Silent Tools™ for turning
Overcome vibrations in internal turning
Subcontractor case study:
New generation Silent Tools™ turning adaptor
| Component: | Generic component |
| Workpiece material: | E460K2+N ~200 HB |
| Operation: | Internal machining |
| Machine: | Mazak QT350 MSY |
34%
Productivity
200%
Tool life
| | “New” Silent Tools™ with old cutting data taken from “old” adapter type | “New” Silent Tools™ with optimized cutting data |
| Tool | HT30D-CY50 518-40 | HT30D-CY50 518-40 |
| Cutting head | SL-PDUNR-40-15HP | SL-PDUNR-40-15HP |
| Insert | DNMG 15 06 08-PM 4425 | DNMG 15 06 08-PM 4425 |
| vc, m/min (ft/min) | 180 (590) | 200 (656) |
| fz, mm/rev (in/rev) | 0.25 (0.010) | 0.33 (0.013) |
| ap, mm (inch) | 2.25 (0.088) | 2.25 (0.088) |
| Tool life, pcs | 1 part | 3 parts |
| Result: | Some vibration, shorter tool life and poor surface finish. | Function ok – no vibrations. Tool life +200% and excellent chip formation. |
Result: The new adapters allow for higher cutting data, resulting in a 34% increase in productivity. Additionally, the tool life was improved significantly.
Customer case:
Silent Tools™ turning adaptor with Prime turning cutting insert
| Component: | Tube component |
| Workpiece material: | 42CrMo4 |
| Operation: | Internal machining |
| Machine: | YunYi machine tool CK6180 |
43%
Productivity
200%
Tool life increase
| Competitor | Sandvik Coromant | |||||
| Tool | - | HT30D-CY60 808-40 | ||||
| Cutting head | - | SL-CP-30AR-40-11C50 | ||||
| Insert | - | CP-A1108-L5W 4425 | ||||
| Operation | Roughing | Semi-finishing | Finishing | Roughing | Semi-finishing | Finishing |
| vc, m/min | 178 | 215 | 287 | 214 | 286 | 287 |
| fn mm/rev | 0.35 | 0.2 | 0.13 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| ap mm | 0.3~0.5 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.3~0.5 | 0.25 | 0.2 |
| Tool life, pcs/edge | 4 to 5 | Around 30 | ||||
| Result | Chip breakage and chip evacuation issues – causes low productivity and short tool life. | Prime insert with “new” chip breaker and grade enabled great chip formation and insert tool life. The productivity increase is fantastic. | ||||
Result: With our HT30D Silent Tools™ adaptor with Prime turning cutting insert, we predict that the insert tool life of CP-A1108-L5W 4425 can be reached to 30 pcs. That is 3 times longer than the competitor insert.
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