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Aluminium Tools – forming an excellent future

Aluminium Tools – forming an excellent future
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Aluminium Tools – forming an excellent future

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Product Overview: The document provides an overview of Walter's machining tools specifically designed for non-ferrous metals, with a focus on aluminium. It highlights the benefits of using aluminium in industries such as automotive and aerospace for weight and CO2 reduction, and in mechanical engineering for reduced machining time.
Turning Tools: This section covers ISO turning, grooving, and the use of indexable inserts. Key geometries and grades for ISO N materials are discussed, including FN2 and MN2 geometries in WN10 and WNN10 grades, offering benefits like longer tool life and superior surface quality.
Holemaking Tools: Includes drilling from solid, boring, and precision boring, designed for high precision and efficiency in creating holes in aluminium and other non-ferrous metals.
Threading Tools: Details various threading techniques including tapping, thread forming, and thread milling, optimized for creating precise threads in non-ferrous metals.
Milling Tools: Discusses solid carbide, ceramic, and PCD milling tools, as well as tools with indexable inserts, designed for both roughing and finishing operations, providing high metal removal rates and excellent surface finishes.
Key Features and Benefits: Walter's tools handle materials with a tendency to stick, provide sharp cutting edges for long-chipping materials, and ensure excellent surface finishes, suitable for a wide range of applications.
Technical Specifications: Provides detailed specifications for various indexable inserts, including geometries, grades, and application parameters, with tables of dimensions and recommended machining parameters.
Indexable Inserts: Categorizes inserts based on shapes and applications, with specific insert designations, dimensions, feed rates, and depth of cut parameters.
Materials: Inserts are made from coated and uncoated carbide, with recommendations for different materials like steel, stainless steel, cast iron, non-ferrous metals, and hard materials.
Drilling Tools: Describes solid carbide drills with internal coolant, including models like DC165 Advance, highlighting benefits such as high bore quality and reliable chip evacuation.
Applications: Suitable for general mechanical engineering, automotive, aerospace industries, and more, with specific applications in drilling aluminium and other non-ferrous metals.
Drill Models: Lists models under the DC160 and DC165 series, with specifications including diameter, length, and other critical dimensions, ensuring precise selection for specific drilling needs.
Performance and Features: Drills feature internal coolant channels, enhancing performance by reducing heat and improving chip evacuation, with drilling depth capabilities ranging from 5×Dc to 30×Dc.
Machine Taps: Provides specifications for machine taps like Paradur® Eco CI and Paradur® X·pert N series, designed for different materials and applications, adhering to DIN and ASME standards.
Thread Milling Cutters: Highlights the TC620 Supreme series for high-speed and high-feed thread milling, suitable for various thread standards.
Solid Carbide, Ceramic, and PCD Milling Tools: Describes the MD266 Supreme and MC267 Advance series for high-performance milling, suitable for roughing, semi-finishing, and finishing operations.
PCD Milling Cutters: Details the MP060, MP160, and MP260 series, emphasizing reduced cutting forces and vibration, ideal for non-ferrous metals and plastics.
ISO N Milling Cutters: Designed for universal application across industries, particularly in aerospace, providing high productivity and cost-efficiency.
Benefits: Tools offer maximum process reliability, high machining rates, and low vibration due to optimized geometries, designed for quick delivery and reconditioning.
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Machining of NF metals Product overview Edition 2022 _WALTER PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Aluminium Tools – forming an excellent future

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Aluminium is conquering a wide range of applications. In automotive and aerospace applications, it saves weight and CO2. In mechanical engineering, it reduces the machining time. Walter offers the perfect tool range for aluminium: Available in standard versions or customised via Walter Xpress. Whether you are roughing with a high metal removal rate or finishing with superior quality, whether you are using “soft” materials or highly-abrasive AlSi alloys: Walter tools for milling, turning, drilling and threading shape up aluminium components.

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Walter aluminium flyer 2022 Contents Page B1: Drilling from solid B2: Boring and precision boring C1: Solid carbide, ceramic and PCD milling tools C2: Milling tools with indexable inserts

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Product range overview ISO indexable inserts Order pages ISO indexable inserts – CBN/PCD/ceramic ISO indexable inserts – Negative basic shape ISO indexable inserts – Positive basic shape Product range overview Cutting inserts Order pages Cutting inserts

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Successful aluminium turning with Walter. – Polycrystalline diamond with a grain size of 6–10 μm – Universal application in ISO N and ISO O materials – Extremely hard PCD universal grade WDN10 – p olycrystalline medium-grain diamond – Grain size: 6 µm – Binder: Co – Available indexable insert types: - CCGT.. / CCGW.. / CPGW.. - DCGT.. / DCGW.. / DPGW.. - SCGW.. / SPGW.. - TCGW.. / TPGW.. - VCGT.. / VCGW.. Positive basic shape – PCD Positive basic shape – carbide ap [mm] p [mm] Toughness Zähigkeit Wear resistance Verschleißfestigkeit – Available geometries: - Rake angle: 0°; 7–10° - aser-generated...

