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Diamond-tipped inserts

Feb. 17, 2006
Optional PCD tips are available for Backdraft and Xpet inserts from Dapra Corp.
Optional PCD tips are available for Backdraft and Xpet inserts from Dapra Corp. (www.dapra.com). The company expects the life of the diamond-tipped inserts to be about 100 times that of TiAlN-coated inserts in most aluminum and graphite-milling applications.

PCD-tipped Backdraft inserts, for mold and die applications, are available in 0.500-in. and 0.750-in. diameters with both 0.0312-in. and 0.625-in. corner radii and a usable leg length of about 0.0625 in. Xpet inserts, for use with 90-degree square shoulder mills, are 0.62992-in. (16 mm) long with a 0.0312-in. corner radius and have a 0.125-in. usable leg length.