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First‑choice grade for scale removal operations

Excellent notch wear resistance, making it ideal for machining scale‑covered workpieces
Features
  • Ceramic grade offering the highest fracture resistance
  • Ideal for machining applications involving scale and interrupted cutting
  • The optimal grade for roughing scale‑covered Waspaloy
Tooling application

Roughing / Scale

  • Turning
  • Grooving
Grade map
TURNING
↑High






SPEED
JP2,120
JX1,JX3
533,WA1
SX7 SX3 SX9
SX5
FINISH ROUGH to SEMI-FINISH ROUGH
FEED

High→

Grade characteristics
Why are SiAlON ceramics so effective at high-speed machining of heat-resistant alloys?
Silicon nitride (Si3N4) is combined with Aluminum (Al) and oxygen (O) to make SiAlON.
Sialon has needle-shaped particles similar to that of Silicon nitride.
The arrangement of these particles makes the material withstand the impact force during cutting.
The addition of the alumina improves its heat-resistance characteristics.
The property advantages makes it perfect for machining heat-resistant alloys.
Turning Inconel with scale
Grooving (Inconel)
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ISO Work material Coolant Grade vc (m/min) (SFM) ap (mm) (inch) f (mm/rev) (IPR)
Heat-Resistant Super Alloy
Scale Turning
WET SX5 180 – 240 600 – 800 1.0 – 5.0 .040 – .200 0.2 – 0.35 .008 – .014
Heat-Resistant Super Alloy
Grooving
WET 180 – 240 600 – 800 0.07 – 0.17 .003 – .007
Ring (Roughing with scale)
Material :
Inconel718
Cutting speed :
240 m/min 800 SFM
Feed :
0.25 mm/rev .0098 IPR
DOC :
2.5 mm .098 inch
Coolant :
WET
SX5
1 pass
Current tool
(competitor’s whisker)
1 pass

SX5 enables high feed rates due to its exceptional toughness, achieving 2.5× higher machining efficiency compared to the competitor’s whisker ceramic.

Aircraft component
 (Roughing with scale)
Material :
Inconel718
Cutting speed :
200 m/min 670 SFM
Feed :
0.2 mm/rev .0079 IPR
DOC :
2.5 mm .098 inch
Coolant :
WET
SX5

1 pass

Current tool
(competitor’s SiAlON ceramic)

1 pass Chipping

SX5 delivered stable machining without edge chipping, whereas the competitor’s SiAlON grade showed edge damage.

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