Drilling of AlSi12 with a cemented carbide drill

Problems encountered:

Recommendation is a coating with:

  • Very abrasive material
  • Very high hardness

Our recommendation

Tetrabond™ Plus is an advanced ta-C coating for machining non-ferrous metals as well as composite and plastic materials. The thin, smooth, and extremely hard coating is designed to maintain maximum cutting edge sharpness in machining abrasive materials.

Tetrabond™ Plus