The three-flute aluminium roughing tool is a long yet extremely stable and allows machining inside cavities where competitor tools cannot reach, it is claimed.
Designed for heavy duty aluminium removal applications, the new 3301 Series has ‘knuckled’ outer edge geometry for robust roughing and rapid swarf evacuation.
The centre-cutting solid carbide series is available in 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 and 20 mm diameters, with the shank diameter identical to the cutting diameter. This maximises the stability and rigidity of the tool as it reaches into difficult-to-access faces and corners. Furthermore, when the optimised shank dimensions are combined with the edge and flute geometry, the new 3301 Series offers “scintillating performance levels”.
ITC has 'necked' the tool to offer maximum clearance and guarantee that shank interference with the workpiece is a thing of the past. This allows the respective diameters to offer a cutting edge of reach of up to 18, 24, 30, 36, 48 and 60 mm, respectively.
Despite this reach, surface finish, tool life and overall stability are maintained by a geometry design that retains an 8 to 24 mm cutting length, depending on the tool diameter selected.
As well as its reach characteristics, the 3301 Series has been manufactured with an overall tool length of from 90 mm for the 6 mm diameter tool up to 150 mm for the 20 mm diameter cutter. The extended neck length and overall length of the 3301 Series offers some major benefits to aerospace manufacturers who are continually machining pockets and cavities.
The respective tool diameters have a neck diameter of 5.6, 7.5, 9, 11, 14.8 and 18.7 mm with the 18 to 60 mm reach. However, as a UK manufacturer, ITC can extend the neck length or alter the neck diameter to accommodate specific requirement.
