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Extended tool life with UC1 Diamond-coated carbide inserts Improved chip control with Y-axis toolholders combined with high-pressure coolant
Diamond-coated carbide:UC1
Performance
  • A high-purity, high-hardness diamond coating with excellent adhesion enables long-term, stable machining performance.
  • Chip control is significantly improved by applying Y-axis machining in combination with high-pressure coolant.
Tooling application

Applicable to pure copper (C1020/C1100) machining on Swiss CNC lathes and CNC-lathes.

〔 Machining Property of C1100 Tough Pitch Copper 〕

Diamond-coated carbide UC1, offering excellent wear and anti-welding resistance, is recommended, as tool wear and surface deterioration caused by material adhesion often result in short tool life.

Machined Surface Comparison

[ Cutting conditions ]
Workpiece material : C1100 vc= 80m/min ap=1.0mm 260 SFM ap=.040  WET

[ Tools used ]
DCMT11T302FNAM3 DCMT32.508FNAM3  UC1

f = 0.02mm/rev .001 IPR
f = 0.02mm/rev .001 IPR

When cutting conditions produce thick chips-such as high depth of cut or high feed – the machined surface may deteriorate due to chip clogging.

Cutting conditions
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ISO Work material Coolant Grade vc (m/min) (SFM) ap (mm) (inch) f (mm/rev) (IPR)
Tough pitch copper C1100
Rough-Finish Turning
WET UC1 50 – 150 160 – 500 0.02 – 0.05 .0008 – .002 0.2 – 2.0 .008 – .080

Using the cutting conditions shown, chips can be segmented and controlled with AM3 chipbreaker.
When machining at large depths of cut and high feed rate, select CL or ZP chipbreakers to suppress chip clogging.

〔 Machining Properties of C1020 Oxygen-free Copper 〕

Stable chip formation may be difficult with a chipbreaker alone; therefore, the use of a Y-axis toolholder combined with high-pressure coolant is recommended.

Example of Chip Issues

Even if good chip control is obtained at initial stage of machining, sudden chip entanglement can occur leading to tool wear.

Y-axis toolholder + high-pressure coolant

Chip tangling can be suppressed by Y-axis machining with high-pressure coolant.

Chip breaker machining range
Cutting conditions
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ISO Work material Coolant Grade vc (m/min) (SFM) ap (mm) (inch) f (mm/rev) (IPR)
Oxygen-free copper C1020
Rough-Finish Turning
WET UC1 50 – 150 160 – 500 0.5 – 3.0 .020 – .120 0.02 – 0.20 .0008 – .008
TM4

Refer to content above to select cutting conditions and chip breaker to obtain good chip control.
If you want longer tool life than PVD Carbide: TM4, use Diamond-Coated Carbide: UC1.

〔 Boring 〕
Improve chip control by using FG/F1 chip breakers to evacuates chips backwards and high-pressure coolant
FG / F1 chipbreaker chip control range
Example of FG chip breakerchips

Workpiece material : C1020
Vc = 80 m/min 260 SFM
f = 0.02mm/rev .001 IPR ap = 0.2 mm .001” Internal coolant

Cutting conditions
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ISO Work material Coolant Grade vc (m/min) (SFM) ap (mm) (inch) f (mm/rev) (IPR)
C1100
Finish Turning
WET UC1 50 – 150 160 – 500 0.02 – 0.05 .0008 – .002 0.1 – 0.5 .004 – .020
TM4
C1020
Finish Turning
WET UC1 50 – 150 160 – 500 0.02 – 0.05 .0008 – .002 0.1 – 0.5 .004 – .020
TM4

If you want longer tool life than PVD Carbide: TM4, use Diamond-Coated Carbide: UC1.

Battery connector
Material
 
C1100 ⌀10-20 ⌀.394 -.787 in.
Speed
(m/min) (SFM)
55 – 110 180 – 360
Feed
(mm/rev) (IPR)
0.03 .0012
DOC
(mm) <br />(inch)
0.2 .008
Coolant
 
WET
UC1 DCMT11T302 DCMT32.508 FNAM3

1000 pcs / corner

PVD Coated DCGT11T302 DCMT32.508 mold chipbreaker
 

50 pcs / corner

Electrode part
Material
 
C1100 ⌀12 ⌀.472 in.
Speed
(m/min) (SFM)
80 262
Feed
(mm/rev) (IPR)
0.05 .002
DOC
(mm) (inch)
1.0 .040
Coolant
 
WET
UC1 DCMT11T301 DCMT32.504 FNAM3

2000 pcs / corner

PVD Coated DCGT11T301 DCMT32.504 mold chipbreaker

100 pcs / corner

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