Precise Involute H.S.S. Gear Cutters #6

Precise Involute H.S.S. Gear Cutters #6

• Range of Cutter #6 - 17 Teeth to 20 Teeth.
• For spur gears with a 14-1/2° or 20° Pressure angle.
• Manufactured from high speed steel - H.S.S.
• Specialty cutting tools designed for milling gears.
• For cutting the teeth to suit a special gear shape called an involute form.
• Designed as arbor mounted cutters for machine tools.
• Well suited for use in a variety of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
• For optimal performance and the best tool life the correct cutting speeds and feeds must be used and suitable lubricating/cutting oils or appropriate coolant fluids are recommended.
• Sized and proportioned to afford a good cutting range and ample rigidity.
• Straight form tooth design to suit the involute gear form.
• 8 cutters are made for each pitch.
• Form relieved to allow resharpening many times without changing the form.
• Ground from solid.
• Hardness: 58 to 60 RC
• Straight teeth on periphery of cutters.
• Made to suit pitch diameters of 2 to 48 for either 14-1/2° or 20° pressure angle gears.
• Cutter sets can accommodate gears from 12 teeth to a rack gear.
• Bright finish.