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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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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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Technical ArticlesCNC Turning Parameters: Speed, Feed & Depth of Cut | PUTE
Cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut determine every turning outcome — tool life, surface finish and cycle time. This guide gives the formulas, typical starting values by material, and the adjustment logic to use when the first trial run does not behave as expected.
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Technical Articles
How to Choose the Right Carbide Insert Grade for Your Material
Tool life and surface finish depend far more on grade selection than on cutting parameters. This guide walks through substrate hardness vs. toughness, ISO P/M/K/N/S/H mapping, coating choice and edge preparation so you can match the right carbide grade to your workpiece material.
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