Coatings For Endmills ■ Coatings For Endmills Coating Name GSX Coat GS Hard Coat ZX Coat AURORA Coat SUMIDIA Coat Coating Type TiAlCrN Type TiAlCrSiCN Type TiAlN Type DLC Diamond Wear Resistance G G S S G Adhesion Resistance G G S G J Thermal Resistance G G S J S Coating Thickness Up to 2μm Up to 2μm Up to 2μm Up to 0.5μm Up to 15μm Characteristics Excellent in thermal resistance and adhesion resistance Excellent in rigidity, thermal resistance, and adhesion resistance General Purpose Low friction coefficient and excellent adhesion resistance Excellent in rigidity and wear resistance Main Application For general steel/stainless steel milling For general steel/hardened steel milling For general steel/cast iron milling For aluminum alloy/copper alloy milling For CFRP milling Main Applicable Product GSX/GSXVL GSH/SSEH/SSEHVL UPMILL/LSM/HHM ASM/SNB/SNB2 SSDC ● GSX Coat ・Fine carbide substrate provides high traverse rupture strength and excellent thermal shock resistance improving reliability in wet cutting applications. ・GSX Coating provides improved reliability and longer tool life. [Coating Structure] TiAlCrN Oxidation Resistance Coating Cutting Speed (m/min) Coating Hardness (GPa) GSX Coat Conventional ZX TiAlN Wear Resistance Coating Coating Comp. A Ultra-fine Grained Carbide Substrate Comp. B Soft Steel Hardened Steel Starting Temperature For Oxidisation(℃) Hardness of Work Material HRC) GS ZX ● GS Hard Coat HARD ● ZX Coat ト [Coating Surface Comparison] ・Hardness almost equivalent to that of CBN GS Hard Coat Conventional Coating ・Improvement in wear resistance, Oxidisation resistance, and peel-off resistance ・Approx. 6 times longer life compared with uncoated products Micro Particle I CBN 39 Coating Hardness (GPa) ZX Coat Endmills ZX Coat 39 [Oxidisation Evaluation](Scratches from calotest performed after one-hour exposure to the air of 1,100℃) Conventional 31 TiAlN Coat GS Hard Coat Conventional Coating Conventional 26 TiCN Coat Conventional 22 Square TiN Coat 0 20 25 30 35 40 2 Flutes Coating Hardness(GPa) Starting Temperature 3 Flutes Oxidised layer of approx. 0.3㎛ Oxidised layer of approx. 1.0㎛ For Oxidisation (℃) 4 Flutes 6 Flutes 8 Flutes ● DLC Coat DLC ● SUMIDIA Coat SDC Radius ・Super smooth AURORA Coat reduces adhesion and provides good surface finish. ・Our original polycrystalline diamond coating technology achieves Ballnose ・Low milling resistance enables high feed machining and over 10 times higher wear resistance than uncoated carbide. DLC milling of low rigidity works. ・Realising fine diamond coating that provides both high strength and SUMIDIA Coat ・Perfect for machining non-ferrous metal/copper electrodes high wear resistance with smooth surface required for CFRP milling. Long Neck Uncoated CBN PCD AURORA Coat Competitor's Diamond Coating I5