Swiss Turning Inserts

Alouette Tool exclusively represents Bimu Swiss Turning Inserts and Accessories in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Bimu SA is a highly reputable Swiss Turn Tooling and Accessory Manufacturer located in Tavannes, Switzerland. While the majority of turning operations can be accomplished with ISO front turning inserts, Bimu’s focus is on what ISO cannot do. Bimu highly values customer feedback, and works directly with customers to improve geometries bringing production costs down and tool life up!

Bimu’s large and diverse catalog includes but is not limited to:

• Swiss Insert Blades for Plunging, Back Turning, Front Turning, Threading, Trepan, Grooving (Internal & External), & Cut-off Operations.
• Insert Lines for 1mm – 32mm Maximum Diameter Machines
• Vast Selection of Coatings including PCD
• Competitive “Special” Insert Pricing and Turnaround
• Various Holders for Tornos, Tsugami, Star, Citizen, Deco, etc:
• • With/Without Internal Coolant
  • Imperial & Metric Square Shank
  • Cylindrical Holders
  • Counter Operation with Micrometric Height Adjustment
  • Quick Change Holders & Heads for both BIMU and ISO Inserts
• Tool Gang Expanders & Modular Systems
• Coolant Systems & Hydraulic Connectors

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Insert Lines
Accessories & Special Holders
Support Documentation

Insert Lines

Accessories

BIMU Support Documentation

For machinists new to Bimu, below are PDF’s with information tables explaining the various product lines and their relative options, and various support documents.

Bimu Baseplate Instructions for Tornos Delta 12 / 20
Front Trepan vs Back Trepan
Positioning of the Centering Drill with Insert
Recommended Insert Width by Material Diameter
Speeds & Feeds
Standard Cut Off vs. Opposite Cut Off
Tecko Quicklock Screw Instructions
Threading Inserts
Tool Holder Execution
Tornos Deco 10 Three Drill Axial Block Instructions
Visual Description of the Different Insert Geometries
Visual Description of Blanks & Tool Holders by Insert Line
X-Centering Tightening System