
A system of grades, geometries, and application guidelines to provide optimal solutions for your metalcutting needs. It’s easy to determine which WIDIA™ chip-control cutting tool will work best in your specifi c workpiece materials and applications!
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| Brand | Primary | Application | Insert Material | Application | |||||
| Workpiece | Range* | ||||||||
| Material | |||||||||
| 05 | = fi ne fi nishing} | H | = Uncoated Carbide | T | = Turning | ||||
| 10 | = fi nishing | C | = Carbide + CVD | M | = Milling | ||||
| 15 | = | P | = Carbide + PVD | H | = Holemaking | ||||
| medium to | |||||||||
| 20 | = | T | = Cermet | D | = Solid Drills | ||||
| }roughing | |||||||||
| 25 | = | Y | = | Ceramics | E | = Solid End Mills | |||
| 30 | = | D | = | Diamond | G | = Taps | |||
| roughing | |||||||||
| 35 | =} | B | = | PcBN | R | = Reamer | |||
| 40 | = | S | = | HSS | V | = Thread Mills | |||
| heaviest | |||||||||
| P | Steel | 45 | = | E | = | HSS-E | |||
| roughing | |||||||||
| M | Stainless Steel | 50 | = | M | = | HSS-E-PM | |||
| K | Cast Iron | ||||||||
| N | Non-Ferrous | * Samples shown are based | |||||||
| S | High-Temp Alloys | on turning and will differ |
within applications H Hardened Materials U Universal Machining