Seco says that its high-feed range of milling tools is always being upgraded and improved. As part of this continuous improvement programme, the company has introduced two new ranges to its high-feed milling tool portfolio.
The Jabro JHF181 solid carbide end mill range provides specific high-feed geometry for machining hardened steel, super alloys and titanium. It is available in diameters ranging from 2-16mm and is suitable for machining small workpieces and cavities.
Also new is the High Feed 6 (HF6) with double-sided, six-edged inserts. The HF6 range consists of shell end mill bodies featuring fixed pockets and strong negative inserts with six cutting edges. HF6 tools have a wide application range and are suitable for the machining of ISO P and K classification materials.
“By working with Seco, manufacturers can incorporate and integrate high-feed milling into their operations and, by doing so, achieve part process times between 3 to 10 times faster than when using conventional methods,” says Mike Fleming, Seco’s sales and marketing manager.
Seco’s high-feed milling range covers a diameter range from 1 to 208 mm. Brands include Jabro, Combimaster,
Minimaster, Easy Shrink and Highfeed 2, 4 and 6.
In essence, high-feed milling involves employing shallow depths of cut using tools with large cutting radii and/or small lead angles to ensure that cutting forces, created during the machining process, are directed back towards the machine tool spindle in an axial direction. Axially-directed cutting forces provide increased tool and machining stability which, in turn, allows higher feed rates to be employed – up to 10 times the normal rate, says Seco.
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