High-Feed Mill Prolongs Cutting Tool Life
Keeping with its 100-year history in cutting tool design and manufacturing, M.A. Ford introduces the TuffCut HF high-feed mill.
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Keeping with its 100-year history in cutting tool design and manufacturing, M.A. Ford introduces the TuffCut HF high-feed mill (FHFP). This solution is engineered with a rolled cutting face that provides increased strength and prolonged tool life, adding cost savings. With a multi-flute design and a positive axial rake, the FHFP performs well in a range of difficult materials 52 HRC and under. It also achieves high metal removal roughing in 3D shapes, and is well suited for long-reach applications into deep/tight pockets and slots.
M.A. Ford’s FHFP series is offered in metric sizes from 6-16 mm in diameter and multiple neck lengths from 3×D to 8×D. Tool life has been enhanced in several ways. For example, coated with the company’s ALtima Q coating, the FHFP provides optimal heat and wear resistance. Its central coolant design also enables excellent chip evacuation to prevent recutting of the chips along with a cutting geometry that thins the chip, providing reduced cutting forces and heat.
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