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Metal Additive Manufacturing Workpiece Processing

Ceramic roughing solution for additively manufactured metal parts.

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Achieves high‑speed rough machining of additively manufactured workpieces made from nickel‑based alloys.

Capable of machining at speeds approximately 10 times faster than conventional carbide tools.
Grade characteristics
Features
• Enables high‑efficiency machining of additively manufactured nickel‑based alloys
• Employs a ceramic grade optimized for high chipping resistance
• Delivers stable machining performance at high cutting speed
Tooling application
• Additively manufactured workpieces made from nickel‑based alloys
• Milling and end‑milling for roughing
Grade map
MILLING
↑High



SPEED
SX7 SX3 SX9
SEMI-FINISH  SCALE
FEED

High→

End milling
Milling
Workpiece comparison before and after cutting
Machining operations that require approximately 8 minutes with carbide tools can be reduced to about 1 minute when using ceramic tools.
Workpiece comparison before and after cutting

Achieves machining productivity approximately 20 times higher than that of carbide tools.

Lineup (Inserts)

RN.N type

RPGN type

Lineup (Toolholders)

JRNMW Bore type Cutter

JRPMW Bore type Cutter

JRPMW Shank type Cutter

Lineup (End mills)

Ceramic Solid Endmill 4-Flute type 

Ceramic Solid Endmill 6-Flute type

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ISO Work material Coolant Grade vc (m/min) (SFM) ap (mm) (inch) f (mm/t) (IPT)
Additive manufacturing workpiece
(Nickel-based alloy)
Rough Milling		 DRY SX3 450 – 1,000 1500 – 3300 – 0.07 – 0.12 .003 – .005
SX9
Additive manufacturing workpiece
(Nickel-based alloy)
Rough End Milling		 DRY SX9 300 – 1,000 1000 – 3300 – 0.03 .001
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