US-based Kennametal has launched the new Beyond line of turning products, which include 11 new grades for improved productivity in steel, stainless steels, and cast-iron applications. The company is introducing new screw-on positive insert chip breakers – Finishing Positive (FP), Medium/Roughing Positive (MP) and Flat Top (MW). FP chip-breaker inserts have a proprietary chip groove that results in lower cutting forces and a unique nose design that avoids overcrowding of chips in the nose radius area. This optimizes chip control while at the same time permiting higher metal removal rates at lower cutting forces. MP chip breaker inserts are suitable for chamfering applications and are also excellent in spindle boring due to high-strength edges for increased depth of cut. The flat top MW Beyond insert not only provides positive cutting, but also shows consistent chip control in short-chipping materials like cast iron. Along with the UF chip breaker inserts, which is already available in Beyond grades, this new screw-on platform covers the entire range of machining needs.