Gühring has launched a new range of milling cutters especially for mould

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An extra advantage to the Tiger.tec tools is that the company could skip the grinding step for the front cover. This cut cycle times down to 15 min—more than half of what they were before. "We found that with the proper speeds and feeds, we could obtain the flatness, surface finish, and parallelism with the finish mill versus the grinding operation," says the company engineer. "We achieved our fivetenths flatness along with a 22-Ra finish and a parallelism of one to two-tenths to the bottom of the pocket. With further modifications, we're now getting about a 15-Ra finish."

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The math is simple, he points out. While tool cost is roughly 4% of total manufacturing expense per piece, increasing cutting data by 20% cuts overall costs by 15%. "Increasing cutting data means we want to run faster and run longer between insert changes," he explains. "And shops get both these benefits with Tiger.tec."

Along with the switch to single-wiper Tiger.tec face mills, the company also moved its cover machining to an HMC equipped with new fixturing. The HMC has two advantages over the VMC in this operation: better positioning tolerance and higher machine capacity. But the Tiger.tec tools are the real story, says the manufacturing engineer. Not only do they cut at speeds and feeds up to 4 3 faster than the previous tooling, their tool life is up to 3 3 longer.

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On top of these benefits, the company has gone from four operations—two rough cuts and two grinding passes—on two machines to a rough and finish cut on one machine. One setup is all that is needed.

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What sets Tiger.tec inserts apart from other coated carbide inserts is a black aluminum-oxide coating that provides wear resistance teamed with a golden titanium-nitride coating that indicates wear.

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“Special tooling is one of Greenleaf’s greatest areas of expertise, so we started working closely with the engineers at OCCO,” says Denny Carpenter, sales and service engineer for Greenleaf. The cutting tool supplier altered the cutter bodies to encapsulate a segmented design, which allowed for more insert pockets. This meant the machine could apply 25% more inserts — which Greenleaf also altered from their original triangular design, in addition to boosting their total to 48 — to the parts, resulting in faster feed rates. The heat and wear resistance of Greenleaf’s GA5036, a CVD-coated carbide grade, made it well suited for high-speed milling of the forged steel. Additionally, OCCO mechanically upgraded its American GFM model FKP45 crankshaft milling machine to allow for higher cutting speeds.

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The cast iron submersible pump has two covers. The front cover, in particular, is a challenge because the company has to maintain parallelism with the bottom of the pocket in correlation with the mounting face of the cover itself. The job also requires a flatness of less than five-tenths over the entire surface—roughly an 8-in. diameter—and a surface finish of 32 Ra or better.

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Besides the front cover, the company also rough cuts the rear cover using the Tiger.tec face mills. However, the grinding step can't be skipped in this application. That's because the cover is thin — about 1/8-in. thick—with two channels running the length of the part.

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Walter applies the next layer, a titaniumnitride coating, to the periphery of the inserts. This golden "indicating" coating simplifies wear detection because operators immediately see wear on cutting edges. "This helps operators tremendously," says Nehls. "It's often dark inside a machine, making it hard to check tools. With the golden area on the Tiger.tec inserts, operators can easily spot wear."

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The black aluminum-oxide top coating protects the inserts from tribochemical wear. This coating allows the inserts to run at high cutting speeds and feeds and greatly extends tool life over comparable tools, reports the company.

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The real cost Obviously, Tiger. tec's performance impacts the bottom line when it comes to per-piece productivity. "First of all, we're seeing tool-life improvements of 50%, 75%, and even more," reports Nehls. "And the inserts are also improving cutting performance and profitability for our customers."

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The pump manufacturer previously made two roughing passes on a VMC using 4-wiper-insert carbide cutting tools. It then transferred the part to a surface grinder to rough and finish grind both sides to obtain the required flatness, parallelism, and surface finish. Total machining time per cover was 32 min.

A crankshaft cutter segment up close. The segmented design allowed for more insert pockets, resulting in faster feed rates.

A pump manufacturer reports that Tiger.tec inserts cut at speeds and feeds up to 4 3 faster than its previous tooling.

"With parts that thin," explains the engineer, "we get a lot of part flexing, so we're still grinding the rear cover." Even so, the Tiger.tec tool has greatly increased production of the part. According to the engineer, "Tiger.tec has cut the cycle time 40% on the grinding operation because we've gone from grinding ten-thousandths per side to just three-thousandths."

The company had been using small-diameter roughing and finishing mills, but it found these tools inadequate for the job at hand. But Tiger.tec has improved chip load, maximizing both machine and cutter performance. The tools also helped with another problem—machine capacity. With its previous setup, the pump manufacturer could only produce 8 to 10 pumps/day.

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The Tiger.tec inserts start with a tungsten-carbide substrate, onto which goes a titanium-nitride coating that acts as a bonding layer and eta-phase barrier. Next, Walter applies a titaniumcarbonitride layer, followed by an aluminum-oxide one. The aluminum-oxide layer forms an intermediate layer with the titanium carbonitride. The intermediate layer is of a lattice composition, which produces an incredibly strong connection between the coating layers.

Black and gold. Sure, it's a striking color combination for a cutting tool insert. But beyond the flashy looks of the Tiger.tec insert is a solid performer, touts Walter Waukesha, Waukesha, Wis. The cutting tool manufacturer says the pairing of two coatings—one functional, one "indicating"—not only gives Tiger.tec tools their distinctive look but also provides performance benefits for cast iron machining and even mild-steel applications.

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