Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has expanded its highly acclaimed shoulder-milling cutters ¡°SEC-WaveMill™ WEX2000/3000¡å series to include the ¡°WEX1000¡å series for high efficiency machining in low depth-of-cut applications. The company has launched 63 items of small sized indexable inserts and 17 items of cutter body in April, 2016.
In recent years, there have been demands for reduction of machining costs and improvement of productivity in all machining fields. To meet these requirements, the ¡°WEX1000¡å series has been developed to expand and supplement the existing ¡°SEC-WaveMill™ WEX2000/3000¡å series. The ¡°WEX1000¡å series lineup starts from a small diameter (¦Õ10), and supports cutter diameters previously not available in conventional indexable tools. In addition, its optimized design achieves excellent machined surface quality and is capable of high efficiency machining with multiple cutting edges.
Features
Selection
Cutter diameters ranging from ¦Õ10 to ¦Õ63, supports machining diameters and applications previously not supported by conventional indexable tools.
High efficiency
Designed with twice as many teeth as conventional cutters of the same diameter to achieve efficiency machining.
Machined surface quality
Achieves excellent machined surface quality with optimized cutting edge design.
Line Up
Cutter body¡¡WEX1000E
(Endmill ¨C Standard shank) 7 items
Cutter body¡¡WEX1000EL
(Endmill ¨C Long shank) 6 items
Cutter body¡¡WEX1000F (Shell) 4 items
Indexable inserts 63 items (7 grades)
Sales plan
£¤90 million in the first year, £¤180 million a year after 2 years
Pricing
Cutter body £¤22,500 to £¤90,000 (without tax)
Insert £¤800 (without tax)
