Carbide insert is the indexable insert widely used in CNC lathes, mainly applications including metal turning, milling, threading and drilling. Cemented carbide inserts have much advantage in high efficiency which can be four times more than traditional welding blade or alloy blade in real production.
Betalent carbide make carbide make standard carbide turning inserts, for example classical turning inserts DCMT11T304, DCMT11T308, WNMG080404, WNMG080408, WNMG080404R, WNMG080408R, TNMG160404R, TNMG160404R, TNMG160404R/L-VF, TNMG160408R/L-VF, DCMT11T304-MT, DCMT11T308-MT, TCMT090202MT, TCMT090204MT,CCMT09T304-MT, CCMT09T308-MT, WNMG080404-43, WNMG080408-43, WNMG080404, WNMG080408, and classical milling insrts RPMW1003, APMT1135PDER-M2, APMT1135PDER-H2, RPMT1204-JS, APMT1604PDER-M2, APMT1604PDER-H2, APMT1135, RPMT1204, APMT1604. We also developed series of carbide inserts for steel, cast iron, aluminum and high hardness steel.
Turning Insert Grade Table
Grades for turning P class material | ||
Grade name | Cutting range | Characteristics |
GP1115 | Finish and semi-finish turning | Super fine MT-TiCN, Al2O3 and TiN coating on graded carbide substrate,smooth surface and superior wear resistance,suitable for finish to semi-finish turning of steels and alloy steels. |
GP1225 | Semi-finish and light rough turning | Super fine MT-TiCN, Al2O3 and TiN coating combined with tough graded carbide substrate smooth surface, has superior wear resistance and high toughness,suitable for semi-finish to medium rough turning of steels and alloy steels in general working conditions. |
GP1135 | Rough turning | Super fine MT-TiCN, Al2O3 and TiN coating combined with high toughness graded carbide substrate, has smooth surface and superior fracture resistance,suitable for rough turning of steels and alloy steels under unstable working conditions. |
GP3125 | Semi-finish turning | Nano TiAlN coating combined with submicro-grain carbide substrate,suitable for general semi-finish turning of most materials, low carbon alloy steel turning is recommended. |
GP91TF | Finish and semi-finish turning | Uncoated cermet grade with high wear resistance and good roughness, suitable for finish and semi-finish turning of steels,cast irons and stainless steels. |
Grades for Turning M to S Class Material | ||
Grade name | Cutting range | Characteristics |
GM1125 | Semi-finish and rough turning | TiCN and TiN coating combined with tough carbide substrate, has good wear resistance, and the special surface treatment can effectively reduce cutting resistance and inhibit build-up edge formation hence prolong the tool life,suitable for finish to semi-finish turning of stainless steels. |
GM3125 | Finish and semi-finish turning | TiAlN coating combined with super submicro-grain carbide substrate has good performance in inhibiting build-up edge formation and good toughness against shock broken,suitable for semi-finishing to rough turning of stainless steels. |
GS3115 | Finish and semi-finish turning | New TiAlN coating with good adhesion on submicron substrate, superior wear resistance and heat resistance,suitable for finishing to semi-finishing of stainless steels and high temperature resistance alloys. |
Grades for Turning K Class Material | ||
Grade name | Cutting range | Characteristics |
GK1115 | Finish and semi-finish turning | The combination of MT-TiCN plus thick Al2O3 coating and micro-grain carbide substrate, has superior wear resistance. Smooth coating surface after special post-coating processing and shows superior wear resistance and fracture resistance,suitable for finishing and semi-finishing of nodular irons and gray irons. |
GK1120 | Finish and semi-finish turning | The combination of MT-TiCN plus Al2O3 and micro-grain carbide substrate, and special post-processing make the material has excellent edge strength and ensure the stability of cutting,suitable for finish and semi-finish turning of nodular cast iron in light duty. . |
GK1125 | Semi-finish and rough turning | The combination of thick MT-TiCN plus Al2O3 coated and toughness micro-grain carbide substrate, make the material has superior wear resistance and high toughness,suitable for bad turning conditions which require high toughness. |
GK1130 | Semi-finish and rough turning | The combination of thick MT-TiCN plus Al2O3 coating and tough micro-grain carbide substrate,make the material has high toughness and excellent edge strength,suitable for semi-finish and rough turning of nodular cast iron. |
Grades for Turning K Class Material | ||
Grade name | Cutting range | Characteristics |
GN9125 | Semi-finish and rough turning | Micro-grain carbide grade with high hardness and superior wear resistance,suitable for finishing to semi-finish turning of coppers and aluminum alloys. |
