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Iscar is introducing a totally new extraordinary milling system that includes tangential, clamped, butterfly-shaped LNKX carbide inserts. The butterfly-shaped insert has meaningful advantages as opposed to the prevailing flat, square shapes. The unique geometry has even more cutting edges, positive rake face, decreased cutting forces resulting in improve performance.

Iscar is starting up a brand new unique milling system that includes tangential, clamped, butterfly-shaped LNKX carbide inserts. The butterfly-shaped insert has notable advantages compared to the current flat, square shapes. The new design has numerous cutting edges, positive rake face, diminished cutting forces causing in better performance. The carbide inserts are screw-clamped on the outside of many milling cutter types, providing optimal conditions also for heavy-duty operations with incredible surface quality, saving many finishing operations. End mills are offered for 90 degree shoulder milling and for facing with 45 degree lead angles.

Each carbide insert contains eight cutting edges, 4 for right-hand and 4 for left-hand cutting, boosting the economy of use. The two, toward-center-slanted cutting edges supply on one side firm and precise clamping of insert in the tool body, and on the other side, the positive axial rake angle. The usefulness of this positive axial rake formation subdues the cutting forces owing to softer cut and better penetration into the metal, as well as altering force direction which is mandatory for use on new machining centers with pallet systems less stable than on the classical transfer lines.

In traditional applications like in the auto industry, the depth-of-cut is much less than thirty thousandths of an inch providing the use of all 8 cutting edges of the Tangmill carbide inserts. Additionally, in the automotive industry it is common to use a team of cutters, one for right- and one for left-handed operations, which indicates that all eight cutting edges of the Tangmill inserts can be employed.

New ISCAR UPGRADES for Fast Metal Removal

Brand new developments coming from the headquarters of Iscar, bringing the brand new Upgrade campaign, which insures that they are looking toward the future. The innovative Upgrade campaign, proposed to be distributed at the end of year 2008, will offer revolutionary tools for milling, turning, hole making and multifunction applications, supplementing the FMR (Fast Metal Removal) tool families with one aim in mind - to boost productivity on the shop floor and to enhance profits.

Iscar's focus for this year, with no doubt, are the completely new coatings, new substrate formations, brand-new cutting edge geometries, new sizes, groundbreaking tangential clamping mechanisms and brand new coolant nozzle characteristics. Iscar's future trends incorporate new carbide insert grades for effectual and cost-effective machining, increased cutting edges for each insert and great tangential clamping mechanisms which can significantly lessen the cutting pressure. The launching of the AL-TEC, PVD coating chiefly for nodular cast iron, a-TECH, CVD coating especially for grey cast iron and the DO-TECH, dual CVD PVD coating for enriched strength will refashion the way industry machines cast iron. Moreover, Iscar designing mini inserts is an alternate direction within the Upgrade campaign, talking about to diminishing the sizes of the Tangmill carbide inserts into Minitang, in order to simplify fine pitch design which will improve feed rates. In addition, the minimal size of the carbide inserts and their unique tangential position in the pockets creates possible a much larger core diameter, in terms of tool design, when opposed to normal radially oriented inserts.