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Hole Finishing

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Overview: The document is a comprehensive guide on Kennametal's hole finishing tools, focusing on reaming and boring tools, their specifications, applications, and benefits. It includes detailed sections on tool selection, application examples, and technical specifications.

Tool Selection Guide: Pages K4-K5 provide guidance on selecting appropriate hole finishing tools based on factors like surface quality, cost per part, cycle time, and operator experience.

Application Examples: Pages K6-K92 offer numerous examples of hole finishing applications, detailing challenges, solutions, cutting data, benefits, and results, highlighting tools like RIQ Quattro Cut and RIR.

Reaming Tools: Pages K94-K127 describe various reaming tools such as RMS, RMB, and RHM, focusing on specifications, material compatibility, and precision levels, emphasizing ease of application and availability of complex specials.

Fine Boring Systems: Pages K139-K180 focus on fine boring systems like Romicron and ModBORE, highlighting flexibility, diameter range, and latest grade technology, allowing for diameter modifications directly on the machine.

Motion Tooling: The document covers sophisticated motion tooling solutions for complex tasks, including linear feed out heads and valve seat and guide tools.

Key Specifications: Detailed tables provide specifications for each tool type, such as diameter ranges, achievable surface quality, and precision levels, offering clear comparisons for users.

Conclusion: Kennametal offers a wide range of hole finishing tools tailored to diverse machining challenges, focusing on high precision, ease of use, and customization options.

Fine Boring: The fine boring section outlines challenges in achieving precise hole finishing and solutions provided by Kennametal's tools, with benefits like improved accuracy and surface finish.

RIQ™ Quattro Cut™: Highlighted for handling complex boring tasks with high precision, with cutting data suggesting optimal parameters for different materials.

RMS™ Multiflute Reaming Tools: Designed for high metal removal rates, suitable for materials like steel and non-ferrous metals, emphasizing productivity benefits like longer tool life and improved hole quality.

Customization Options: Kennametal offers customization for reaming tools, allowing specific diameter adjustments and internal coolant options.

Technical Specifications: Detailed specifications for RMS™ Solid Carbide Reaming Tools include dimensions and material compatibility.

Specifications: Lists dimensions and specifications for RMS and RMB reaming tools, including diameter, length, and flute configurations, specifying hole tolerance classes and options for straight and helical flutes with internal coolant capabilities.

Application Data: Cutting speeds and feed rates are provided for different material groups and tool diameters, presented in both metric and inch units.

Features and Benefits: The RMB Multiflute Reaming System offers high productivity and profitability with longer tool life and improved hole quality.

Recommendations: Suggests using SIF™ Steerable Hydraulic Chucks for optimal hole straightness and surface quality.

Primary Application: Discusses the use of SIF™ Steerable Hydraulic Chucks to compensate for radial runout and angular inaccuracies, enhancing hole straightness and surface quality.

Features and Benefits: Tools feature Taper-Face Contact with KST Coupling for symmetrical torque transmission, higher feed rates, better surface quality, and longer tool life.

Customization: Tools available in various diameters with or without internal coolant, with custom tooling options for heat-resistant materials.

Specifications: RHM™ Modular Reaming Tools designed for hole tolerance H7, with intermediate sizes available for IT6 or IT7 tolerance classes.

Ordering Information: Provides detailed ordering information, including tool body specifications and reamer head options.

Specifications: Detailed specifications for various reaming tools, including system sizes, dimensions, retention knobs, clamp sets, and torque wrench requirements.

Procedures: Outlines procedures for using RHM™ Modular Reaming Tools, including assembly instructions.

Standards and Recommendations: Provides recommendations for cutting speeds and feed rates for different material groups and tool diameters.

Application Data: Detailed application data for various materials, including recommended geometry designs and grades.

Features and Benefits: RIQ™ and RIR™ reaming tools highlighted for high precision and user-friendly design.

Technical Information: Provides technical information on multiflute reaming tools, including design overviews and lead nomenclature.

Application Hints: Includes recommendations for bore tolerances, geometric tolerancing, and stability of inserts.

Overview: Provides detailed specifications and guidelines for using Kennametal's RIR™ and RIQ™ reaming tools, focusing on their application in hole finishing.

Specifications: RIR and RIQ reaming tools designed for high accuracy in single or multiple diameters, suitable for complex multidiameter bores.

Blade Identification System: Outlines a numbering system for RIR and RIQ blades, indicating reamer type, size, blade configurations, and grades.

