CBN SUMIBORON Series

Coated SUMIBORON Series

High hardness and heat resistance for cutting high hardness steel and

hard cast iron. Long tool life with high-speed finishing of grey cast iron.

A

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.

Characteristics

Classifications Structure CBN Content Hardness (GPa) Grades Application Characteristics

44 HighCarbide
BN700High carbon content. Structure consists
Mainly CBNChilled cast ironof strongly fused CBN grains.
BN7000
grains fusedNi-Hard cast iron・Suited to cutting cast iron, heat-
BN7500
togetherHeat-resistant alloy, Cast ironresistant 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 ・ ・

BNX20BNX25Carbon tool steelsStrong CBN binding force gives superior
together with
BNC2010BNC2020Bearing steel, Die steelwear resistance and toughness when
a binder
BNC300BNC100Ductile cast ironcutting hardened steel and cast iron.

BNC160・BNC200 Low 21

Grade Range Map

Work Series Materials Classification

Coated SUMIBORON

H

Hardened Steel

Uncoted SUMIBORON

Classification Sintered Uncoted alloy SUMIBORON Classification Coated SUMIBORON

K

Cast Iron Uncoted SUMIBORON

Finishing to LightMediumMediumRough to Heavy
H01H10H20H30

BNC2010 BNC2020 BNC300 BNC100

BNC160 BNC200 BN1000 BN2000 BNX10 BNX20 BNX25,BN350

01102030
BN7500
BN7000
K01K10K20K30

BNC500* BNS800 BN7000 BN500

*For Ductile Cast Iron