Geometry and Grade Combination for Hard Materials
April 1, 2018
Walter MS3 geometry provides pinpoint cooling, longer tool life and high quality surface finishes.
Walter offers the MS3 cutting geometry teamed with a high tech grade, WSM01.
The WSM01 grade, manufactured using the high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) method, provides smooth surfaces that are characterized by enhanced layer thickness, layer bonding and high-level wear resistance.
The combination of the HiPIMS PVD coating and the MS3 geometry is suitable for machining ISO S materials with difficult cutting properties such as high temperature alloys, titanium, cobalt-based and nickel-based alloys. Secondary applications for this grade/geometry combination are steel, stainless steel and non-ferrous material groups (ISO P, M and N).
Negative inserts with MS3 geometry are available with both sintered and fully ground circumference. Their smooth surface and extremely sharp cutting edges keep build up to a minimum and provide a high quality surface finish. "This makes it significantly easier to reliably manufacture burr-free components," said a company spokesperson. The new insert is particularly suitable for machining unstable or thin-walled components and set-ups with long overhangs, since its highly positive geometry provides low cutting pressure and prevents vibration. The MS3 insert - much like Walter's RM5 - is equipped with coolant jet guiding geometry to provide optimum cooling directly on the cutting edge. It is well-suited to turning applications and to medium machining applications in the aerospace industry, medical components manufacturing, general mechanical engineering and the automotive industry.
For more information contact:
Walter USA, LLC
N22 W23855 Ridgeview Pkwy. West
Waukesha, WI 53188
800-945-5554
www.walter-tools.com/us
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