Carbide insert codes and iso equivalent codes

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Carbide insert codes and iso equivalent codes Will.Fish1 04-17-2008
Posted by dave sanderson on April 17, 2008, 2:31 pm
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On 17 Apr, 18:34, Austin Shackles
> On or around Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "m...@ems-fife.co.uk"
>
> >These are not ISO standard inserts.Manufacturers are more and more
> >moving away from ISO standards to their own shapes and designs.Sandvik
> >are leading the way here,even their threading inserts are non standard
> >now.With few exceptions no mainstream manufacturers produce standard
> >grooving and parting inserts either.
> >Mark.
>
> Makes one wonder why we have standards. Bloody annoying, when they do that,
> and counterproductive IMHO - I'm less likely to buy (e.g.) Sandvik tooling
> if it has bespoke inserts and less likely to buy their inserts if they won't
> fit other tools.
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OT
The reason there are so many standards is so that no matter what the
requirement
you can find one to fit
/OT

Dave

Posted by MikeH_QB on April 22, 2008, 3:56 am
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On 17 Apr, 11:16, Will.Fi...@googlemail.com wrote:
> I am looking for info on how to tell what size ISO insert I need from
> a manufacturers size.
> Has anyone any info on what the sandvik codes mean?
>
> e.g.
> =A0R390-1704 08M-PM
> =A0R290.90-12T308PPM
>
> I am not sure what the R390 or R290 etc mean
>
> I assume the 12T3 is the same as an ISO 12T3 (12mm face, T3 thickness
> around 4mm)
>
> Anyone any info on this? I have checked google but searches seem to
> give no useful results.

Model Engineer Workshop magazine has been running a very detailed &
comprehensive set of articles about exactly this sort of thing
(Current issue has part 3)
hth
Mike

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