Solid Carbide Up-Cut Spiral 2D and 3D Carving Tapered Ball Nose (Conical Ball) Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) Coated Router Bits Specially designed for 2D and 3D CNC profiling and carving in plastic, aluminum, & wood with machines such as "i-Carver", CNC Shark®, ShopBot®, Datron & Carvewright™. The high-shear ball nose tips cut smooth 2D and 3D contours with reduced stepping while the proprietary ZrN coating (applied by the physical vapor deposition coating process) provides high resistance to wear, sharper cutting edges, extended tool life and less friction & heat buildup. Tools are manufactured with high balance that allows them to run up to 60,000 RPMs. Adjust your chip load and feed rate accordingly. Applications: A perfect bit for 3D carving Precision 2D and 3D large scale carving Great for deep profiling Dimensional signage 3D millwork 2D and 3D contouring, profiling, modeling and pattern making for cabinetry, sign making, furniture making and jewelry mold making Compatible with CarveWright™ and CompuCarve woodworking systems Perfect for model-makers on large 3D milling profiles in abrasive EPS foam and other materials Excellent for cutting: Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Acrylic Acrylic Stone Aluminum Brass Bronze Composite Copper 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 HDPE 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 Titanium Tooling Board Wood XPE (Crosslinked Polyethylene) Foam * A soft plastic cardboard made with super soft, super flexible PVC. ** Expanded polypropylene (EPP) is a foam form of polypropylene. *** Ethafoam, Polyethylene and Polylam are durable, flexible, closed-cell foams with excellent memory. Benefits of Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) Coating Creates a harder and tougher cutting edge, allows for a prolonged cutting edge life and helps to prevent the build-up of material in the flutes while cutting Have the tendency to run/spin much faster than an uncoated tool Optimized flute geometry and low Total Indicated Runout (TIR) guarantees clean cuts, essentially eliminates sanding and reduces chatter (where the machine or work piece vibrates) under high chip loads (when used with low TIR spindles) High flute volume supports high feed rates and chip loads High aspect ratio for single pass deep-reach cutting Flute geometry optimized for cutting sign foam, sign board, hardwoods, thermoplastics and phenolic composites 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. Some of Amana Tool carving tools, as you can appreciate, have a very small diameter, therefore any material chip-loads need to reflect that small size. It can however withstand RPM’s up to 60,000 RPMs. A directed air-blast to keep chips away along with cooling the tool and work piece are always welcome. 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.
