
Grooving / Turning Grooving Cut-Off
| MG | GG | GG |
| General Feed | General Feed | General Feed |
| Improved | Improved | Prevent Nip | Improved |
| Chip Control | Chip Control | Formation | Chip Control |
| Chipping | Chipping | Good | Chipping | |
| Prevention | Prevention | Chip Control | Prevention |
| ML | GL | CG | GL |
| Low Feed | General Feed | Handed Type | General Feed |
| Good | Good | Good | |
| Chip Control | Chip Control | Chip Control |
Good Reduce Good Reduce
Chip Control Chattering Chipping Chip Control Chattering Chipping
Prevention Prevention GF GF Low Low Cutting Force Cutting Force
| Profiling / Radius Grooving Outside Diameter | Necking / Radius Grooving | For Non Ferrous Metals | |
| Internal Profiling |
RG RN RN GA
New New New
| General Feed | General Feed | General Feed | General Feed | |
| 1st Recom- | 2nd Recom- | |||
| mendation | mendation | |||
| w = 2mm | ||||
| Grade Selection |
| Steel | Stainless Steel | Cast Iron | Exotic Alloy | Non Ferrous |
| Metals |
AC530U AC530U AC425K AC520U H10
AC1030U* AC1030U* Uncoated Carbide
| Insufficient Wear | Importance of | Insufficient Wear | Chipping | Chipping | ||
| Resistance | Surface Finish | Resistance | Countermeasures | Countermeasures |
Chipping Chipping Insufficient Wear
Countermeasures Countermeasures Resistance
| AC520U | AC520U | AC520U | |
| Insufficient Wear | Insufficient Wear | Chipping | |
| Resistance | Resistance | Countermeasures |
| Chipping | Chipping | Chipping | Insufficient Wear | Insufficient Wear | |||
| Countermeasures | Countermeasures | Countermeasures | Resistance | Resistance |
AC830P T2500A AC830P AC530U AC530U
Uncoated Cermet AC1030U* AC1030U*
* Will replace grade AC530U