Milling Tips / Holders Guide to Tip Coating Materials
List of Tip Materials
| Material Name | Coating | Application / Properties | ||
| KR5005 | P05 ~ P15 | PVD | TiAℓN+TiN | Material suited for finishing and featuring high wear resistance. This material demonstrates high performance under dry high-speed machining. Although it is best suited for steel, stainless steel and high hardness steel, it is also compatible with non-ferrous metals |
| M05 ~ M15 | ||||
| N01 ~ N15 | ||||
| H05 ~ H15 | ||||
| KR5020 | P10 ~ P30 | TiAℓN+TiN | Although this material is best suited for semi-finishing and finishing of steel, stainless steel, heat-resistant alloys, and titanium, etc., it is also compatible with cast iron and non-ferrous metals. This material demonstrates high performance under dry high-speed machining | |
| M10 ~ M25 | ||||
| K10 ~ K25 | ||||
| N10 ~ N20 | ||||
| S10 ~ S20 | ||||
| PR5040 | P30 ~ P50 | TiAℓN+TiN | Material with high toughness suited for semi-finishing to roughing. It is suited to the machining of steel and stainless steel, and also has excellent resistance to thermal shock | |
| M20 ~ M40 | ||||
| KE01 | P10 ~ P30 | TiAℓN+TiN | This fine carbide-based material has particularly high wear resistance and resistance to thermal shock. It demonstrates high performance in dry high-speed machining, and is compatible with machining of steel, stainless steel, cast iron, and even heat-resistant alloys, for example | |
| M10 ~ M25 | ||||
| K10 ~ K25 | ||||
| PX25 | P15 ~ P35 | TiCN | This material is dedicated for milling. It is suited for semi-finishing to finishing, and shows its true value in the finishing of stainless steel | |
| M10 ~ M30 | ||||
| MT10 | K10 ~ 20 | TiAℓN | Coating material best suited to the machining of cast iron comprising a tough fine base and PVD coating having outstanding wear resistance. It is also suitable for the machining of heat-resistant alloys such as Inconel | |
| MT30 | P10 ~ 30 | TiAℓN | PVD coating material with excellent wear resistance, broadly suited to the machining of steel from general steels through to mold materials | |
| MT50 | P20 ~ 40 | TiAℓN | This material comprises an ultra-tough base and a highly wear resistant PVD coating, and is best suited to the machining of stainless steel and roughing of steel | |
| P20 ~ 40 | ||||
| TA325 | P20 ~ P35 | TiAℓN | This material is for the milling of steel and can also be used in dry machining, featuring high wear resistance | |
| M20 ~ M30 | ||||
| SM225 | P10 ~ P30 | TiN | This material is dedicated for milling, and is best suited to high-speed light cutting of stainless steel, in particular, featuring high resistance to thermal shock | |
| M10 ~ M25 | ||||
| PP120 | P35 | TiAℓN | Material suited for wet machining and compatible with machining in unstable environments | |
| MP220 | M40 | TiAℓN | Material suited for wet machining of stainless steel | |
| OR5000 | P25 ~ P45 | CVD | TiCN+Aℓ2O3+TiN | MT-CVD coating material features an excellent balance between wear resistance and toughness. Compatible work materials include all steel types and heat-resistant alloys such as titanium alloy |
| M20 ~ M40 | ||||
| S20 ~ S30 | ||||
| K320 | K15 | Aℓ2O3 | Material suited mainly for wet machining and ideal for the machining of cast iron | |
| PC260 | P25 | Ti(C,N)+Ti(C,N) +TiN+Aℓ2O3 |
Material best suited mainly to dry machining and ideal for high-speed cutting of steel and ductile cast iron | |
| M25 | ||||
| K20 | ||||
| SC515 | M35 | TiN+Ti(C,N) +Aℓ2O3+Ti(N,B) |
Material dedicated for the machining of heat-resistant alloy turbine blades etc. Material dedicated for machining of heat-resistant alloys such as nickel alloys that are used in turbine blades best suited for dry machining | |
| S35 | ||||
| SC520 | M40 | Dedicated composite coating | Material dedicated for the machining of titanium alloys. Best suited for wet machining | |
| S40 | ||||
| UXR25 | P15 ~ P30 | Carbide (Non-Coated) | This material is exclusively for milling and is compatible with a wide range of work materials, usable in medium grinding through to roughing under intermittent or other difficult cutting conditions | |
| M20 ~ M30 | ||||
| MA1 | K01 ~ 10 | Carbide alloy material ideal for the high-speed machining of cast iron and non-ferrous metals | ||
| K01 ~ 10 | ||||
| GXR15 | K10 ~ K20 | This material is highly wear-resistant, and is suited to the machining of cast iron and non-ferrous metals. It is also effective in the machining of titanium alloy and other heat-resistant alloys | ||
| N416 | N15 | Material suited to roughing through to semi-finishing of aluminum, non-ferrous alloys, plastics, etc. | ||
| N216 | N15 | Material suited to high-speed semi-finishing through to finishing of aluminum, non-ferrous alloys, plastics, etc. | ||
| NXR50 | P05 to P25 | Cermet (Non-Coated) | Cermet is a highly breakage-resistant material. It is best suited to the finishing of steel through to the general machining of high-hardness ductile cast iron | |
Tip Material Area Diagram
Coating Material Comparison Table
| Use Category | Misumi | Sumitomo | Mitsubishi | Tungaloy | Kyocera | Hitachi | Sandvik | Kennametal | Seco Tools | Dijet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P (Steel) | KR5005 KE01 KR5020 MT30 MT50 TA325 PX25 PR5040 PP120 PC260 OR5000 |
AC230 ACZ330 ACZ350 ACP100 ACP200 |
F7030 UP20M VP15TF VP30RT |
AH120 AH330 AH710 AH740 GH730 GH330 |
PR660 PR730 PR830 |
CY150 CY250 GF30 HC844 |
GC1025 GC1030 GC2030 GC4220 GC4230 GC4240 |
KC525M KC725M KC792M |
F20M F25M F40M T20M T25M T250M |
JC5003 JC730U JC5015 JC5030 JC4015 JC5040 |
| M (Stainless Steel) | KR5020 KE01 MT50 MP220 PX25 PR5040 SM225 OR5000 |
ACZ350 EH20Z ACP300 |
F7030 UP20M VP15TF VP30RT |
AH120 AH140 GH730 GH330 |
PR660 PR730 PR1025 |
CY150 CY250 CY9020 |
GC1025 GC2015 GC2030 |
KC525M KC715M KC725M KC994M |
T25M F25M |
JC730U JC5015 |
| K (Cast Iron) | KR5005 KE01 KR5020 MT10 |
AC211 ACZ310 EH20Z ACK200 ACK300 |
F5010 F5020 VP15TF |
AH110 AH120 GH110 |
PR510 PR905 |
CY100H | GC1020 GC3015 GC3020 GC3040 |
KC525M KC725M |
F20M T150M |
JC5003 JC5015 JC600 JC610 |
The details listed here have been prepared based on the catalogs, etc. of respective companies, and have not been approved by the respective companies.
