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:
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- 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
Much much more!
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Insert Lines
Accessories & Special Holders
Support Documentation
Insert Lines
040 Line – For Ø8mm Max Cut Off Machines
400 Line – For Ø8mm Max Cut Off Machines
700 Line – For Ø16mm Max Cut Off Machines
800 Line – For Ø18mm Max Cut Off Machines
900 Line – For Ø34mm Max Cut Off Machines
OXO 1000 Line – For Ø20mm Max Cut Off Machines
OXO 1100 Line – For Ø32mm Max Cut Off Machines
Grooving Inserts – Specialized Frontal & Side Grooving Inserts
PCD Diamond Inserts – Indexable Insert with Polycrystalline Diamond
Carbide Knife Cut-off & Facing Inserts for Plastic (PEEK) Machining
ISO Line – Wide Variety of VC, CC, & DC ISO Inserts
Polygon Line – For Citizen, STAR, Tornos, & Traub Machines
S Line – Specialized Inserts for Trepan, Medical, and Dental
TGP Line – Inserts Specifically for Cutoff, Groove, and Back Turn
VPGT Line – ISO VC Improvement with 11° Clearance Angle for Finishing Operation
Accessories
Axial Block for the use of 2 High Frequency Drills on Deco 10
Axial Block for the use of 3 Drills on Deco 10
Axial Block for the use of 3 Drills on Deco 10
Centering Drill with Insert
Coolant System for Deco 10, Deco 13, or EvoDeco 16
Cut-off Tool Holder for Small Parts on Tornos Deco 7 & Deco 10
Cylindrical Tool Holders
Double Tool Holder 400RD
Easy Stop for STAR Machines
Hook Tool Holder with Insert
Hydraulic Connectors
Left Offset Threading Tool Holder
Nozzy Coolant System for STAR Machines
PCD Coating
Polygon Holders
Precision B8 Collets
Precision Collet Holder
Quick Change Diameter
Quick Change Mini
Quick Change Mini with Internal Coolant
Stop for Drill Holder
Tecko
Tool Gang Expander
Tool Gang for Citizen L12
Tool Gang for Star SR-10J
Tool Holder for Tornos 12 / 20, Tsugami BO
Tool Holder for Tornos Gamma 20
Tool Holder 212 for Multi-Spindle Automatic Lathes
Tool Holder for Star SR-20RIII
Tool Holder for Star SR-20RIV
Tool Holders with Internal Coolant
Tooling for Tornos SwissNano
Tooling for Watchcase Machining
Turning Tool Holders for Counter
Operations with Micrometric Height Adjustment
Universal Turning Tool Holder for Counter-Operation
WIMEP Mini Precision Parts Vice
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 and Tsugami BO
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