Application Data: Provides recommended cutting speeds and feed rates for different material groups.

Tooling Setup Instructions: Detailed instructions for setting up RIR and RIQ tooling, emphasizing proper setup to avoid tool damage.

Key Features: Reaming tools feature a single-point boring tool supported by bearing pads, ensuring perfectly cylindrical bores.

Conclusion: Kennametal's RIR and RIQ reaming tools offer high precision and productivity for hole finishing applications.

Overview: Provides detailed technical specifications and procedures for hole finishing, focusing on valve seat and guide machining using RIQ™ Quattro Cut™ based tooling.

Specifications: RIQ technology offers up to 12 cutting edges per insert, with tools like RMS™ multiflute reamers for varying accuracy demands.

Procedures: Outlines preferred and alternate processes for valve seat and guide machining.

Application Sheet: Provides a template for capturing essential machining parameters.

Reaming Problems and Remedies: Lists common issues and remedies for reaming problems.

SIF™ Steerable Toolholder: Designed for compensating radial runout and angular inaccuracies.

Tooling Setup: Detailed steps for setting up and adjusting runout.

PCD Customized Tooling Overview: Kennametal PCD tooling designed for machining a variety of materials, offering high productivity and accuracy.

Features and Benefits: Provides high chip removal rates, long tool life, and improved hole shape.

PCD Tooling Design: Offers PCD design platforms to address spindle runout and high L/D ratios.

Romicron™ Fine-Boring System: Used for fine-boring with a diameter range of 4–213mm, enhancing equipment efficiency.

Features and Benefits: Allows for backlash-free adjustment, maximizing tool life.

Versatility and Customization: Offers a wide range of diameter adjustments and custom solutions.

Romicron™ Closed Loop Boring Process: Automates insert wear compensation with precise diameter adjustments.

Overview: Provides detailed specifications and ordering information for Kennametal's Romicron™ High-Performance Boring Systems.

Specifications: Lists multiple boring heads and bars with specific bore ranges and dimensions.

Procedures and Recommendations: Emphasizes the need to order certain components separately and highlights the importance of correct balance ring settings.

Key Data from Tables: Provides detailed measurements for each product, including bore range and dimensions.

Critical Information: Advises contacting Kennametal for customized solutions.

Overview: Provides technical specifications and application data for Kennametal's Romicron™ High-Performance Boring Systems.

Specifications: Includes axial and radial mount modular units with cartridges.

Application Data: Provides cutting speed and feed rate data for different material groups.

Key Recommendations: Order inserts separately and ensure compatibility of cartridges and adapters.

Overview: Provides detailed instructions and specifications for using the Romicron™ High-Performance Boring Systems, focusing on the SVU-92 Boring Head.

Specifications: Outlines the balancing dial with a resolution of 2 units.

Balancing Table: Covers diameter ranges with specific balancing ring settings.

Procedures: Instructs users to adjust the dial according to table values.

Key Data: Provides critical data for setting the boring head accurately.

Recommendations: Suggests careful adherence to balancing table settings.

Overview: Provides detailed specifications and guidelines for the use of ModBORE™ Boring Systems.

Insert Holders: Lists several insert holders for FBHS Fine-Boring Heads.

Extension Bridges: Details small-scale and large-scale extension bridges.

Tool Adapters: Describes various bridge tool adapters.

Application Data: Provides cutting speed and feed rate data for different material groups.

Key Recommendations: Order inserts and bridge slides separately and match extension bridge series to the adapter.

Catalog excerpts

KM_Master12_K000_K001_Minch_EN.qxp:Layout 1 3/23/12 1:09 PM Page K3 Hole Finishing Tool Selection Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K4–K5 Application Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K6–K92 Reaming Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K94–K127 RMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Hole Finishing with Kennametal Owning the entire process chain from raw materials all the way to reconditioning means Kennametal is almost the only source in the metalworking industry where you can get all types of Hole Finishing tooling, from reaming and fine boring to motion tooling, directly from one hand. Kennametal is capable of offering you customized solutions for your application that are the best fit for your machining challenge without any limitations, in regard to portfolio or capacity. • Extremely productive and tailored for satisfying your high-volume production needs. • Several...

