PCD tooling

DELEVEL supplies PCD form reamers, boring heads, milling cutters and other made-to-specification tools for aluminium, copper and other non-ferrous materials, as well as composites.

Typical applications


High-silicon aluminium	Housings, covers, manifolds
Precision bores	Bore finishing with defined tolerance and surface-finish requirements
Long production runs	Where tool changes affect cycle time
Non-ferrous and composite	Copper, brass, composites, CFRP

Made to specification

Form reamers
Step reamers
Boring heads
Cartridges
PCD milling cutters
Chamfer tools
Profile tools

Application example


Workpiece	Aluminium housing — stepped bore, finishing pass
Tool	Custom PCD form reamer, Z=2
Requirement	H7 bore tolerance, Ra 2 μm
Geometry	Profile ground to the customer’s drawing

The H7 and Ra 2 μm values shown here are requirements from this catalogue example, not measured results.

To quote we need


Material	Workpiece material or alloy; silicon content where relevant
Feature	Component drawing, bore or feature dimensions, depth and machining allowance where applicable
Requirement	Tolerance and required surface finish
Machine	Spindle interface, holder and available reach
Volume	Quantity and expected reorder interval

PCD is not used on steel or cast iron: carbon diffuses into the workpiece at cutting temperature and the edge breaks down. Every PCD tool is made to a written specification, with a drawing sent for your approval beforehand.

For aluminum bore finishing, see our PCD application guide for drawing requirements and the catalogue example.

Solution references: tooling and fixturing we can arrange

Examples of the kind of complete tooling packages we can arrange for aluminium housings and chassis parts — multi-step PCD tools, milling heads and dedicated fixtures — together with our production partners. They are shown as references for what is possible, not as finished DELEVEL projects. Send your part drawing to discuss a solution for your line.