The FM Carbide technical catalog, free to download. 232 pages organized by machining operation: turning, milling and drilling carbide inserts, then the application-specific PCD, CVD Diamond, Ultra Diamond and CBN ranges. Every designation in the turning, milling and drilling sections is a designation you can price and order on this site.
2026 edition. Product designations in the catalog link straight to their online specification, so the PDF and the store stay in step. Inch dimensions are in inches; specialty insert dimensions are in millimeters. Have a designation and no catalog? Send it to us and we will confirm it the same day.
One PDF, nine sections, 232 pages.
| Section | Page | What is in it |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Turning | 04 | 21 insert families, 399 references — CCMT, CNMG, DCMT, DNMG, SNMG, TNMG, VBMT, WNMG and the rest of the ISO range, with grade and chip-breaker charts. |
| 02 Milling | 57 | 23 insert families, 55 references — ADKT, APKT, APMT, RDMT, SEKT, SPKN, TPKN and the XNEX system. |
| 03 Drilling | 83 | SPMX and WCMX indexable drilling inserts, 10 references, with the FM125 grade reference and cutting-speed ranges. |
| 04 PCD | 89 | Polycrystalline diamond for selected nonferrous work — 25 families, 379 size and configuration rows. Quoted, not priced online. |
| 05 CVD Diamond | 127 | Binderless thick-film diamond, not a diamond coating — 26 families, 325 rows. Quoted. |
| 06 Ultra Diamond | 165 | Binderless monocrystalline diamond — 25 families, 279 rows. Quoted. |
| 07 CBN | 198 | Tipped-edge, FullFace and solid CBN for hard ferrous work — 21 families, 209 rows. Quoted. |
| 08 TechTips | 229 | Grade and chip-breaker selection, insert designation, turning calculations. |
| 09 TechTalk | 231 | Machining articles written for the shop floor. |
Priced and ready to order online.
400 turning inserts priced online, negative and positive, for roughing, semi-finishing, finishing and profiling.
55 milling inserts priced online for shoulder milling, face milling and profiling, including the XNEX high-feed platform.
10 SPMX and WCMX indexable drilling inserts priced online. Confirm the drill body, model and center or peripheral position before ordering.
8 shell mill cutter bodies and 3 shank end mill cutters built around the XNEX insert platform.
Superhard inserts are configured per application. Send the designation, the workpiece, the operation and the quantity.
These four ranges fill 140 pages of the catalog and are supplied by quotation, not from a price list. Configuration, price and lead time are confirmed with each quote. Suffixes and handedness are part of the configuration — do not leave them out when you ask. Dimensions in these sections are in millimeters: IC is the inscribed circle or round-insert diameter, S the thickness, R the nose radius.
One page each. Print them and keep them at the machine.
Every position of the ISO insert code: shape, clearance angle, tolerance, hole and chip breaker, size, thickness and nose radius.
The same breakdown in the ANSI inch system, for prints and part numbers written to the American standard.
Not sure how to read a code? We wrote these for exactly that: how to read a turning insert designation and how to choose an indexable tool holder.