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WIDIA TopGroove for Shallow Grooving
and Face Grooving

TopGroove

WIDIA has set the industry standard for threading and grooving productivity with the TopGroove
clamping design. The TopGroove design provides consistent tool performance, accurate indexing,
and superior clamping to provide excellent surface fi nish and outstanding tool life.

Let us help you select the correct insert for your application needs or upgrade your current
TopGroove tooling inventory to include chip control geometries and the high productivity
grades available from WIDIA.

Rigidity, Versatility, and Chip Control

• TopGroove clamping design features a rugged bridge clamp,
which locates in a groove molded into the insert to provide
superior resistance to side and radial cutting forces.
• TopGroove inserts are available for shallow grooving, deep
grooving, light turning, profi ling, shallow and deep face
grooving, back turning, undercutting, and Poly-Vee grooving.
• The proprietary WIDIA chip control design works in multi-
directional turning as well as radial feed applications to provide
excellent chip evacuation in deep grooving applications.
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Rigid clamping generates locking forces in three directions
to hold inserts in place through the toughest cuts. 2.

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