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Positive – with the best performance on ISO N. WN10 – Uncoated, polished carbide substrate – Cost-effective alternative to coated grades WNN10 – HiPIMS PVD TiAlN coated, polished carbide grade – Extremely high wear resistance – Excellent layer bonding on sharp cutting edges WN10 – Primary application: ISO N; secondary application: ISO S, O – Al wrought alloys or AlSi cast alloys with low silicon content (less than ~7%)  – Suitable for copper alloys or brass alloys WNN10 – Primary application: ISO N; secondary application: ISO P, M, K, S, O – AlSi cast alloys (up to 10% silicon content), Al wrought...

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Highly positive and double-sided – ideal for ISO N machining. – Double-sided, polished MN3 geometry – Highly positive cutting edges – Machining parameters: f = 0.05–0.40 mm, ap = 0.5–4.0 mm Further applications: – Best surface qualities up to Rz 3 μm – Fine finishing of small components made from steel and stainless materials, as well as high-temperature alloys Primary application – ISO N alloys, e.g.: • Aluminium alloys • Copper alloys • Brass alloys • "Lead-free" materials – Medium machining of non-ferrous metals Main cutting edge – MN3 25° THE INDEXABLE INSERT – CNGG, DNGG, VNGG, WNGG – Corner...

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ISO indexable inserts – CBN/PCD/ceramic Machining Finishing operation Medium machining Roughing operation P Steel M Stainless steel K Cast iron N NF metals S Materials with difficult cutting properties H Hard materials O Other

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ISO indexable inserts – Negative basic shape Machining Medium machining K Cast iron N NF metals S Materials with difficult cutting properties H Hard materials O Other ap [mm] f [mm]

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ISO indexable inserts – Positive basic shape 5°/7°/11° Machining Finishing operation Medium machining S Materials with difficult cutting properties H Hard materials O Other

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CCGT / CCGW ISO indexable inserts – CBN/PCD/ceramic

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Indexable inserts Number of cutting edges DCGT / DCGW

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PCD – Positive rhombic 55° DPGW Number of cutting edges PCD – Positive square SCGW ISO indexable inserts – CBN/PCD/ceramic Number of cutting edges

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PCD – Positive square SPGW Number of cutting edges Number of cutting edges

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PCD – Positive triangular 60° TPGW Number of cutting edges PCD – Positive rhombic 35° VCGT / VCGW ISO indexable inserts – CBN/PCD/ceramic

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HW = Uncoated carbide HC = Coated carbide HW = Uncoated carbide HC = Coated carbide

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HW = Uncoated carbide HC = Coated carbide HW = Uncoated carbide HC = Coated carbide

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ISO indexable inserts – Positive basic shape

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Positive round HW = Uncoated carbide HC = Coated carbide Positive square ISO indexable inserts – Positive basic shape

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ISO indexable inserts – Positive basic shape

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Cutting inserts Machining Medium feed Medium feed P Steel M Stainless steel K Cast iron N NF metals S Materials with difficult cutting properties H Hard materials O Other Insert width s [mm] ap [mm] f [mm] Page in catalogue

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Grooving and parting off – Cutting inserts r HF = Uncoated fine-grained carbide Grooving and parting off – lTol. Cutting inserts lTol = Repeat accuracy when changing indexable inserts within the same indexable insert batch Radius tolerance rTol = ±0.05 mm Cutting inserts

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lTol = Repeat accuracy when changing indexable inserts within the same indexable insert batch Radius tolerance rTol = ±0.05 mm PCD – Grooving and copy turning lTol = Repeat accuracy when changing indexable inserts within the same indexable insert batch Radius tolerance rTol = ±0.05 mm

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Grooving and copy turning – lTol. Cutting inserts lTol = Repeat accuracy when changing indexable inserts within the same indexable insert batch Radius tolerance rTol = ±0.05 mm lTol = Repeat accuracy when changing indexable inserts within the same indexable insert batch Radius tolerance rTol = ±0.05 mm Cutting inserts

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Slitting – Cutting inserts lTol = Repeat accuracy when changing indexable inserts within the same indexable insert batch Radius tolerance rTol = ±0.05 mm

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