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Application hints for ceramic inserts
Insert selection
•Wherepossibleuseroundorsquare
inserts with a small entering angle and
large nose radius.
•Alwaysusethestrongestinsertnose
angle.
•Thickinsertsgiveadditionalstrength.
Pre-chamfering
•Protectstheinsertwhenitfirstenters
from initial chipping/notch formation.
•Toavoidnotchwearwhenchamfering,
use a direction feed at 90° to the pro-
duced chamfer.
Turning to a shoulder either:
•Rolluptotheshoulderwitharadiusthe
size of the insert diameter to prevent
increased depth of cut.
•Reducefeedby50%(f
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ing a shoulder due to the depth of cut
increasing.
High
Low
Low High
Productivity
Radial forces
Application hints for round inserts
Too high
cutting
pressure
Reason Remedy
Top slice
Trouble shooting – wear mechanisms
Reduce
feed
Reduce a
p
on round
insert
Use
CC670
Sensitive
cutting
tool mate-
rial
Specific
to HRSA
Reason Remedy
Notch wear
Careful
program-
ming tech-
niques
Reduce
entering
angle
Use
CC6060,
CC6065