Applications:
Excellent for cutting:
- Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)
- Acrylic
- Acrylic Stone
- Composite
- Corian
- Coroplast®*
- Dibond®
- Ethafoam***
- Ethylene-vinyl Acetate Foam (EVA)
- Expanded Polypropylene (EPP)**
- Expanded Polystyrene Foam (EPS)
- Extruded Polystyrene Foam (XPS)
- Fiberglass
- Fiberglass PCB Board
- Foam Board
- Graphite
- High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
- High Density Urethane (HDU)
- 20lbs High Density Urethane
- Lexan™
- MDF/HDF
- PALFOAM™
- Phenolics
- Phenolic Composites
- Plastics
- Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)
- Polyethylene Foam***
- Polylam***
- Polyurethane Foam
- PVC
- PVC Foam Board
- Sign Board
- Sign Foam
- Tooling Board
- Wood
- XPE (Cross Linked Polyethylene) Foam
**Expanded polypropylene (EPP) is a foam form of polypropylene.
***Ethafoam, Polyethylene, and Polylam are durable, flexible, closed-cell foams with excellent memory.
Our Spektra™ bits feature a nACo® nanocomposite coating with an extreme nanohardness and heat resistance. With a brilliant distinctively-tinted coloring nACo provides additional improvements in four critical aspects of router tooling.
- nACo coating is a micro-thin ceramic coating which enables the tool’s cutting edge to retain crucial sharpness and lubricity. This provides longevity and produces cutting results of the highest quality.
- Coating prevents high heat and oxidation which is detrimental to cutting tool performance.
- Multi-colored hues, while attractive, will dissipate upon use and yet coating will remain fully effective.
- nACo offers approximately 4,500 Vickers for impressive solid hardness on cutting areas of the tool, for an increase up to 2.5 times compared to uncoated bits.
Note: Blue based color dissipates immediately upon use. nACo® nanocomposite coating will not wear off.
Milling Plastics:
In a milling application, all plastics tend to behave differently so attention must be paid first and foremost to heat input, as that greatly impacts surface finish and chip control.
Suggested starting spindle speed might be 18,000 RPM, there needs to be some experimenting on the part of the programmer to best find an acceptable finish.
Vectric and Fusion 360 compatible tool files for 46577-K available for download, click here.