The TD610 Supreme thread milling cutter family from Walter AG features highly wear-resistant HiPIMS coating WB10TU made of AlTiSiN. The company says the coating is extremely smooth, robust and wear-resistant, which that ensures a significantly longer service life compared to conventional coatings. In addition, the thread milling cutter has unique geometric features, such as the "trumpet bow neck," a tapered neck and groove geometry that reduces deflection, prevents tool breakage and allows regrinding in case of wear.
The offset distribution of the flutes minimizes vibrations, especially with short threads, thereby improving thread quality and process reliability. This also applies to the special post-treatment of the TD610 Supreme, these polished cutting edges reduce wear, increase stability and improve thread quality even in the most demanding materials – while also increasing cutting speeds and reducing machining time. The full-profile thread milling cutter is universally applicable for blind and through threads in all ISO material groups, P, M, K, N and S, up to 48 HRC. Radius corrections are rare thanks to the stable process, which makes the TD610 Supreme ideal for both short-run or high-volume “lights-out” production. Walter offers the thread milling cutter for thread depths up to 1.5 × D(N), with and without internal cooling, and in many common standards like: M, MF, UNC, UNF and G. It should be of particular interest to users with demanding requirements, such as those working with expensive components.
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- flutes
flutes
Grooves and spaces in the body of a tool that permit chip removal from, and cutting-fluid application to, the point of cut.
- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- milling
milling
Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.
- milling cutter
milling cutter
Loosely, any milling tool. Horizontal cutters take the form of plain milling cutters, plain spiral-tooth cutters, helical cutters, side-milling cutters, staggered-tooth side-milling cutters, facemilling cutters, angular cutters, double-angle cutters, convex and concave form-milling cutters, straddle-sprocket cutters, spur-gear cutters, corner-rounding cutters and slitting saws. Vertical cutters use shank-mounted cutting tools, including endmills, T-slot cutters, Woodruff keyseat cutters and dovetail cutters; these may also be used on horizontal mills. See milling.
