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Milling Tool Body Manufactured by Additive 

Tool manufacturer SANDVIK COROMANT showcased a Milling cutter body (Light Weight CoroMill 390) manufactured by additive.

Advantages:

• Light Weight.
• Shorter tool body length.
• Better tool life.
• Silent Tools™ damping technology offers high productivity
  when machining with long overhangs. 

According to Sandvik "When designing lightweight CoroMill® 390, material has been

tactically removed to create the optimal cutter design for minimizing mass. This makes it more compact and significantly lighter than a conventional cutter"

Applications:

• Lightweight CoroMill® 390 is designed for long reach face milling, deep shoulder and side milling, cavity milling and slot milling.
• To be used at depths more than four times the cutter diameter combined with Silent Tools™ milling adaptor.

References:

Sandvik Coromant