| HEAD SHAPE:
Generally speaking, the more metal on the cutting end of a high precision cutting tool, the longer the life of the
tool. Oval head cutters, with a lot of metal in the head, are best able to handle the repeated shock of the cutting load. To increase
tool access to the work area, metal is removed to produce a tapered head and a tapered relieved head. It is like sharpening the point of the
tool. As a tool head becomes more pointed, it looses strength and may fail sooner.
The most popular tool is the Oval
Head ESD Cutter. The top of these oval head cutters are only slightly pointed, or relieved to preserve its characteristic durability. We
also combine an oval shape with full relief in the Oval Relief Head
ESD Cutter.
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| Oval and Oval Relief Front View |
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| Oval
Side View |
Oval
Relief Side View |
Tapered Head
ESD Cutters are cutters sharpened with material removed from the two sides
of the head. The have a semi-relief top. Tapered
Relief Head ESD Cutters are made by a full relief metal removed on the top
of the head.
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| Taper
and Taper Relief Front View |
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| Taper
Side View |
Taper
Relief Side View |
All cutter heads have a 16 degree cutting
edge angle from a horizontal circuit board or work area.
A special characteristic of our cutter
head is the point bevel designed into all four of the head shapes.
This small bevel, or angle, is applied on the relief side at the very tip of
the cutter. The result is a strong, but very pointed tip.
Angulated Cutters
have a cutting edge that is 8mm in length. Many operators prefer to
cut a the very tip. Every angulated cutter is built and tested to cut
exceptionally well at the tip. However, the tools are designed, built
and tested to cut very well over at least 75% of the entire edge length |