Conical Barrel Tools
Patent pending high performance finishing and semi-finishing barrel tools
FEATURES & BENEFITS
SGS barrel tools
- Variable geometry for chatter reduction leading to extended tool life
- Patent pending geometry allowing multiple regrinds
- Extreme wear resistance due to hard micro-grain substrates and proprietary coatings developed for optimised tool life
- 3-8 flute design to suit application & material
- Accurate form tolerance for dimensional accuracy
- Standard range from Ø6mm to Ø16mm
- Hard metal and aluminium options available
- Specials available on request
Barrel tools
- Enables a greater ap step-over maintaining the same theoretical scallop height
- Delivers better production efficiency rates from shorter machining times with enhanced surface quality
- Cycle time savings of up to 90%
- Increased tool life while simultaneously reducing the number of tools required
- Spindle growth and machine position tolerance due to thermal properties are compensated with the large tool radius
- Lower set-up costs
- Excellent process reliability
- Reduces / eliminates the need for post-milling processes such as finishing and polishing
- Reduces the effects of heat transfer that can lead to thermal deformation of the component
- Production flexibility with the tool’s capability of face machining and ball-nose cutting
PRODUCT DETAILS
SGS Barrel tool design
Barrel tools are a variation of a taper ball-nose tool. However, the straight taper is replaced with a large tangential radius, (Ø50mm to Ø1500mm).
Applications
• Barrel tools are designed to replace inefficient ball-nose scanning
• They are highly efficient at finishing & semi-finishing profiling
• Main application areas are profiling and pocket milling
• They are especially suited to machining deep pockets and hard-to-reach areas without using expensive long-reach tools
• Their versatility also allows them to machine faces and blends with one tool
Components include:
- femoral knees and trauma plates,
- blisks, discs and blades
- turbine blades
- deep cavities
- complex shapes
Download the brochure to see full product range, cutting data and milling strategies.
See how the Conical barrel tool compares to the ball-end tool in the video below.
MATERIAL APPLICATIONS
- Steel
- Stainless Steels
- High Temp Alloys
- Titanium Alloys
- Non Ferrous
INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS
- Aerospace
- Medical
- Power Generation
- Automotive
- Mold & Die