Representative Grades / K Cast Iron

Cast Iron

Grades High Speed Continuous Cutting General Purpose Mill-Scaled Work/Interrupted Cutting

AC405K / AC415K / AC420K A AC405K : Suitable for high-speed continuous cutting with excellent resistance to wear and plastic deformation. AC415K : First recommended grade for cast iron turning provides stability and long tool life in a wide range of processes. AC420K : Superior fracture resistance provides excellent stability in interrupted unstable cutting and when cutting mill-scaled work.

  • Improvements to super FF-TiCN coating grain and hardness provide significantly improved wear resistance. Newly developed stress control technology enhances micro-grained α Alumina (FF-Al O ) coating for superior reliability.

2 3

  • Coating Structure

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Micro-grained Alumina (FF-Al O )

2 3 Improved adhesion and peel-off

Coating stress control technology reduces abnormal

damage caused by chipping.

ChippingChipping

Super FF-TiCN

Ultra-fine grained, ultra-hard TiCN coating increases wear resistance 1.5 times.

AC400K Series Conventional

Coating Coating

AC405K/AC415K Wear Resistance

600

  • AC405K

500

AC415K

  • Competitor’s

400 Product A (K05)

  • Competitor’s Product B (K10)
300◆●
200◆●

AC415K Chipping Resistance

10,00010,000

Chipping Resistance

1.5

Improved Times

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

100 0

1351030ConventionalCompetitor’s
AC415K

Flank Wear Width = Cutting Time Until 0.3mm (min) Tool Product C (K10)

Work Material:FCD450(Round Bar) Insert:CNMG120408N-GZ Work Material:FCD450 Insert:CNMG120408N-GZ

Cutting Conditions:v =200 to 400m/minf=0.30mm/reva =1.5mmWetCutting Conditions:v =300m/minf=0.25mm/reva =1.5mmWet
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AC420K Fracture Resistance

FCD450 Grooved (Heavy Interrupted Acceleration Test) Edge Wear Comparison (After 150 sec)

AC420K

Competitor’s Product D (K15) Competitor’s

Great ImprovementsAC420KCompetitor’s Product D(K15)Competitor’s Product E(K20)
Product E
In Fracture Resistance

(K20) Work Material:FCD450 Toolholder:PCLNR2525-43 Insert:CNMG120408N-GZ

100 150 200 300 Cutting Conditions:v =350m/min f=0.25mm/rev a =1.5mm Wet

c p Tool Life (sec)