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These significant gains have been achieved by developing an extremely accurate insert seat that realises minimal change of run-out accuracy when indexing the inserts. Furthermore, the ARP delivers an exceptionally strong seating configuration that has a two side location face to prevent inserts from moving during cutting.

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“The higher the tensile strength, the more critical it is in the compaction of the material,” said Doiron. “Nonferrous materials have a lower tensile strength that requires less cutting force than that of steel or hardened materials.”

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The other important item to note is the substrate of the tool. It is made from solid carbide, which is very hard, and too much force on the tool can prevent the optimal surface finish from being attained in harder materials.

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The tool is suitable for trimming 2-D contours in nonferrous materials, such as aluminum and copper.

For the machining of heat resistant alloys, Mitsubishi is offering its PVD coated MP7100 and MP9100 insert grades. With multiple coating layers, these grades stabilise machining performance and prevent cracks and edge chipping from penetrating through to the substrate. This extends tool life and consistency on particularly difficult materials. In addition, the respective insert grades are offered with three individual chipbreakers that focus on edge sharpness through to uncompromising edge strength. The variety of geometries enable the end user to apply the ARP series to everything from precision finish machining through to medium machining applications and even heavy interrupted cutting.

Typically, finishing operations, depending on the required finish, take the most time to complete. However, a new product may help reduce some of the fine-finishing time required to achieve a polished surface after cutting.

To suit a diverse range of machining applications, ARP are available with cutter bodies that include an arbor type in diameters 40, 42, 50, 52, 63, 66, 80 and 100mm. These bodies offer course, fine and super fine insert pitches with a choice of 4 to 11 insert seats per tool depending upon the diameter. For machining smaller surface areas and intricate forms, Mitsubishi has also launched a shank type that is available in standard and long lengths for processing difficult to reach cavities and forms. These standard and long reach tool bodies are offered in diameters 25, 32, 40 and 50mm with two to five insert seats to meet a vast range of machining applications. In addition, screw-in type tool bodies in diameters 25, 32 and 40 are also available.

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“The unique design of the solid-carbide end mills is not only the polished surface quality, but also the surface quality of the pressure ridges. These pressure ridges are designed to compact and smooth the material,” explained Dan Doiron, Emuge milling products manager.

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“The development stemmed in part from a customer in the communications industry who was looking to finish the exterior of an aluminum housing and wanted a polished surface that did not require any additional polishing after the milling process,” said Doiron.

“Cut & Form end mills are another example of innovative technology at work [that has been] designed to dramatically speed machining throughput, eliminating time, secondary operations, and cost,” said Bob Hellinger, president of Emuge Corp.

The company head office is situated in Johannesburg with branches in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban. They service other areas through a network of smaller distributors outside the reach of the branch offices. Multitrade Distributors pride themselves in the quality brands that they represent. The level of expertise of their management and staff is their biggest asset, which includes the full backing of their technical applications department providing guidance from basic tooling requirements to full CNC programming in many disciplines, including turnkey projects.

Emuge Corp., West Boylston, Mass., has introduced the Cut & Form solid-carbide finishing end mill, which features a patented tool geometry that performs two functions -- cutting and polishing -- in one operation.

The geometry of the tool (see Figure 1) has cutting edges that remove material [shown in red] and pressure ridges that compact and smooth the material to produce polished surfaces [shown in green].

With the “cutting” edge, the tool creates a machining process that uses very small stock material (0.004 to 0.008 in.) for the pressure ridges to produce a polished surface.

Founded in Port Elizabeth in 1983, the main objective of the company is to introduce and maintain total tooling solutions to these Industries. Since inception Multitrade Distributors has been the sole distributor for Mitsubishi Carbide products in the Southern African regions, and later introduced various other product offerings to its range, such as SsangYong Ceramic Cutting Tools, NT TOOL Corp, KOMET Group, ARNO Werkzeuge and Kintek.

Machine shops have many options when searching for a solid-carbide end mill. The type of end mill, geometry, and coatings all are selected based on the operation and the material being cut. Then it’s time to rough, and then finish the cut.

The ARP series has been developed for the machining of stainless steels as well as titanium alloys and other heat resistant alloy materials that are commonplace in the aerospace and power generation industries. Under test conditions, the impressive new ARP series has delivered tool life improvements of over 40%, efficiency improvements up to 20% and cutting force reductions of 16% when compared to other products.

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The end mill is available in two types, stub length and standard length, with cutting diameters of 6, 8, 10, and 12 mm.

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“This medium is 100 per cent free from other microparticles in comparison to standard emulsion coolant. However, coolant can also be used with success if oil application is not desired,” said Doiron.

The tool’s dual functionality comes from its design, which incorporates three cutting edges to remove material and three burnishing edges to compact the material. This produces polished mirror surfaces as fine as 0.08-μm Ra.

For machining difficult-to-cut materials with a high level of accuracy and efficiency, Mitsubishi Materials has now launched its new ARP series of round insert milling tools.

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The surface quality is also dependent on the coolant, said Doiron, with optimal results produced using minimum quantity lubricant (MQL) oil.

To enable end users to maximise the potential of this ARP line, Mitsubishi has adapted three high performance insert grades. The new MC7020 CVD coated designation is available for machining stainless steels over prolonged periods. This grade achieves outstanding tool life and consistency that is credit to its cemented carbide substrate and is coated with a TiCN base that extends tool life when machining a wide variety of stainless steels. This base is then coated with a micro grain Al2O3 that further improves the wear resistance. This final layer is an ultra smooth coating that prevents abnormal damage such as weld chipping.

Strong clamping system This robust positioning is complemented by an innovative insert geometry design that has a special rake face on each quadrant of the inserts to generate smooth chip flow and reduce cutting resistance. This development creates an even chip flow whereas conventional inserts compress the chips toward the centre of the insert. When these features are combined with the course, fine and super fine pitch cutter bodies, increases in efficiency beyond 20% can be realised.