{"id":5478,"date":"2015-05-13T03:39:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T03:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2015-05-13T03:39:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T03:39:27","slug":"new-beyond-drive-from-kennametal-increases-performance-and-improves-wear-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/2015\/05\/13\/new-beyond-drive-from-kennametal-increases-performance-and-improves-wear-identification\/","title":{"rendered":"New Beyond\u2122 Drive\u2122 from Kennametal Increases Performance and Improves Wear Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"

With significantly longer tool life and improved edge utilisation in field tests, Kennametal’s newly launched Beyond DriveTM portfolio of cutting inserts are being called the new gold standard for\u00a0turning. Adding a new titanium oxy\u00adcarbonitride outer coating (TiOCN) not only increases wear-\u00a0and abrasion\u00ad resistance for lower temperatures and longer tool life, its bronze color is an effective\u00a0wear indicator as opposed to black\u00ad surfaced inserts. Where inserts had been thrown away early in\u00a0favour of safety because of poor wear identification, operators are now reporting notably longer\u00a0service life per edge, even in aggressive environments. Depending on the application, field tests\u00a0are showing up to 30% more parts per edge.
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Beyond Drive makes wear detection easy, eliminates waste, and enables the machine operator to make full use of the tool life.<\/p><\/div>\nBeyond Drive is an entire portfolio of new grades and geometries that emphasise ease of\u00a0selection and use across work materials and turning conditions. Specific customer demands\u00a0addressed by Beyond Drive include reduction of notch wear in demanding applications and\u00a0reduction of crater wear in difficult materials, all while improving wear identification.
\nBeyond Drive is specifically designed for leveraging improved performance and longer life in\u00a0many critical turning tasks across steels, stainless steels, cast irons, and high\u00ad temperature alloys.\u00a0By cutting costs, avoiding waste, and producing many more high er\u00adquality parts per cutting edge,\u00a0manufacturers in transportation, energy, general engineering, and more are taking a significant\u00a0leap forward in productivity and increased capacity.
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On black inserts the wear is extremely difficult to detect. As a result machine operators often exchange the insert before it reaches the end of tool life to ensure process safety.<\/p><\/div>\n“For example, the Beyond Drive MR (medium roughing) insert has a high positive rake angle that\u00a0works with the smoothly curved cutting edge to reduce cutting forces and extend tool life. In terms\u00a0of chip flow, it \u0301s like nothing ever seen before,” says Lothar Unglaub, Kennametal turning expert.
\nIndexable double sided inserts are subject to high cutting forces, and are commonly seen as less\u00a0stable. MR \u0301s rake profile without the points of load concentration results in an extremely stable\u00a0insert body, despite the high positive rake. Even with high depth\u00ad of \u00adcut applications, turning\u00a0processes are safer and more stable, ensuring lower load on the machine tool and workpiece.\u00a0Additionally, MR inserts also feature formed-\u00adin coolant channels that deliver flood coolant efficiently to the cutting edge. Improved heat control translates into smoother cutting and\u00a0extended tool life.
\nTotal System Solutions<\/strong>
\nAdding the benefit of increased stability to Beyond Drive \u0301s design and performance advantages\u00a0Kennametal \u0301s KM4XTM spindle connection. Sizing the right spindle connection with the\u00a0machine tool helps optimize the productivity of the entire system. The combination of the KM4X\u00a0system \u0301s high clamping force and interference level leads to a robust connection and extremely\u00a0high stiffness and bending capacity for greatly improved performance. KM4X overcomes the\u00a0limitation on bending capacity present in other connections, allowing maximum available spindle\u00a0power and torque to be utilised in critical operations like turning of high \u00adstrength materials.
\nIn short, the KM4X connection is capable of performing right up to the machine tool \u0301s full\u00a0potential, which drives the most out of the cutting edge, Combined with the latest Beyond Drive\u00a0portfolio, turning can be far more productive and cost\u00ad effective.
\nAnother advantage is running dry, where Beyond Drive performs very well. Coolants can cost a lot\u00a0of money and add processing and disposal concerns. Even in very aggressive turning\u00a0environments involving external scale or heavy, interrupted cuts, Beyond Drive is showing\u00a0increased performance.
\nFor example, in one test for a plant producing cast\u00adiron transmission components, with no change\u00a0in feed, spindle speed, or depth of cut, Beyond Drive completed 325 pieces per cutting edge\u00a0compared to 200 pieces for the plant\u2019s current inserts. Not only was this a phenomenal increase\u00a0in parts per edge, projected machine hours freed per year totaled 125 while the number of inserts\u00a0required per year dropped from 813 to 500.
\nA stronger supply chain that gets more parts to market reliably is the foundation of a healthy and\u00a0growing manufacturing industry. Beyond Drive is a truly exciting development that promises more\u00a0higher \u00adquality parts per shift, more efficient machine utilization, and longer tool life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With significantly longer tool life and improved edge utilisation in field tests, Kennametal’s newly launched Beyond DriveTM portfolio of cutting inserts are being called the new gold standard for\u00a0turning. Adding a new titanium oxy\u00adcarbonitride outer coating (TiOCN) not only increases wear-\u00a0and abrasion\u00ad resistance for lower temperatures and longer tool life, its bronze color is an<\/p>\n

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