News & Insights
Technical articles, product updates, and industry insights from PUTE's engineering team.
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Technical ArticlesHow to Choose the Right Carbide Grade for Your Turning Application
Choosing the right carbide grade is critical for tool life and surface finish. Learn how PUTE grades match ISO workpiece groups and cutting conditions to maximize turning productivity.
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Product GuidesPCD vs Carbide: Matching Your Tool Material to the Workpiece
Polycrystalline diamond (PCD) vs tungsten carbide — which tool material suits your application? Compare wear resistance, cost and edge quality to choose the right PUTE tooling.
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Company NewsNew: PUTE Cermet Inserts for High-Speed Steel Finishing | PUTE
PUTE has released a new cermet insert series engineered for high-speed finishing of carbon and alloy steels. The range covers the most common turning geometries and is available for immediate sampling.
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Technical ArticlesCarbide vs Cermet Inserts: Which One to Choose?
Cermet inserts deliver better surface finish and wear resistance than carbide on steel finishing operations, but fail quickly under interrupted cuts or heavy loads. This guide compares the two materials directly and gives the conditions under which each is the correct choice.
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Technical ArticlesHow to Extend Tool Life in Stainless Steel Machining
Stainless steel ruins cutting edges through three linked mechanisms — work hardening, built-up edge and concentrated heat. This guide explains each one and gives the specific grade, coating, geometry, coolant and parameter changes that reliably extend tool life.
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Technical ArticlesUnderstanding ISO Material Groups P/M/K/N/S/H for Cutting Tools
The ISO 513 system groups every machined material into six colour-coded families by the wear mechanism it induces on the cutting edge — not by metallurgy. Understanding what each group does to an insert is the fastest route to correct grade, coating and geometry selection.
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