

ISCAR maintains a worldwide presence with subsidiaries and agents in 52 industrial countries, including regional offices near customer production sites. Many subsidiaries have training centers to educate metalworking personnel on advanced machining techniques. Manufacturing facilities are distributed across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Wind turbines comprise four main assemblies: rotor (blades and hub), nacelle (housing generators and gearboxes), tower, and balance of system components. Rotor blades capture wind energy with adjustable pitch mechanisms. Towers can reach heights up to 160 meters, supporting blades up to 130 meters in diameter. Wind power is a fast-growing renewable energy source with environmental benefits.
ISCAR develops advanced cutting tools and machining methods to improve productivity and competitiveness in manufacturing wind turbine components.
Planetary gear systems convert low-speed, high-torque rotor rotation to high-speed rotation for generators. The planetary carrier, made of nodular cast iron, is machined using face milling cutters with multiple cutting corners and gear gashing slotting cutters for gear teeth.
Tools support ISO material groups: P (steel), M (stainless steel), K (cast iron), N (non-ferrous metals), S (superalloys), and H (hardened materials). Specialized inserts enable hard turning and finishing at defined hardness levels.
ISCAR headquarters is in Israel, with subsidiaries and offices worldwide providing local technical assistance and supply chain support. The document lists detailed contact information for regional offices across Europe, Americas, Asia, and Africa.
ISCAR reserves the right to modify products without prior notice to ensure continuous improvement.
Righ Choi
Open the catalog to page 2Marketing Support Marketing Support & Production Center Right Choice A Global Metalworking Company In a world of different languages and different mentalities, it is important to have a fully equipped, knowledgeable local supplier to meet your needs. ISCAR knows this. We have subsidiary offices and agents located in 52 major industrial countries. In some of the larger countries, regional offices have been opened to bring ISCAR personnel and facilities as close as possible to customer production sites. Many of our subsidiaries have fully equipped training centers. These centers are dedicated to...
Open the catalog to page 4ISCAR has global manufacturing facilities in each of the following countries: In Europe South Korea United States Spain Switzerland Turkey Hungary Slovenia
Open the catalog to page 5Wind Turbine Components Major Components Modern wind turbines employ four major component assemblies - the rotor, nacelle, tower, and balance of system. The rotor includes blades which are used to harness wind energy and convert it into mechanical energy and a hub to support the blades. In addition, most wind turbines have a pitch mechanism to rotate and change the angle of the blades, based on the wind speed and the desired rotating speed. The nacelle is the structure that contains, encloses and supports the components that convert mechanical energy into elecricity. These components include...
Open the catalog to page 6Rotor blade Pitch system Main bearing housing Main shaft
Open the catalog to page 7Rotor Blade Milling - Slotting (Roughing) 1 Slotting cutters with tangentially mounted inserts for precision shallow grooving and slotting applications. Semi-standard PCD tipped inserts on request. Face Milling (Finishing) 2 High speed dynamic balanceable face mills for machining aluminum casting and carbon fiber materials, with interchangeable PCD brazed cartridges.
Open the catalog to page 8Modern commercial-sized turbines are typically three-bladed designs. These are manufactured from fiberglass reinforced polyester with epoxy resin binder. New materials such as carbon fiber are being introduced, which provide the high strength-to-weight ratio needed for modern wind turbine blades. The length of a typical turbine blade can reach 60 meters long, installed in 5 MW machines! SUMOCHAM comprises a revolutionary clamping system that enables improved productivity output rates, while enabling more insert indexes. These drills are designed with twisted coolant channels, allowing a strong...
Open the catalog to page 9Blade Adapter Face Milling 1 HELIDO is a family of tools for 90° milling. The HELIDO H490 ANKX rectangular inserts have 4 helical right-hand cutting edges. 16 economical cutting corners for Fast Metal Removal. Fine pitch 45° face mills are designed for high table speed.
Open the catalog to page 10The rotation platform of the blade pitch system is made of cast iron. ISCAR has all the right technological solutions for the production of blade adapters. SUMOCHAM comprises a revolutionary clamping system that enables improved productivity output rates, while enabling more insert indexes. 3 These drills are designed with twisted coolant channels, allowing a strong body with excellent resistance to torsion and very efficient chip evacuation.
Open the catalog to page 11Blade Bearing Gear Gashing Slotting for Roughing and Finishing Operations 1 Range: Ø300 - 420 mm (Ø11.81 - 16.53”) Gear slotting cutters with tangentially mounted inserts are excellent for rough and finishing a variety of teeth profile modules. These drills are designed with twisted coolant channels, allowing a strong body with excellent resistance to torsion and very efficient chip evacuation. External Rough Turning A line of external and internal tools, as well as large-sized inserts for heavy duty applications.
Open the catalog to page 12Adjusts the angle of the blades by rotating a bearing at the root of each blade. The blade bearing enables to control power and slow the rotor. Made of bearing steel. Inner Boring of Bearing Roll A line of external and internal tools, as well as large-sized inserts for the heavy duty applications. Ceramics - Hard Turning Finishing Operation CBN - Hard Turning Finishing Operation
Open the catalog to page 134 cutting corners, tangential geometry for Fast Metal Removal at very high material removal rates. A family of tools with shanks that have unique interchangeable heads for a variety of milling applications including ball nose, straight shoulder, slitting and slotting applications. 2 P M K N S H Trigon double-sided insert with 6 edges combines HELIDO’s strength and FEEDMILL’s special geometry to facilitate milling at very high feeds.
Open the catalog to page 14The hub is made of a cast iron case. It generally connects the three blade rotational assembly to a linear low speed shaft, which connects to the turbine’s gearbox. Most modern turbine hubs contain a pitch system to adjust the angle of the blades by rotation of a bearing at the root of each blade, to control power and slow the rotor as required. Mill Threading Range: Ø4 - 20 mm (Ø.157 - .787”) Solid carbide thread mills for the production of small internal threads. The thread mills feature a short 3-tooth cutting zone with 3 flutes and a released neck between the cutting zone and the shank. SUMOCHAM...
Open the catalog to page 15Rotor Hub Face Milling 7 1 S845 SNMU 1305... - square double-sided inserts with 8 cutting edges, or ONMU 0505... octagonal, double-sided inserts with 16 cutting edges. Enable highly efficient milling. Helical Interpolation Rough Boring 8 2 4 cutting corners, tangential geometry for Fast Metal Removal. These drills are designed with twisted coolant channels, which allow for a strong drill body with excellent resistance to torsion and very efficient chip evacuation.
Open the catalog to page 16The hub is made of a cast iron case. It generally connects the three blade rotational assembly to a linear low speed shaft, which connects to the turbine’s gearbox. Most modern turbine hubs contain a pitch system to adjust the angle of the blades by rotation of a bearing at the root of each blade, to control power and slow the rotor as required. Enables internal thread milling and external qualitative precision threads on CNC machines by using a helical interpolation CNC program. MILLTHREAD thread milling cutters are available in addition to solid carbide thread milling cutters with indexable...
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