Top Notch™ Inserts
Kennametal Top Notch is the way to go when it comes to quality profiling inserts. Our inserts give you the cutting edges you need to control downtime and reduce wear and tear. The Kennametal catalog offers a full range of inserts in a variety of geometries and grades for working on steel, stainless steel and hard-to-machine materials.We also have an experienced design team that can assist you with designing and manufacturing inserts for unique applications, new products, or necessary process upgrades.
- P Steel (299)
- P0Low-Carbon Steels, Long Chipping C < .25%; <125 HB; <530 N/mm^2 UTS(299)
- P1Low-Carbon Steels, Short Chipping C < .25%; <125 HB; <530 N/mm^2 UTS(299)
- P2Medium and High Carbon Steels C < .25%; <220 HB; <25 HRC; >530 N/mm^2 UTS(299)
- P3Alloy Steels & Tool Steels C > .25%; <330 HB; <35 HRC; 600-850 N/mm^2 UTS(299)
- P4Alloy Steels & Tool Steels C > .25%; 350-420 HB; 35-43 HRC; 850-1400 N/mm^2 UTS(299)
- P5Ferritic, Martensitic, and PH Stainless Steels <330 HB; <35 HRC; 600-900 N/mm^2 UTS(299)
- P6High Strength Ferritic, Martensitic, and PH Stainless Steels 350-450 HB; 35-43 HRC; 900-2400 N/mm^2 UTS(299)
- M Stainless Steel (245)
- M1Austenitic Stainless Steel 130-200 HB; <600 N/mm^2 UTS(245)
- M2High Strength Austenitic Stainless and Cast Stainless Steels 150-230 HB; <25 HRC; >600 N/mm^2 UTS(245)
- M3Duplex Stainless Steel 135-275 HB; <30 HRC; 500-1200 N/mm^2 UTS(245)
- K Cast Iron (172)
- K1Gray Cast Iron 120-290 HB; <32 HRC; 125-500 N/mm^2 UTS(172)
- K2Low and Medium Strength CGI and Ductile Irons 130-260 HB; <28 HRC; <600 N/mm^2 UTS(172)
- K3High Strength Ductile and Austempered Ductile Iron 180-350 HB; <43 HRC; >600 N/mm^2 UTS(172)
- N Non-Ferrous Materials (144)
- N1Wrought Aluminum (114)
- N2Low-Silicon Aluminum Alloys and Magnesium Alloys Si <12.2%(109)
- N3High-Silicon Aluminum Alloys Si >12.2%(14)
- N4Copper, Brass, Zinc-based on machinability index range of 70-100 (144)
- N5Nylon, Plastics, Rubbers, Phenolics, Resins, Fiberglass (123)
- N6Carbon, Graphite Composites, CFRP (98)
- N7MMC's (11)
- S High-Temp Alloys (247)
- S1Iron-Based, Heat-Resistant Alloys 160-260 HB; 25-48 HRC; 500-1200 N/mm^2 UTS(247)
- S2Cobalt-Based, Heat-Resistant Alloys 250-450 HB; 25-48 HRC; 1000-1450 N/mm^2 UTS(247)
- S3Nickel-Based, Heat Resistant Alloys 160-450 HB; <48 HRC; 600-1700 N/mm^2 UTS(247)
- S4Titanium and Titanium Alloys 300-400 HB; 33-43 HRC; 900-1600 N/mm^2 UTS(230)
- H Hardened Materials (24)
- H1Hardened Materials 44-48 HRC(24)
- H2Hardened Materials 48-55 HRC(17)
- C CFRP Materials (59)
- C1CFRP, CFRP / CFRP (48)
- C2CFRP / Aluminium CFRP / Non-Ferrous (11)
- Heavily Interrupted Cut (5)
- Lightly Interrupted Cut (46)
- Smooth Cut (116)
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- K313 (11)
- K68 (22)
- KC5010 (29)
- KC5025 (13)
- KC5410 (4)
- KC730 (19)
- KC850 (19)
- KCK05 (3)
- KCK15B (2)
- KCM15B (5)
- KCM25 (7)
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- KCP10 (13)
- KCP25 (13)
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- KCP25C (32)
- KCS10B (4)
- KCU10 (34)
- KCU10B (44)
- KCU25 (27)
- KCU25B (28)
- KD1425 (14)
- KT315 (11)
- D-DIAMOND/RHOMBIC 55 (25)
- K-PARALLELOGRAM 55 (9)
- N/K-PARALLELOGRAM 55 (209)
- V-DIAMOND/RHOMBIC 35 (122)
- D-DIAMOND/RHOMBIC 55 (25)
- K-PARALLELOGRAM 55 (9)
- N/K-PARALLELOGRAM 55 (209)
- V-DIAMOND/RHOMBIC 35 (122)
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