Specialty Thick BZN™
Thick BZN is a specialty thick-layered PCBN sintered and bonded to a tungsten carbide substrate manufactured into endmills for machining hardened ferrous materials. Specifically designed to increase cutting speeds while extending tool life, Thick BZN is used in applications requiring optimized productivity and efficiency.
When it comes to milling hardened materials, such as tool steels and die steels, traditional cutting tools like carbide end mills often result in significant production interruptions due to repeated tool failure. The exceptional hardness and wear resistance properties of PCBN make it an ideal choice for milling when the goal is to increase productivity and reduce downtime.
Hyperion manufacturers specialty thick BZN in pre-form round blanks and cut tip parts, and it is sold as carbide-supported cylinders in a wide range of sizes from overall thicknesses ranging from 4.8 to 13mm and PCBN layers from 0.8 to 3mm.
Product Groups
Type: Full round or Cut Tips
Number of Grades: 1
Description: Pre-form specialty thick-layered PCBN grade manufactured into endmill hardened machining materials to improve tool life and production. A cutting service is also available as per individual request.
Type: Full round or Cut Tips
Number of Grades: 1
Description: Pre-form specialty thick-layered PCBN grade manufactured into endmill hardened machining materials to improve tool life and production. A cutting service is also available as per individual request.
Thick BZN Applications
Thick BZN is manufactured in milling applications, such as tool and die steels, comprising ferrous workpiece materials including pearlitic gray iron, hard cast iron, and sintered powder metal iron. These applications and materials are used to create tools and parts utilized within the automotive, aerospace, tool and die making, and various other industries.
Thick BZN Benefits
Thick BZN offers significant performance characteristics that can improve the productivity of milling tools. It is used to machine very hard materials due to its exceptional properties. Its high-speed machining capabilities allow the material to provide better surface finishes, consistent and repeatable performances, and a greatly improved tool life compared to traditional cutting tools. Thick BZN is also available as a single-tool solution.
Hyperion also offers BZN® Full Round PCBN Blanks, Cut Tips, & Semi-Finished Inserts for all hardened machining needs.
FAQs about Specialty Thick BZN
Thick BZN is a specialty thick-layered PCBN manufactured into endmills for machining hardened ferrous materials and is used to improve tool productivity and production while reducing downtime.
Thick BZN offers several advantages when machining ferrous materials. It is a single-tool solution that machines very hard materials due to its exceptional properties. Its high-speed machining capabilities help provide better surface finishes, consistent and repeatable performances, and a greatly improved tool life.
Thick BZN is manufactured in milling applications, such as tool and die steels, comprising ferrous workpiece materials including pearlitic gray iron, hard cast iron, and sintered powder metal iron. These applications and materials are used to create tools and parts utilized within the automotive, aerospace, tool and die making, and various other industries.
Thick BZN, a specialty PCBN grade offered by Hyperion Materials & Technologies, is manufactured and sold in cut parts and carbide-supported cylinders. It is available in various sizes, from overall thicknesses ranging from 4.8 to 13mm and PCBN layers from 0.8 to 3mm.
Thick BZN improves productivity in the toolmaking industry because it can machine very hard materials at incredibly high speeds while maintaining great surface finishes. This allows Thick BZN to quickly provide consistent and repeatable performances, generating more tool production within milling applications without sacrificing tool defects.