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Padded Reaming • RIQ™Quattro Cut™and RIR™. • Highest precision and surface quality achievable but still easy to apply. • RIQ is the market-leading reaming technology, enabling you to leave out any back taper adjustment, dramatically reducing setup time and effort while still offering highest accuracy and surface quality and four cutting edges with PCD, CBN, carbide, or cermet. • RIR provides you the most stable pocket seat and fail-safe clamping, from smallest to largest diameters. • Combine the large, standard RIQ and RIR insert offering with your customized tool body. Fine Boring • Extremely...

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Hole Finishing Tool Selection Guide • first choice solid carbide standard diameter solution diameter reaming monoblock - brazed RMB-E™ (expandable) reaming monoblock - brazed reaming head - modular RHM-E™ (expandable) reaming head - modular reamer Insert - rectangular Quattro Cut™ RIQ™ reamer Insert - Quattro Cut reamer Insert - Quattro Cut fine boring fine boring fine boring fine boring Romicron Multicron fine boring ModBORE FBHO fine boring ModBORE FBHM fine boring ModBORE FBHS fine boring ModBORE Bridge Tools ModBORE Bridge Tools fine boring Fine Boring Cartridges fine boring round tools -...

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Hole Finishing Tool Selection Guide NOTE: Surface roughness values are guidelines and depend on the application, coolant situation, machine, and cutting data applied.

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Hole Finishing Application Example Cylinder Head • Four usable cutting edges per CBN insert. • CBN RIQ insert with 28,000 bore tool life. • 1,400 bores with regrindable RMS reamer. • Cost savings due to four edged full face CBN insert. • No insert back taper adjustment needed. • Same RPM at both stages saving time of spindle

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Hole Finishing Application Example Cylinder Head Polished flutes chip evacuation PCD SEAT & GUIDE PARENT BORE PCDRSC04RLE Valve seat and guide parent bore machining combined. Machining center with internal coolant. • Productivity increases as same RPM applied to both seat and guide stages. • Lowest possible run out resulting in higher tool life.

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Hole Finishing Application Example Cylinder Head valve seat angle RIQ " QUATTRO CUT " VALVE SEAT & GUIDE MACHINING 1 Valve guide machining combined with primary and secondary seat angles. 1 Concentricity of seat to guide less than 50 um. 1 Machining center with internal coolant. Valve Seat tooling with integrated hydraulic chuck. 1 RIQ K68™ carbide inserts and solid carbide RMS™ multiflute reamer. vc 80 m/min f 0,10 mm/rev valve seat. vc 80 m/min f 0,32 mm/rev valve guide. > Tool life of 12,000 valve seats per insert. IUTTING DATA > Twelve usable cutting edges per carbide insert. > Due to high...

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Hole Finishing Application Example • Tool life of 18,000 valve seats per roughing insert. • Tool life of 12,000 valve seats per roughing insert. • Twelve usable cutting edges per full face CBN insert. • Due to high precision RIQ pocket seat there is less setup effort as no angular adjustment of the insert is needed. • Able to adapt RMS " solid carbide reamer machining the valve guide.

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Hole Finishing Application Example Cylinder Head Semi finish stage after pilot hole RMS " VALVE GUIDE MACHINING ■ Valve guide bore 0 6mm (.236"). ■ Brass material, lead free. ■ Concentricity of seat to guide less than Í UTTING DATA RIR VALVE GUIDE MACHINING > Valve guide bore 0 6mm (.236'" > Brass material, lead free. > Concentricity of seat to guide less t UTTING DATA > Tool life of 100 bores. > Secure process due to very good chip control on lead free brass. • Tool life of 3,000 bores. • Productivity increases due to four effective cutting edges compared to one with padded reamers.

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Hole Finishing Application Example MOTION TOOLING VALVE SEAT & GUIDE MACHINING ■ Semi-finish and finish machining of primary seat angle and valve guide in one operation. ■ Transfer line with internal coolant. • Higher accuracy of valve seat angles as machining result is independent from insert wear. • Time saving combination with valve guide reamer.

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Hole Finishing Application Example Cylinder Head improved chip evacuation Chlpformer in carbide body • Valve lifter bore 0 12mm (.472" > Machining center with internal coolant. UTTING DATA » Machining center with internal coolant. PCD tipped, carbide based tool with PCD guide pads > Two effective cutting and chamfering teeth. UTTING DATA • Tool life of 125,000 holes. • Surface finish better than Rz 1.5 urn. • Secure process and very good concentricity. • Tool life of 400,000 bores. • Surface finish better than Rz 3 urn. • Secure process due to chipformer in carbide body improving chip formation....

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