Grade name | Milling type | Characteristics |
GA4230 | Semi-finishing and Roughing milling under moderate duty | High wear resistant cemented carbide matrix combined with TiAlN+ coating, has good heat resistance and oxidation resitance to achieve stable milling under different working conditions |
GA4225 | Semi-finishing to Light Roughing under moderate duty milling | Untra fine grain size carbide matrix combined with Nano structure AlCrN coating, can satisefy the milling of steel, cast iron etc.materials in the medium to low speed wroking condition. |
GK4125 | Semi-finishing and rough milling | The comination of updated TiAlN coating on micro grain carbide substrate has high adhesion strength,excellent wear resistance and toughness. Can be applied for semi-finishing and rough millingn of nodular iron and gray iron under wet or dry milling conditions. |
GK2115 | Semi-finishing milling | The combination of MT-TiCN+Al2O3coating on micro-grain carbide substrate has superior toughness and great wear resistance,can be applied for semi-finishing milling of nodular iron and gray iron in medium to high speed working conditions. |
GK0115 | Semi-finishing milling | Uncoated cemented carbides grade for milling,suitable for general cutting of various materials. |
GP0135 | Semi-finishing and Rough milling | Uncoated cemented carbides grade for milling, rich additives, good wear resistance and high toughness, suitable for general cutting of steel in medium to high speed working conditions. |
GA0115 | Semi-finishing milling | Uncoated cemented carbides grade for milling, has good wear resistance,suitable for sharp flute cutters cutting Aluminum and part of steels. |
GP01TM | Finishing and semi-finishing milling | Uncoated cemented grade for milling,suitable for general purpose cutting of various types of workpiece material. |
Classified by the hardness of turning workpiece materials, the turning carbide inserts can be mainly classified to be four types, there are turning inserts for P class materials, M to S class materials, K class materials, N class materials. If classify the carbide turning inserts by materials of turning workpiece name, there are turning inserts for wood turning, carbide inserts for turning aluminum and copper, carbide inserts for stainless steel, carbide inserts for cast iron, etc.
Betalent Carbide offers custom carbide inserts to meet the different customers' special requirements. Custom service content including the following details:
1. Carbide inserts geometry custom. You can design special geometry of carbide inserts, we make special mould accordingly and manufacture this type of carbide inserts and exclusively sell to you.
2. The material custom of carbide inserts. If our current carbide grades can not meet your special machining requirement, you can communicate with our engineer in details, to custom one special carbide grade.
3. Both customs above has MOQ, which depends on the complication or university of the custom, please check case by case with our sale staff.
Carbide inserts are maily made of sintered untra fine grain tungsten carbide and colbalt.
Yes, the hardness of common tool steel is around 55HRC to 66HRC, general sintered untra fine grain size carbide is above 91HRA, close to 77HRC, much higher than steel, which performs much better in making inserts.
Choose the proper geometry insert for your detailed application. Choose the proper grade of the insert. To choose a proper carbide grade, the precondition is that the insert can be applied to the cutting without chip broken very soon, you can choose the harder carbide insert to get a longer tool life, the harder, the higher wear resistance, but keep the precondition in mind because too hard carbide grade can cause this problem.
There are some factors relative to the tool life of a carbide insert:
The concentricity of the cutter head, carbide inserts correctly fixed in the very precise cutter head which without abnormal vibration can last longer.
Carbide applied to make carbide insert, choose the proper hard origin carbide as the raw material to manufacture insert can make the carbide insert lasts longer.
Geometry, choose the proper insert geometry to the application.
Carbide insert manufacture technology is continually improved, you can get a satisfying tool life of carbide insert for one concerned application, and along with the improvement of carbide insert manufacture technology, the carbide insert can last longer and longer for one concerned application.
Carbide inserts are used for cutting various metals, such as steel, cast iron, aluminum, copper, and other metals of which hardness is between 30HRC to 65HRC.