New Toric Carbide Endmill from Mikron

Mikron Tool expands its CrazyMill Cool P&S milling cutter family, developed for roughing and finishing operations, with a toric version. The new tool combines the strengths of milling and drilling and is designed for machining stainless steel, titanium, CoCr alloys and superalloys, according to the company. The company reports that this drill/milling cutter can plunge perpendicularly into the material up to 1 x d and then continue machining laterally and it mills slots and pockets in tight spaces.

It is available in the diameter range of 1 to 8 mm /.039" to .315" in the following two versions:

Typ A: 2.5 x d CrazyMill Cool P&S Corner Radius, cutting length 2.5 x d, Z3

Typ C:   5 x d CrazyMill Cool P&S Corner Radius, cutting length 2.0 x d, Z3

A tool for numerous applications: Milling of holes, ramps, pockets, grooves and sides. The milling cutter plunges into the materials that are difficult to machine. It cuts powerfully with high precision, stability and excellent cutting parameters, even into the solid.

 Here a few facts compared to commercially available tools:

• Up to 5 x higher material removal rate
  
  
• Up to 5 x less machining time
  
  
• Up to 5 times longer tool life
  
  
• Perfectly controlled chip removal
  
  
• surface quality Ra ≤ 0,5 µm (20 in µ