Milling Tips / Holders Guide to Tip Coating Materials

List of Tip Materials

Material Name Coating Application / Properties
KR5005 P05 ~ P15 PVD TiAℓN+TiN Material suited for finishing and featuring high wear resistance. This material demonstrates high performance under dry high-speed machining. Although it is best suited for steel, stainless steel and high hardness steel, it is also compatible with non-ferrous metals
M05 ~ M15
N01 ~ N15
H05 ~ H15
KR5020 P10 ~ P30 TiAℓN+TiN Although this material is best suited for semi-finishing and finishing of steel, stainless steel, heat-resistant alloys, and titanium, etc., it is also compatible with cast iron and non-ferrous metals. This material demonstrates high performance under dry high-speed machining
M10 ~ M25
K10 ~ K25
N10 ~ N20
S10 ~ S20
PR5040 P30 ~ P50 TiAℓN+TiN Material with high toughness suited for semi-finishing to roughing. It is suited to the machining of steel and stainless steel, and also has excellent resistance to thermal shock
M20 ~ M40
KE01 P10 ~ P30 TiAℓN+TiN This fine carbide-based material has particularly high wear resistance and resistance to thermal shock. It demonstrates high performance in dry high-speed machining, and is compatible with machining of steel, stainless steel, cast iron, and even heat-resistant alloys, for example
M10 ~ M25
K10 ~ K25
PX25 P15 ~ P35 TiCN This material is dedicated for milling. It is suited for semi-finishing to finishing, and shows its true value in the finishing of stainless steel
M10 ~ M30
MT10 K10 ~ 20 TiAℓN Coating material best suited to the machining of cast iron comprising a tough fine base and PVD coating having outstanding wear resistance. It is also suitable for the machining of heat-resistant alloys such as Inconel
MT30 P10 ~ 30 TiAℓN PVD coating material with excellent wear resistance, broadly suited to the machining of steel from general steels through to mold materials
MT50 P20 ~ 40 TiAℓN This material comprises an ultra-tough base and a highly wear resistant PVD coating, and is best suited to the machining of stainless steel and roughing of steel
P20 ~ 40
TA325 P20 ~ P35 TiAℓN This material is for the milling of steel and can also be used in dry machining, featuring high wear resistance
M20 ~ M30
SM225 P10 ~ P30 TiN This material is dedicated for milling, and is best suited to high-speed light cutting of stainless steel, in particular, featuring high resistance to thermal shock
M10 ~ M25
PP120 P35 TiAℓN Material suited for wet machining and compatible with machining in unstable environments
MP220 M40 TiAℓN Material suited for wet machining of stainless steel
OR5000 P25 ~ P45 CVD TiCN+Aℓ2O3+TiN MT-CVD coating material features an excellent balance between wear resistance and toughness. Compatible work materials include all steel types and heat-resistant alloys such as titanium alloy
M20 ~ M40
S20 ~ S30
K320 K15 Aℓ2O3 Material suited mainly for wet machining and ideal for the machining of cast iron
PC260 P25 Ti(C,N)+Ti(C,N)
+TiN+Aℓ2O3
Material best suited mainly to dry machining and ideal for high-speed cutting of steel and ductile cast iron
M25
K20
SC515 M35 TiN+Ti(C,N)
+Aℓ2O3+Ti(N,B)
Material dedicated for the machining of heat-resistant alloy turbine blades etc. Material dedicated for machining of heat-resistant alloys such as nickel alloys that are used in turbine blades best suited for dry machining
S35
SC520 M40 Dedicated composite coating Material dedicated for the machining of titanium alloys. Best suited for wet machining
S40
UXR25 P15 ~ P30 Carbide (Non-Coated) This material is exclusively for milling and is compatible with a wide range of work materials, usable in medium grinding through to roughing under intermittent or other difficult cutting conditions
M20 ~ M30
MA1 K01 ~ 10 Carbide alloy material ideal for the high-speed machining of cast iron and non-ferrous metals
K01 ~ 10
GXR15 K10 ~ K20 This material is highly wear-resistant, and is suited to the machining of cast iron and non-ferrous metals. It is also effective in the machining of titanium alloy and other heat-resistant alloys
N416 N15 Material suited to roughing through to semi-finishing of aluminum, non-ferrous alloys, plastics, etc.
N216 N15 Material suited to high-speed semi-finishing through to finishing of aluminum, non-ferrous alloys, plastics, etc.
NXR50 P05 to P25 Cermet (Non-Coated) Cermet is a highly breakage-resistant material. It is best suited to the finishing of steel through to the general machining of high-hardness ductile cast iron

Tip Material Area Diagram

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Coating Material Comparison Table

Use Category Misumi Sumitomo Mitsubishi Tungaloy Kyocera Hitachi Sandvik Kennametal Seco Tools Dijet
P (Steel) KR5005
KE01
KR5020
MT30
MT50
TA325
PX25
PR5040
PP120
PC260
OR5000
AC230
ACZ330
ACZ350
ACP100
ACP200
F7030
UP20M
VP15TF
VP30RT
AH120
AH330
AH710
AH740
GH730
GH330
PR660
PR730
PR830
CY150
CY250
GF30
HC844
GC1025
GC1030
GC2030
GC4220
GC4230
GC4240
KC525M
KC725M
KC792M
F20M
F25M
F40M
T20M
T25M
T250M
JC5003
JC730U
JC5015
JC5030
JC4015
JC5040
M (Stainless Steel) KR5020
KE01
MT50
MP220
PX25
PR5040
SM225
OR5000
ACZ350
EH20Z
ACP300
F7030
UP20M
VP15TF
VP30RT
AH120
AH140
GH730
GH330
PR660
PR730
PR1025
CY150
CY250
CY9020
GC1025
GC2015
GC2030
KC525M
KC715M
KC725M
KC994M
T25M
F25M
JC730U
JC5015
K (Cast Iron) KR5005
KE01
KR5020
MT10
AC211
ACZ310
EH20Z
ACK200
ACK300
F5010
F5020
VP15TF
AH110
AH120
GH110
PR510
PR905
CY100H GC1020
GC3015
GC3020
GC3040
KC525M
KC725M
F20M
T150M
JC5003
JC5015
JC600
JC610

Title image sample The details listed here have been prepared based on the catalogs, etc. of respective companies, and have not been approved by the respective companies.

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