Seco's New CS100 Grade Offers Higher Cutting Speeds, Longer Tool Life

Seco’s new CS100 sialon ceramic grade provides excellent performance in rough machining applications in nickel based heat resistant super alloys (HRSA). The CS100 grade features high chemical inertness, high abrasion resistance and high toughness, allowing it to achieve long and consistent tool life. This makes it the ideal solution to meet the aerospace industry's ever growing demands for HRSA materials.

When machining precision components in materials such as Inconel, Nimonic and Waspaloy for the aerospace and power generation segments, CS100 requires fewer tool changes, making it easy for manufacturers to increase their productivity and decrease their cost per part. Furthermore, by allowing much higher cutting speeds than can be used with carbide inserts, CS100 minimises cutting times and maintains cost effectiveness.

For complete machining of these challenging materials, CS100 complements Seco’s existing PCBN and carbide product range.

In cutting trials, Seco found its CS100 offers up to 25 percent longer tool life when compared to a competitor’s sialon ceramic grades.

For more information, visit www.secotools.com/cs100.