Available to download from the Guhring UK website or from your local representative, the 24-page publication includes the latest solid carbide and PCD drills and end mills, taps, slot drills and PCD compression milling cutters.
With CFRP, GFRP and multi-layered FRP materials increasingly making an entry into a broad range of industrial applications, Guhring has evolved its product offering to meet the ever-evolving needs of the market. The Guhring product range has been specially adapted to the respective material structures to ensure optimum chip evacuation as well as uniform hole diameters across all material types.
The new publication introduces new and extended product ranges that includes solid carbide stub drills and Kevlar drills from 2.5mm to 10mm, the CR100 and FR100 geometry CFRP/GFRP end mills, ISO metric machine taps and 90° and 120° multi re-grindable PCD drills. Additional products include the 2-, 3- and 4-cutting edge PCD slot drills and end mills with through-coolant. The new solutions are available with a wide variety of shank forms and tolerances, surface finishes and coatings, helix and rake angles and cutting edges.
The diamond coating is a critical feature for optimising performance when cutting FRP. The Guhring diamond coating is called CRISTAL and this is applied in-house to optimise performance, consistency and tool longevity for the end user.
The challenges of developing cutting tools for the composite industry lies in meeting the specific machining conditions that can occur when machining FRP materials. These challenges include quality characteristics that are important for metallic cutting but also the fraying of fibres, delaminating, burr and thermal damage prevention during machining and the splintering of fibres.
Guhring has invested significantly in its R&D efforts to overcome the difficulties of machining composite materials. This not only caters for standard product ranges but also a vast array of special products.
For your edition of the new ‘High Performance Tools for Machining Fibre Composite Materials’ brochure, download via https://www.guhring.co.uk/catalogue-downloads or contact your local Guhring representative.
