• PVD Coated Carbide for High Precision Machining
  
  
• Ceramic
  
  
• Cell Fiber Ceramic
  
  
• CBN
  
  
• Diamond
  
  

Ceramic inserts are capable of running at high speeds thus reducing expensive machining times. Ceramics are ideal for hard turning carbon steels, alloy steels, tool steels and cast irons.

Kyocera's ceramic inserts are designed to resist oxidation and maintain hardness at elevated temperature.

• High cutting speeds due to excellent wear resistance and better wear performance.
• Maintain good surface finish for a long time because of the low affinity to workpiece materials.
• Improved thermal shock performance in KS500, KS6000, and KS7000, and wet cutting of cast iron.

• Can be used to replace CBN inserts for turning hardened materials in many applications
• Costs much less than CBN; reduces cycle times
• The new coating layer provides increased stability and prevents chipping
• The anti-oxidation of A66N is improved over typical ceramics, decreasing crater wear and leading to longer tool life

• High speed and high feed rate machining of cast iron.
• Suitable for roughing with coolant.
• Suitable for high speed milling of cast iron, such as cylinder blocks.

• High purity aluminum oxide ceramic KA30 with uniform microstructure provides excellent wear resistance at high speed finishing of cast iron.