Inserts For Square Shoulder Milling

Seco Tools Inc. (www.secotools.com) has introduced its new MD (medium difficult) insert geometry for high-feed, high metal removal square-shoulder milling applications. The company said the MD geometry — designed for Seco's Super and Power Turbo cutters — offers users as much as twice the metal removal of industry standard square-shoulder endmills.

The rigid design of the Turbo cutter body, and the relatively high cutting rake of the insert, permits for free cutting and high metal removal. The new geometry is available in a range of coated grades in 12 mm (Super) and 18 mm (Power) inserts, including the company's high-performance grades F40M and T350M for application in a broad base of materials.