Tooling help

[Rakesh]

Hi everybody

I have to do .01" wide,.02" deep groove on 1.154 dia od on the lathe which don't have a Live tooling. Tolerances are the general tolerances of .005"

Material in INconel 718 per AMS 5662.

If any body can suggest me the tooling to do this groove. I have to do 10 pcs first and than 3500 pcs after approval.

At the moment I am thinking more towards some .01 grooving insert and later I will do his part On Nakamura and try to put the slitting cutter on live tool position.

Any help will be appreciated

Thanks

[Guest]

I like Thin-Bits for this kind of groove

 

http://www.kaisertool.com/Ads/All_ads.htm

[Rakesh]

I checked the thinBit on line catalogue and min groove width they have is .025.

Thanks John for the Information.

[Guest]

They do ALL sizes from .004 and up in increments of .001

 

Call them

 

OD/ID Grooving:

Sizes: .020", .030", .040", .060", .080", .100", .125" (.004"-.150" in .001" increments available)

Sharp corner or .007" radius

TiN, TiCN, TiAlN and diamond film coatings

[FP1]

+1000 on Thinbit. They will also make them out of carbide or HSS.

[chris m]

Carbide Grinding [in Texas someplace] or Horizon Carbide will make you any grooving insert you like and the lead time is usually pretty good. I buy KM Top-Notch style inserts from them when I need something strange.

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

+1000 Thinbit