High-speed finishing up to 490 m/min
Achieves highly effective machining even surpassing ceramic
Features:
Ideal for finishing ductile cast iron
Excellent wear resistance due to optimum CBN content and TiC binders
Tooling application
- Ductile cast iron
- Finish Turning
Cutting conditions
| Grade | Material | Operation type | Machining | Cutting speed (m/min) | Feed(mm/rev) | DOC(mm) | Coolant |
| E5K/E52 | Ductile cast iron | Turning | Finishing | 90 – 490 | 0.1 – 0.4 | 0.3 – 2.0 | WET |
Grade | Material | Operation type | Machining | Cutting speed (m/min) | Feed (mm/t – mm/rev) | DOC(mm) | Coolant |
E5K/E52 | Ductile cast iron | Turning | Finishing | 90 – 490 | 0.1 – 0.4 | 0.3 – 2.0 | WET |
Case study
ID bore finishing operation on a machine part
| Material | FCD700 |
| Cutting speed | 200 m/min |
| Feed | 0.15 mm/rev |
| DOC | 0.2 mm |
| Coolant | WET |
| E5k | 12 pcs / corner |
| Competitor’s CBN | 6 pcs / corner |
E5K achieved 2 times longer tool life machining this interrupted ID cut.
Front hub
| Material | FCD450 |
| Cutting speed | 235 m/min |
| Feed | 0.16 mm/rev |
| DOC | 0.25 mm |
| Coolant | WET |
| E52 | 50 pcs / corner |
| Competitor’s CBN | 20 pcs / corner |
E52 performance resulted in 2.5 times longer tool life and stable machining performance over the competitor’s CBN insert.

