Composite Tools – Aerospace and Medical Industry | Using metal cutting tools to machine today’s highly abrasive composite materials can be costly in terms of tool wear and damage to workpieces. LMT Onsrud makes an extensive line of cutting tools designed for today’s difficult-to-machine, space-age materials. LMT Onsrud manufactures solid carbide and PCD cutting tools designed specifically for machining CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic), GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic), Fiberglass, Phenolic, Kevlar®, Carbon Graphite and other composite materials. |
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| | Solid Carbide Glass-Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Spirals (Coated)
54-200 Series - Optimized geometry to shear the glass fibers
- Creates “chip” to remove heat – prevents
melting of material. - Coated to withstand the abrasive characteristics inherent to GRP.
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| | Double Flute - Solid Carbide Straight 56-000P Series - Designed specifically to rout harder, more rigid plastics.
- Foam, Fiberglass, Phenolic, Acrylic, Nylon, PVC, ABS
- Acetal and Solid Surface.
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| | Single Flute - Solid Carbide Upcut Spiral 63-000 Series - Upward chip removal.
- Tool rigidity and long life.
- High quality finish created.
- Used in fiberglass and phenolic.
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| | DFC Compression for Composites (Coated) 66-800 Series - Solid Carbide Compression Routers.
- Diamond Film Coated (CVD).
- Unique geometry prevents delamination on top and bottom edges of the composites.
- Open flute design dissipates heat to prevent resin flow.
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| | High Performance Composite Router (Coated) 66-900 Series - Designed for more efficient routing of composite materials.
- Used in hand-fed and in CNC applications.
- Coated for increased tool life.
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Solid Carbide Fiberglass Router Medium Burr w/End Mill Point
| | Solid Carbide Fiberglass Router Medium Burr w/End Mill Point & Drill Point 67-000 Series - Designed as fiberglass routers.
- Upcut/Downcut diamond design.
- Shears fibrous materials.
- Medium Burr with End Mill Point.
- Medium Burr with Drill Point.
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| | Three Flute - Solid Carbide Phenolic Cutter – Upcut & Downcut 67-200 Series - Upcut/Downward chip removal.
- Adaptable to low or high spindle speed applications.
- Viable in any CNC machining environment.
- Free cutting action provides better finishes.
- Significantly lower noise levels.
- Downcut - increased part hold down.
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Solid Carbide Fiberglass Router Medium Burr w/End Mill Point
| | Three Flute - PCD Progressive Chipbreaker for Composites – Standard & Metric 67-220 Series - Standard and Metric dimensions.
- Superior chip control and Increased tool lifecompared to solid carbide.
- Cuts dense and abrasive materials.
- PCD cutting edge supports wide range of feed rates and depth of cut combinations.
- Chipbreaker incorporates a unique geometry.
- Distinct Hi-Low asymmetrical chipbreaker profile reduces vibration and chatter
- Reduced harmonic imbalance.
- Improved surface finishes.
- Reduced noise levels.
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Solid Carbide Fiberglass Router Medium Burr w/Drill Mill Point
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| | Solid Carbide Fiberglass Router
67-250 Series - Downcut chip removal.
- Three Flutes Diamond Grit.
- Designed as fiberglass routers.
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| | Double Flute - Solid Carbide Compression Spiral 67-300 Series - Up/Down Compression Design.
- Fast feed Rates.
- Excellent finish on both sides of the material.
- Best on composite panels and honeycomb core.
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| | Solid Carbide Un-Ruffer™ PATENTED 67-400 Series - Unique compression burr design.
- Cutting performance of a burr.
- Achieve good surface finish.
- Best used on composite panels.
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| | Solid Carbide CG (Carbon Graphite) Tool 67-500 Series - Geometry increases amount of effective cutting flutes.
- Superior performance over a standard burr.
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| | Double Flute - PCD Tipped Tooling – PCD Full Face w / Plunge Point 68-000 Series - Best used in abrasive materials.
- Achieves superior surface finish in material.
- Increased tool life over solid carbide tooling.
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| | Double Flute - PCD SERF™ Cutter - Standard & Metric 68-200 Series - Standard and Metric dimensions.
- Rougher and finishing tool in one.
- Distinctive geometry reduces the cutting forces.
- Increased tool life.
- Higher feed rates.
- Reduced noise.
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| | Three Flute - PCD SERF™ Cutter - Standard & Metric 68-300 Series - Standard and Metric dimensions.
- Three-Flute tool: Two roughing edges and one finishing edge.
- Geometry reduces cutting forces.
- Shear fibers in high-strength composite and other fiber reinforced plastic materials.
- Finishing edge cleans up after roughing cuts.
- Creates a smooth edge on material.
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| | Double Flute - PCD Ballnose – Standard & Metric 68-400 Series - Standard and Metric dimensions.
- Designed for use in abrasive materials.
- Utilized when cut quality and tool life are crucial.
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| | Solid Carbide 8 Facet Drill
67-800 Series - 4 cutting edges – 2 facets per cutting edge.
- Reduce cutting forces.
- Eliminates delamination when entering and exiting the material.
- Fractional Drills
- Letter Drills
- Number Drills
- Metric Drills
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| | PCD 8 Facet Drills 68-900 Series - Works well in composite materials.
- Long tool life.
- Creates delamination free holes.
- Drill diameters are oversize allowing for aircraft fasteners to extend through the holes.
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| | Diamond Film Coated Solid Carbide Parabolic Drill 86-100 Series - Produces clean, delamination free hole in composite materials.
- Diamond Film Coated (CVD).
- Economical solution to PCD composite drills.
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| | Solid Carbide CFRP Drill (Coated) 85-800 Series - Designed to ensure hole quality and diameter.
- “W” point of the drill centers the drill.
- Peripheral cutting edges shear the material.
- Clean, tight tolerance holes without fraying or delamination.
- Drills are coated with a Diamond Like Carbon (DLC).
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