High-shear Face Milling Cutter System - Brief Article - Product Announcement

Automotive Manufacturing & Production, March, 2001

Valenite Inc. (Madison Heights, MI) introduces the new M68 high shear, face milling cutter system that combines the features of a new rigid milling cutter body construction and larger chip gullets with positive milling insert geometry to produce advanced smooth cutting performance with better chip evacuation.

The system utilizes five different cutter body configurations for course and fine pitch milling, and four different flat top and top form insert geometries with variations of seven different edge preparations, all in a comprehensive offering of sixteen different coated, uncoated and cermet grades. The cutter bodies are available in five different cutter diameter sizes for diameters ranging from 2-3 in., 4-5 in., 6 in., 8-10 in., and 12 in. All milling cutters have a maximum depth-of-cut of 0.22 in., the company claims.