Carbide Rotary Burrs are used for cutting, shaping, grinding but for the eliminating sharp edges, burrs and excess material (deburring) which is what we talk about in the following article.

For drilling holes or cutting an opening in metal then a carbide drill or possibly a carbide end mill, carbide slot drill or even a carbide router is essential rather than carbide burr. For carving into stone you’d probably ideally make use of a Diamond Burr.


1. Carbide Burrs May be used on Many Materials
Tungsten Carbide burrs works extremely well on many materials: metals including steel, aluminum and cast iron, all sorts of wood, acrylics, fibreglass and plastics. When used on soft metals including gold, platinum and silver, carbide burrs are ideal while they last quite a while with no chipping or breaking.

Steel, Carbon Steel & Stainless Steel
Surefire
Aluminium
Titanium
Cobalt
Nickel
Gold, Platinum & Silver
Ceramics
Fibreglass
Plastic, Graphite Reinforced Plastic (CRP), Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic (GRP)
Brass, Copper & Bronze
Zinc
Wood

Different cuts of carbide burrs will be ideal to particular materials, understand the next point below to discover more regarding different cuts.

2. Carbide Burrs Commonly Are available in Two Cuts; Single Cut and Double Cut
Single cut (one flute) carbide burrs possess a right handed (Up cut) spiral flute. These usually are combined with stainless steel, hardened steel, copper, cast iron, and ferrous metals and may remove material quickly with a smooth finish. Use for heavy stock removal, milling, deburring and cleaning.

Heavy eliminating material
Milling
Deburring
Cleaning
Creates long chips

Double cut carbide burrs tend to be applied to ferrous and non ferrous metals, aluminium, soft steel and also for all non-metal materials such as plastics and wood. They’ve got more cutting edges and definately will remove material faster. Double cut are occasionally referrred to as Diamond Cut or Cross Cut (2 flutes cut across the other) will leave a smoother finish than single cut due to producing smaller chips as they cut away the information. Use for medium-light stock removal, deburring, finishing and cleaning. A double cut carbide burr is easily the most popular cut and can help you through most applications.

Medium- light eliminating material
Deburring
Fine finishing
Cleaning
Smooth finish
Creates small chips

3. The many Shapes of Carbide Burrs and How To Utilize them
Developer what fit around use is determined by the profile or cut you are looking to achieve.

These different shaped burs can get into many a nook and cranny and convey some interesting profiles.

carbide ball Burrs
Carbide Tree Burrs
Carbide Inverted Cone Burrs
Carbide Pointed Cone & Carbide Round Nose or Ball Nose Burrs
Cylinder Burrs. Round Nose/Ball nose/End Cut
Oval Burrs
Flame Burrs
Countersink Burrs

4. What Speed or RPM the use of your Carbide Burrs?
The pace where you use your carbide bur in your rotary tool is determined by the information you’re using it on and also the contour being produced however it is safe to assume you don’t need to exceed speeds of 35,000 RPM.

If the burs are chipping easily this may be due to speed being too slow. However, it’s ideal to begin the bur off slow, improving the speed as you go along. High speeds prevents clogging inside the flutes of the burs.

5. Do Not Apply A lot of Pressure
Like all drill bits and burrs, allow burr do the work and apply only a little pressure otherwise the cutting edges with the flutes will chip away or become smooth too rapidly, decreasing the duration of your burr.

6. Carbide Burrs are not as easy Than HSS Burrs
Our Carbide Burrs are machine ground from the specially chosen grade of carbide. Because of the extreme hardness of the Tungsten Carbide they may be applied to considerably more demanding jobs than HSS (High-speed Steel).

Carbide Burrs also perform better at higher temperatures than HSS so that you can run them hotter, as well as for longer.

HSS burrs will start to soften at higher temperatures so carbide is obviously a better choice for lengthy term performance.

7. Keep The Carbide Burr On the road
When you use your carbide burr don’t keep it still for too long since this prevents the burr from digging and jabbing in your material causing unsightly marks and roughness.
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