Benefits of Carbide Inserts for Your Milling Machines

Cemented carbide is a very hard material that is frequently used in machining tools for various reasons. Adding carbide inserts to your cutting tools can have some major benefits for your machining company.

Better Surface Finish

Carbide provides a better surface finish on your machined parts when compared to high-speed steel cutters. This will result in much cleaner, nicer looking cuts.

Faster Machining

A high-speed steel cutter may be efficient enough for the job, but you will find that you can go much faster with carbide inserts. With these inserts added to your cutting tools, you will be able to increase productivity without sacrificing the quality of the work you produce.

Superior Performance on Tough Materials

Because it is so hard, carbide is simply better at cutting tougher materials like stainless steel and alloyed steel. Other cutting tools used to cut these hard metals may break much more easily and cause you to lose money and time.

Withstand Higher Temperatures

Tools made with carbide, or tools with carbide inserts, can withstand much higher temperatures than your average cutting tool. This allows them to cut at much faster speeds without damage.

Less Wear

Carbide’s superior quality means that it can perform at higher speeds and temperatures with less wear than other tools.

Replaceable

Carbide inserts are replaceable, so if they break you only need to replace a piece of the tool rather than the entire tool itself.

Using carbide for your milling machine parts can result in a higher level of productivity, a lower rate of breakage and wear, and are more cost effective in the long run.