90° End mills with XEVT 16 inserts of very high positive rake angle & helical cutting edges for high speed aluminum machining. To ensure excellence in aluminum machining across all industries, TaeguTec offers spectacular performers in the CHASE-ALU line: the XEVT 16. With high-speed machining requirements as the XEVT’s focus,  the cutter is designed with a highly effective and stable "V“ shape bottom as well as a unique "stopper" for rigid clamping and stability. This guarantees high-precision and excellent surface roughness in aluminum and non-ferrous machining due to their high positive helical cutting edges and polished insert surfaces. As such, the XEVT 16 inserts always deliver outstanding productivity in demanding applications such as helical ramping, straight ramping and step down milling as well as other high-speed milling applications. Moreover, the XEVT 16 is available in several corner radii and the XEVT 16 inserts are interchangeable with the current TE90XE and TFM90XE cutters in order to enhance the productivity of the XECT 16 insert on the market.

At DamenCNC, we have a DMG-Mori  CMX70U 3+2 machining center that we use to make prototypes. We mill a lot of aluminium. We use exactly this type of a cutter in our own machine center. The performance is mind blowing. What's also interesting is that one can use one cutter for so many different types of jobs. Since the XEVT-16 inserts fit all the different cutter bodies, it's convenient to have several different ones. We have short and stubby ones, for roughing jobs. And then we have extra long cutters, to get really deep into parts. All of these use the same inserts. The inserts themselves are available in different radii, so the cutter can be easily adjusted to cut the radius you need at the bottom of a pocket.

These cutters also work well with the high RPM TeknoMotors that we sell. Most often they are sold with the ATC71 and then in the HSK63F version. The high power versions can really cut aluminium at a similar pace as the DMG-Mori machine. We do recommend sticking to the smaller 25 and 32mm diameters. The 50-80-100mm face mills are nice, but then you get into lower RPMs where the motor is not as powerful.

Component features:

• Tool Cutting Diameter(DC): 25mm
• Tool Connection Diameter(DCONMS): 25mm
• Number of inserts: 2
• Total Length(OAL): 125mm
• Head length(LH): 55mm
• Maximum cut depth Ap: 16mm 
• Ultra High Speed Machining of Aluminum Alloys and Non-ferrous Materials
• Various applications: shouldering, step-down milling, straight & helical ramping and slotting
• Soft machining and excellent surface finish with a high positive cutting edge and polished surface
• Secure design and no movement during high-speed machining due its V-bottom and stopper (XEVT)
• CHASE-ALU (XEVT)
• XEVT Insert for High-speed Versatile Milling Machining of Aluminum Alloys and Non-ferrous Materials