Router Cutters

CNC Router Cutters Manufactured in the UK

Prima Tooling designs and manufactures industrial CNC router cutters for wood, wood-based panels, plastics, solid-surface materials and other demanding machining applications.

Our cutters are available in PCD, tungsten carbide tipped and solid carbide, with standard and bespoke options to suit your material, machine, component and production requirements.

Whether you need a straight cutter for grooving, compression tooling for clean laminated edges, a profiled cutter for a specialist component or a replacement for an existing router bit, we can help you select or manufacture the appropriate tooling.

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Router Cutters for Industrial CNC Machining

The correct router cutter can improve edge quality, dimensional consistency, tool life and machine productivity. Tool material, cutting geometry, flute arrangement and cutting direction should all be matched to the application rather than selected on diameter alone.

Prima Tooling manufactures and supplies CNC tooling for applications including:

• Profiling and trimming
• Grooving and rebating
• Jointing
• Plunge cutting
• Pocketing
• Cutting apertures
• T-slot and slatwall production
• Machining profiled edges
• Cutting single-sided and double-sided laminated panels

We can manufacture standard cutters or develop a bespoke solution where an off-the-shelf router bit does not provide the required finish, tool life or dimensions.

PCD Router Cutters

PCD router cutters are particularly suited to high-volume machining and abrasive materials where long tool life, consistent cutting performance and reduced machine downtime are important.

Prima Tooling manufactures straight, compression, profile, trimming, grooving and special-purpose PCD router cutters. Tool dimensions, cutting lengths, flute arrangements, cutting direction and shank sizes can be adapted to suit the machine and application.

Our PCD compression router cutters combine opposing cutting actions to help control breakout on the upper and lower surfaces of laminated and veneered panels.

PCD tooling can also be sharpened, repaired or retipped where the design and condition of the tool allow, helping customers obtain the maximum practical working life from their tooling.

 

TCT Router Cutters

Tungsten carbide tipped router cutters provide a versatile and serviceable option for machining solid wood, MDF, particle board, plywood, laminates and many plastics.

Prima Tooling manufactures TCT router cutters with high-quality steel bodies and brazed carbide cutting tips. Depending on the application, tooling can be supplied with single or multiple flutes, plunge-cutting tips, bearings or purpose-designed profiles.

TCT tooling can be a practical choice for shorter production runs, changing product requirements and applications where a serviceable brazed-tip cutter is preferred.

Solid Carbide Router Cutters

Our solid carbide router tooling includes straight, spiral, roughing, finishing and compression geometries for CNC machining.

Solid-carbide cutters can provide good rigidity, accurate cutting edges and effective chip evacuation. They are available for applications including profiling, nesting, grooving, trimming and cutting laminated panel products.

The appropriate flute geometry and cutting direction will depend on the material, required edge finish, cutting depth, feed rate and machine setup.

Straight Router Cutters

Straight router cutters remain a versatile choice for grooving, jointing, rebating, trimming and plunge-cutting operations.

Prima Tooling manufactures straight router cutters in PCD, TCT and solid carbide. Options include:

• Single and multiple flutes
• Plunge-cutting tips
• Bearing-guided cutters
• Alternative shank diameters
• Extended cutting lengths
• Larger or non-standard cutting diameters
• Steel, carbide and specialist high-density tool bodies
• Tooling manufactured to match an existing cutter or component

Straight router cutters can be manufactured to customers’ exact dimensions where standard tooling does not suit the collet, component, material or cutting requirement.

Compression Router Cutters

Compression router cutters incorporate upward and downward cutting action within the same tool. This helps reduce chipping on both faces of double-sided laminated, veneered or coated boards.

Prima Tooling supplies both solid-carbide and PCD compression tooling. The correct design will depend on factors including board thickness, cutting depth, entry method, machine direction and the position of the compression point within the material.

For more information about the available designs, see our PCD compression router cutters and solid carbide compression router cutters.

 

 

Profiled and Bespoke Router Cutters

Standard router cutters are not always suitable for a specialist profile, restricted machining area or unusual component.

Our bespoke cutting tools can be designed from:

• A technical drawing or CAD file
• A sample component
• An existing tool
• A profile template
• Dimensions and machining information
• Details of the current tooling problem

We consider the material, machine, spindle, feed method, cutting direction, finish requirement and expected production volume before recommending a design.

Bespoke options can include special profiles, combined operations, non-standard diameters, alternative shanks, plunge features, bearings and tools designed to complete multiple cutting operations in one pass.

Specialist Router Tooling

Prima Tooling also manufactures specialist router tooling for particular production requirements.

Our PCD slatwall tooling is designed for machining T-slots in MDF, HDF and coated panel products, including tooling made to suit specific aluminium or plastic inserts.

Our indexable insert router tooling uses replaceable carbide inserts mounted onto a reusable tool body. This can provide a practical option for profiled components, high-volume processes and applications where cutting edges need to be changed without replacing the complete tool.

Examples of our standard and special-purpose tooling can also be viewed in the custom tooling gallery.