TaeguTec launches the new Gold Rush

TaeguTec — part of the IMC Group since 1999 www.taegutec.com — has launched its new Gold Rush series of cutting tools. Jacob Harpaz, IMC Group president and chief executive officer, says: “With industry demanding the capability to machine at high speeds with cutting tools that demonstrate a high level of edge toughness, our R&D teams have worked hard to deliver a range of products that offer high-speed machining with excellent edge toughness. The result is the new Gold Rush range and the setting of 45HRC as the minimum hardness level that all our cutting tools should be capable of machining at.”

The new Gold Rush series is a range of inserts that are finished to a polished standard and then given a ‘gold’ CVD or PVD coating for enhanced performance. For turning applications, the TaeguTec Gold Rush series offers the ceramic and SiN SC10 and AS10 grades for machining cast iron. These are complemented by the T-Cast series of AS20, TC430 and AB20 ceramic grades specifically for aerospace machining.

Adding to its cast-iron turning range, TaeguTec now offers its ‘Black Rush’ series of CVD-coated inserts. The new TT7005 and TT7015 inserts have been designed to deliver exceptional performance levels on grey cast iron, while there are the new CVD-coated TT8115, TT8125 and TT8135 inserts for steel machining — developed for general, continuous and interrupted machining respectively. This range is complemented by the TT9215, TT9225 and TT9235 CVD-coated inserts for stainless-steel and super-alloy applications. More specific to stainless steel are the new PVD-coated TT5080 and TT9080 inserts.

With regard to milling, TaeguTec has introduced the new MillRush, Mill2Rush, Chase2Mill, Fineball and TopDrill series. For more-specific applications such as threading, boring and grooving, TaeguTec offers its TopMini and TopMicro ranges.