APFT 160416 IS A HARDENED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE MILLING INSERT DESIGNED FOR PRECISION CNC METALWORKING.
IT FUNCTIONS AS A REPLACEABLE CUTTING TOOTH MOUNTED ON HIGH-SPEED ROTARY FACE MILL CUTTERS.
THE ALPHANUMERIC DESIGNATION FOLLOWS STRICT UNIVERSAL ISO AND ANSI TOOLING SPECIFICATION STANDARDS.
THE LETTER A DESIGNATES ITS UNIQUE PARALLELOGRAM GEOMETRY FEATURING AN EIGHTY-FIVE DEGREE ANGLE.
THE LETTER P SPECIFIES AN ELEVEN-DEGREE NORMAL CLEARANCE TO PREVENT MATERIAL FRICTION AND RUBBING.
THE LETTER F INDICATES A HIGH-TOLERANCE MANUFACTURING CLASS FOR EXACT REPEATABILITY IN CNC PROGRAMS.
THE LETTER T DESIGNATES A SINGLE-SIDED CHIPBREAKER GEOMETRY WITH A COUNTERSUNK CENTER SCREW HOLE.
THE NUMBER 16 REPRESENTS A SIXTEEN-MILLIMETRE CUTTING EDGE LENGTH TO EXECUTE DEEP PASSES.
THE NUMBER 04 DENOTES A THICKNESS OF FOUR-POINT-SEVENTY-SIX MILLIMETRES TO WITHSTAND SEVERE IMPACTS.
THE NUMBER 16 INDICATES A REINFORCED ONE-POINT-SIX-MILLIMETRE CORNER RADIUS TO EXTEND TOOL LIFE.
THIS LARGE CORNER RADIUS PROVIDES EXCELLENT EDGE STRENGTH AND PRODUCES A HIGH-QUALITY SURFACE FINISH.
THE SUBSTRATE IS TYPICALLY COATED IN TITANIUM CARBONITRIDE TO RESIST EXTREME OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURES.
IT IS APPLIED PRIMARILY IN SQUARE SHOULDER MILLING OPERATIONS FOR PRECISE NINETY-DEGREE PROFILE SHAPING.
THE TOOL CUTS HARD METALS EFFICIENTLY INCLUDING ALLOY STEELS, STAINLESS STEEL, AND CAST IRON.
INDEXING THE INSERT ALLOWS THE MACHINIST TO ROTATE DULL EDGES WITHOUT CHANGING THE TOOL.