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Diager Industrie, LMT and Prior tools
Not only do we supply high-quality routing machines, you can also rely on us for routing tools. Our many years of know-how and experience enable us to offer you the very best routing cutters for your application.
Our Diager Industrie, LMT Belin and Prior routing tools provide a flawless finish and have a long tool life, so they last a long time. Do you have questions about routing tools? Want to know which tools are best suited for your material? Do you want to know which feed speeds and RPMs to use? We will be happy to help.
Our extensive stock allows us to deliver most tools from warehouse.
Diager
From 2024, Ketele nv will be the exclusive distributor of Diager routing tools. These professional cutters provide a beautiful edge finish combined with a long service lifespan. Diager's tools are available with different diameters, cutting lengths and cutting edges. Depending on the material you want to machine, Diager has the right solution.
Are you looking for a specific cutter for a specific material? Take a look at our material pages or contact us, we are happy to help you.
LMT Tools
The high-quality cutting tools from LMT Tools are suitable for routing different materials. Choose from tools for aluminium, brass, PMMA, plastics, composites, MDF, laminated wood, Alucobond, Dibond, Trespa,… The cutters are available in different shank and cutting edge diameters, depending on the thickness of the material you can also choose from different cutting edge lengths.
Are you looking for a specific cutter for a specific material? Take a look at our material pages or contact us, we are happy to help you.
Prior Tools
We have been specializing in milling tools for many years. Recently we launched our own brand, Prior Tools! These quality tools have a long life span and ensure flawless routing work. An extensive range is available with tools for every material. You can choose from cutters for wood, MDF, aluminum, composite materials, acrylic, PVC, Forex, Alucobond, DiBond, Hylite, and many more... There are also different shapes and versions of cutters available, such as folding line cutters, one flute cutters, three flute cutters, spherical cutters, ... For more information, take a look in our webshop or contact us, we are happy to help you.
Tips & tricks
When routing materials such as wood, MDF, acrylic, Forex, aluminum, Alucobond, Dibond, Hylite,… quite a few parameters and settings are involved. Various causes can influence your milling result both positively and negatively. Important factors are the weight of your machine, the power of your spindle, the rotational speed, the feed, routing direction, number of passes, cutting length of your tool, etc. ... Routing is not an exact science, you learn by trial and error which yields the best result for you. To get you started, we give you some important tips.
Routing is not an exact science, with trial and error, you will learn what produces the best results for you. To get you started, here are some important tips.
Climb cut
internal
In general, metals are milled "climb". Plastics are usually milled "conventional".
(There are exceptions to this rule.)
In this example, the inside of the letter Q is milled first. The cutter always rotates clockwise (green arrow), while for inner contours the running direction is counterclockwise (yellow arrow).
Climb cut
external
After the inner contour, which must always be milled first, the running direction on the outside is in a clockwise direction.
The rotation direction of the cutter (green arrow) and running direction (yellow arrow) are now both clockwise.
Conventional cut
internal
Wood and wood-derived products are almost always best routed in a conventional way. Metals are never routed conventional. Plastics are between these two extremes.
Soft plastics are always routed in a conventional way. With smaller routing diameters (< 4 mm), harder plastics, e.g. HPL and PMMA, are sometimes better routed with a climb cut.
Conventional cut
external
After the inner contour, which must always be routed first, the running direction on the outside of the letter is executed counterclockwise. The direction of rotation of the cutter (green arrow) and the direction of rotation (yellow arrow) are opposite to each other.
Routing aluminium
It is important to know which type of aluminum you are going to machine. Soft aluminum types can easily be folded, but they melt very quickly when you route them. Coolant is indispensable. Good milling quality are AlMg3 and ALMgSi1. You can even mill these types "dry".
Use the following specs to mill 6 mm thick aluminum:
Feed: 20 mm / sec
RPM: 16,000
Cutter: XGDA Ø 4 mm
Direction: climb
Routing
folding lines
You can fold PMMA, Alucobond and Dibond by applying folding lines. Our folding line cutters provide a small flat area in the fold line, so your pleated piece will remain at the correct angle.
To route the folding line exactly the same depth everywhere, you may want to use the digital surface mapper.
Want to know more about making folding lines? Please contact us, we will be happy to tell you more about it.
PMMA glossy routing
PMMA (or acrylic) can be polished by using the right strategy and the right cutters, without any finishing work.
Frees met een gewone kunststoffrees in tegenlopende richting de contour met een offset van 0,2 mm . Vervolgens gebruik je een PMMA frees (in meelopende richting) uit het LMT gamma om de randen glanzend te maken.
Want to know more about routing PMMA? Please contact us, we will be happy to tell you which cutters and parameters you need.
PMMA glossy polishing
Do you want an even shinier result? Then you can polish PMMA with a natural diamond. As with the Sapphir cutters, the piece must first be pre-routed with an offset of 0.2 mm.
Then you polish the piece with a diamond cutter. Therefor you need a spindle that can rotate at a high speed. (32,000 or 40,000 RPM.) The finish level is exceptionally high.
Want to know more about polishing PMMA? Contact us, we will be happy to tell you which cutters and parameters you need.
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