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Typical physical-vapor-deposition (PVD) hard coatings are 20 times thinner than a human hair, yet they can drastically improve performance, boost reliability, and extend service lives of tool and ...

Coated carbide indexable inserts are ideal tools for many machining applications. They have an incomparable capability to remove metal across a broad range of applications. When it comes to cutting ...

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