High Performance Inserts
Having the right equipment for metalworking keeps your business competitive in your sector. With Kennametal inserts, you have access to the correct performance inserts for milling and cutting, including both positive and negative inserts. Our high-performance inserts give you precise and low-vibration cutting, allowing you to achieve true and consistent results every time.
Kennametal is an industry leader in insert technology, as we use strong tungsten carbide-based materials both to ensure accuracy and to extend the life of each insert we make. Whether you need high-performance C-, D-, R-, S-, T-, V- or W-style inserts, the Kennametal insert chart helps you to quickly and easily choose the optimal insert for each of your metalworking applications.
- P Steel (3748)
- P0Low-Carbon Steels, Long Chipping C < .25%; <125 HB; <530 N/mm^2 UTS(3742)
- P1Low-Carbon Steels, Short Chipping C < .25%; <125 HB; <530 N/mm^2 UTS(3742)
- P2Medium and High Carbon Steels C < .25%; <220 HB; <25 HRC; >530 N/mm^2 UTS(3742)
- P3Alloy Steels & Tool Steels C > .25%; <330 HB; <35 HRC; 600-850 N/mm^2 UTS(3742)
- P4Alloy Steels & Tool Steels C > .25%; 350-420 HB; 35-43 HRC; 850-1400 N/mm^2 UTS(3742)
- P5Ferritic, Martensitic, and PH Stainless Steels <330 HB; <35 HRC; 600-900 N/mm^2 UTS(3748)
- P6High Strength Ferritic, Martensitic, and PH Stainless Steels 350-450 HB; 35-43 HRC; 900-2400 N/mm^2 UTS(3748)
- M Stainless Steel (3172)
- M1Austenitic Stainless Steel 130-200 HB; <600 N/mm^2 UTS(3172)
- M2High Strength Austenitic Stainless and Cast Stainless Steels 150-230 HB; <25 HRC; >600 N/mm^2 UTS(3172)
- M3Duplex Stainless Steel 135-275 HB; <30 HRC; 500-1200 N/mm^2 UTS(3172)
- K Cast Iron (2096)
- K1Gray Cast Iron 120-290 HB; <32 HRC; 125-500 N/mm^2 UTS(2080)
- K2Low and Medium Strength CGI and Ductile Irons 130-260 HB; <28 HRC; <600 N/mm^2 UTS(2043)
- K3High Strength Ductile and Austempered Ductile Iron 180-350 HB; <43 HRC; >600 N/mm^2 UTS(1765)
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- S High-Temp Alloys (2923)
- S1Iron-Based, Heat-Resistant Alloys 160-260 HB; 25-48 HRC; 500-1200 N/mm^2 UTS(2735)
- S2Cobalt-Based, Heat-Resistant Alloys 250-450 HB; 25-48 HRC; 1000-1450 N/mm^2 UTS(2914)
- S3Nickel-Based, Heat Resistant Alloys 160-450 HB; <48 HRC; 600-1700 N/mm^2 UTS(2735)
- S4Titanium and Titanium Alloys 300-400 HB; 33-43 HRC; 900-1600 N/mm^2 UTS(2397)
- H Hardened Materials (805)
- H1Hardened Materials 44-48 HRC(805)
- H2Hardened Materials 48-55 HRC(805)
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