Balzers coating technology provides APLUS cutting tools with excellent performance during engineering process. The following four coatings are commonly used.
BALINIT@FUTURA NANO ( NaNo TiAlN )
Microhardness (HV 0.05)
3300
Coating Thickness (μm)
3
Max Working Temperature
3900℃
BALINIT@TiXSin
Microhardness (HV 0.05)
3600
Coating Thickness (μm)
2~2.5
Max Working Temperature
1100℃
High Speed Cutting and High Hardness
Cutting (Hardness over HRC 60)
BALINIT@X. TREME ( X TiAlN )
Microhardness (HV 0.05)
3500
Coating Thickness (μm)
4
Max Working Temperature
800℃
High Speed Cutting and High Hardness
Cutting ( Dry Cutting )
BALINIT@nACo-B
Microhardness (HV 0.05)
4200
Coating Thickness (μm)
3
Max Working Temperature
1200℃
High Speed Cutting and High Hardness
Cutting ( Hardness over HRC 60 )
Solid Carbide Materials
At present, three types of solid carbide materials have been applied on APLUS end mills.
Based on the characteristics and the tests that we have conducted, different materials are
selected and applied to various end mills in order to provide the best solutions.
Material
Code
Wc%
Co%
Average Grain Size
﹝ μm ﹞
Hardness HV30
﹝ kg/mm2 ﹞
B Series
90
10
0.6
1610
M Series
90
10
0.6
1610
V Series
88
12
0.4-0.5
1680
A Series
91
9
0.2
1920
Material
Code
Hardness HRA
﹝ISO3738﹞
TRS
﹝N/mm2﹞
KIC
﹝MNm-3/2﹞
ISO
Classification
B Series
92.2
3800
10.7
K20-K40
M Series
92.3
4000
10.5
K30-K40
V Series
92.5
4000
10.0
K40-K50
A Series
93.9
4000
9.3
K10-K30
Icons Description
Carbide
Carbide
NaNo
MG
Carbide
Super
MG
Carbide
MG
Grain Size
Grain Size
0.2 μm
Grain Size
0.4 μm
Grain Size
0.6 μm
Helix Angle
Helix Angle
35°
Helix Angle
30°
Helix Angle
30°
Helix Angle
30°
Helix Angle
45°
Helix Angle
55°
Helix Angle
25°
Helix Angle
25°
Number of Flutes
Flutes
2
Flutes
3
Flutes
4
Flutes
6
Work Material Hardness
HRC
55
HRC
60
HRC
65
Work material hardness is
up to HRC55, HRC60, HRC65