Selection criteria for carbide cutters, flute configurations, coatings, and custom soft jaws.
CBN (Cubic Boron Nitride) and PCD (Polycrystalline Diamond) superabrasives provide extreme hardness second only to diamond, enabling high-speed machining of hardened steels (65 HRC) and abrasive composites.
Solid carbide end mills are the workhorse rotary cutting tools of CNC machining, offering high stiffness, extreme hardness at elevated temperatures, and versatile flute configurations for metals and plastics.
Soft jaws are machinable aluminum or mild steel vise jaws machined directly on the CNC machine to perfectly nest around complex, irregular, or thin-walled second-operation workpieces.
Ball nose end mills feature a hemispherical cutting tip engineered specifically for 3D continuous surfacing, organic mold cavities, complex fillets, and turbine blade contouring.
