Excellent cutting and tool life promise big advantages for job shopsWIDIA Victory VSM11 cutter and inserts

As a job-shop owner, how would you describe an ideal, go-to tool? Certainly, it should be a high-performance tool that can cover multiple functions such as shoulder milling, slotting, pocket milling, ramping and helical interpolation. All inserts are available in the latest WIDIA VictoryTM grades for a variety of workpiece materials.

This ideal product is the new VSM11 platform from WIDIA. "VSM11?s versatility and a wide breadth of offering is specifically engineered and optimized to provide higher productivity for job shops," says Adarsh Sowcar, global product manager, indexable milling. Designed for low horsepower draw and free machining, the VSM11 delivers an effective one-two punch of reduced horsepower at the machine and higher speed and feed rates that get jobs done faster.

VSM11 cutter bodies have an integral chip gash design for excellent chip evacuation along with hardened-steel construction and hardened pocket seats for improved resistance to deformation. They are available in shell, screw on, cylindrical shank, and Weldon shank models with internal air and coolant capability.

Six WIDIA Victory grades and five geometries make up a well-rounded portfolio of first-choice recommendations covering multiple material types and machining tasks.

There are many things for job shops to like about VSM1. One offering can accomplish 90-degree shoulder milling, full slotting, 3D pocket milling, circular contour milling ID and OD, helical interpolation and ramping into full material.

A VSM11 Starter Kit of four cutter bodies and WIDIA Victory grade WP40PM covering roughing to finishing, is available by contacting the local WIDIA distributor.

Kennametal Widia India Limited, Bangalore. Tel: 080-22198341, 22198249/15. Email: bangalore.information@kennametal.com, ap.techsupport@widia.com