
hard cast iron. Long tool life with high-speed finishing of grey cast iron.
In 1977, Sumitomo Electric successfully developed a revolutionary CBN sintered tool - SUMIBORON. The main component in SUMIBORON is Cubic Boron Nitride with a special ceramic binder sintered under super high pressure and temperature. As compared to other conventional tool materials, CBN has higher hardness and excellent heat resistance. With these distinct characteristics, SUMIBORON can perform machining of hardened steel, high hardness cast iron and exotic metals where previously only grinding was done. Furthermore, excellent efficiency and longer tool life can also be achieved from high speed machining of cast irons.
Classifications Structure CBN Content Hardness (GPa) Grades Application Characteristics
| 44 High | Carbide | ・ | |
| BN700 | High carbon content. Structure consists | ||
| Mainly CBN | Chilled cast iron | of strongly fused CBN grains. | |
| BN7000 | |||
| grains fused | Ni-Hard cast iron | ・Suited to cutting cast iron, heat- | |
| BN7500 | |||
| together | Heat-resistant alloy, Cast iron | resistant alloy, ultra-hard alloy, and |
BNS800 Sintered ferrous alloy other hard materials. BN500・BNC500 BN1000 ・BN2000 ・
Alloy steel CBN grains are fused together Mainly CBN BN350・BNX10 Case hardened steel strongly with a special ceramic binder.
grains held ・ ・
| BNX20 | BNX25 | Carbon tool steels | Strong CBN binding force gives superior | ||
| together with | ・ | ||||
| BNC2010 | BNC2020 | Bearing steel, Die steel | wear resistance and toughness when | ||
| a binder | ・ | ||||
| BNC300 | BNC100 | Ductile cast iron | cutting hardened steel and cast iron. |
BNC160・BNC200 Low 21
Work Series Materials Classification
Coated SUMIBORON
Hardened Steel
Uncoted SUMIBORON
Classification Sintered Uncoted alloy SUMIBORON Classification Coated SUMIBORON
Cast Iron Uncoted SUMIBORON
| Finishing to Light | Medium | Medium | Rough to Heavy | |||
| − | H01 | H10 | H20 | H30 |
BNC2010 BNC2020 BNC300 BNC100
BNC160 BNC200 BN1000 BN2000 BNX10 BNX20 BNX25,BN350
| − | 01 | 10 | 20 | 30 | ||
| BN7500 | ||||||
| BN7000 | ||||||
| − | K01 | K10 | K20 | K30 |
BNC500* BNS800 BN7000 BN500
*For Ductile Cast Iron