A
P
Steel
surfaces in a wide variety of cutting conditions. Face
Milling
Shoulder
T250A 91.4 2.1 ̶ ̶ Tough cermet grade with enhanced crack spread resistance. ̶ Milling
M
Stainless steel Cermet grade with excellent fracture resistance and reduced
High Feed
T4500A 91.0 2.3 ̶ ̶ ̶ Radius
occurrence of thermal cracking.
Multi-
Purpose
CBN
R/
Classification Grade Binder (%) Grain Size(μm) HardnessHV(GPa) Toughness(GPa) Main Coating Components Coating Thickness(μm)
Content Characteristics Profiling
Groove/
Improved wear and fracture resistance in T-Slot
BN7000 Co Alloy 90 to 95 2 41 to 44 1.30 to 1.40 ̶ ̶
rough cutting of cast iron and exotic alloy.
Chamfering
Aluminum/
K
Cast Iron
BNS800 Al Alloy 85 to 90 8 39 to 42 0.95 to 1.10 ̶ ̶
Grade with 100% solid CBN structure and
excellent thermal shock resistance.
Light Alloys
High-Speed
Cast Iron
Optimised for cast iron cutting. Provides
BN500 TiC 65 to 70 6 32 to 34 1.00 to 1.10 ̶ ̶
superior wear and fracture resistance.

H
hardened steel
BN350 TiN 60 to 65 1 33 to 35 1.20 to 1.30 ̶ ̶
High cutting edge strength, suited to heavy
interrupted cutting.

Polycrystalline Diamond
Classification Grade Binder (%) Grain Size(μm) HardnessHV(GPa) Toughness(GPa)
Content Characteristics

N
Non-Ferrous Metal
DA1000 Co 90 to 95 Up to 0.5 110 to 120 ≈2.60
High density sintered material made of ultra-fine diamond
par ticles that demonstrates optimum wear and fracture
resistance, and excellent edge sharpness.

Carbide A28
Ceramic A34

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