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Covers a wide range of cutting conditions

Combination of sharpness, toughness, and chip control to handle an extremely wide range of cutting conditions
Features
  • Range of depth of cut from 0.3 – 2.5mm .020” – .118”
  • Easy to use chipbreaker with excellent sharpness, strength and chip control
  • Available in many grades to handle a variety of work materials
Tooling application

Swiss CNC Lathe front turning operations

YL chip breaker control range
Function range
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ISO Work material Grade vc (m/min) (SFM) ap (mm) (inch) f (mm/rev) (IPR)
Carbon steel
Alloy steel
650 40 – 150 130 – 500 0.3 – 2.5 .012 – .100 0.02 – 0.15 .001 – .006
DT4
DM4
TM4 40 – 90 130 – 300
QM3 40 – 150 130 – 500
Difficult-to-cut
Free-cutting stainless steel
650 40 – 150 130 – 500 0.3 – 2.5 .012 – .100 0.02 – 0.15 .001 – .006
ST4 40 – 180 130 – 600
DT4
DM4
40 – 100 130 – 330
TM4 40 – 90 130 – 300
QM3 30 – 90 100 – 300
HRSA
Co-Cr alloy
Titanium
650 20 – 80 70 – 260 0.3 – 2.5 .012 – .100 0.02 – 0.15 .001 – .006
HRSA
Co-Cr alloy
DT4
DM4
Non-ferrous metal TM4 40 – 180 130 – 600 0.3 – 2.5 .012 – .100 0.02 – 0.15 .001 – .006
Machining Inconel with scale

[ Cutting condition ]
Material: SUS304 ⌀16 Vc=80m/min 304SS ⌀.63” 260SFM  WET

Milling Inconel

[ Cutting condition ]
Material: SUS304 ⌀16 Vc=80m/min f= 0.05mm/rev ap = 2-3mm 304SS ⌀.63” 260SFM f= .002”IPR ap = .078”-.120”  WET

Pin
Material :
SUS304L 304SSL
Cutting speed :
50 m/min 170 SFM
Feed :
0.03 mm/rev .001 IPR
DOC :
1.5 mm .059 inch
Coolant :
WET
YL chipbreaker
3,000 pcs / corner
Competitor’s PVD coated carbide
2,000 pcs / corner

YL had good chip control and longer tool life than competitor’s conventional product. Also, achieved stable machining resulting in part dimensional consistancy.

Auto parts
Material :
SCM435
Cutting speed :
110 m/min 370 SFM
Feed :
0.03 mm/rev .001 IPR
DOC :
2.5 mm .098 inch
Coolant :
WET
YL chipbreaker + DM4
300 pcs / corner
Competitor’s PVD coated carbide
200 pcs / corner

YL achieved excellent chip control. Longer tool life and larger production run of parts with excellent surface finish compared to company’s current insert.

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