Sumitomo Electric Launches SUMIDIA™ Multi-Functional Tools, SGW Series for Aluminum Alloy Machining

Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corporation has developed the SUMIDIA™ Multi-Functional Tools, SGW series, cutting tools for machining aluminum alloys. Sales commenced in August 2016.

In recent years, due to rising fuel costs, the automobile and aviation industries have been looking for ways to reduce the weight of vehicles and aircrafts. This has led to the increased use of non-ferrous metal materials such as aluminum alloys. However, machining aluminum alloys generates soft cutting chips, which tend to extend out and become entangled with the workpiece or tool during the cutting process, and this has proved to be barrier to automation. Furthermore, there is a possibility of the tangled chips damaging the workpiece, making it difficult to ensure stable machining with high quality and high precision.

To solve this problem, we have developed the SUMIDIA™ Multi-Functional Tools, SGW series, with the following features.

SUMIDIA™ Multi-Functional Tools, SGW series (Holders for carbide inserts can be used.)