Product Details • Product Name: PCD Standard Insert – TC Type • Geometry / Shape: Triangular (60° included angle) • Clearance (Relief) Angle: 7° • Cutting Edge: Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) tipped • ISO Style: TC (fits standard TC-type tool holders) • Common Sizes: TC..1102, TC..1603, TC..2204 (custom sizes available) • Edge Prep Options: Sharp or lightly honed, based on application • Typical Grades: PCD 1300/1500 series or equivalent Description The PCD Standard Insert TC Type is a triangular 60° insert engineered for high-speed turning, facing, and fine finishing of non-ferrous and abrasive materials. Its 7° clearance angle strikes an ideal balance between edge strength and chip evacuation, while the PCD-tipped cutting edge offers exceptional wear resistance and heat conductivity. TC inserts are popular in automotive, aerospace, electronics, and composite machining, where extended tool life and superior surface finishes are critical.

“MCD” stands for Mono-Crystalline Diamond. Dressers in the MCD tooling series are grinding-wheel dresser tools wherein the cutting/dressing element is made of a single-crystal diamond. This diamond is mounted/bonded into a shank or holder, and is used to true, dress, profile or restore grinding wheels (vitrified, resin-bonded, CBN/diamond wheels etc). For example: a manufacturer notes that “single point dressers with MCD needles … the advantage of the synthetic diamond over the natural one is that its precise geometry remains constant over the whole of its working life.” These dressers are especially suited for high-precision grinding operations where maintaining exact wheel geometry, excellent surface quality and minimal tool wear are critical. So the “MCD Tooling Series – Dressers” refers to a class of diamond-dressers built with mono-crystalline diamond (or equivalent high-grade synthetic diamond) for demanding applications.