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Walter Tools Tiger-tec Gold
Tiger-tec Gold is Walter's grade and coating technology used across turning, grooving, milling, and holemaking inserts. It is not a single interchangeable insert family: ISO/ANSI designation, geometry, grade suffix, article number, edge count, dimensions, and compatible tool body remain essential.
Product system overview
Tiger-tec Gold is Walter's grade and coating technology used across turning, grooving, milling, and holemaking inserts. It is not a single interchangeable insert family: ISO/ANSI designation, geometry, grade suffix, article number, edge count, dimensions, and compatible tool body remain essential.
Industries and applications
- ISO turning with WPP10G, WPP20G, and other application-specific Tiger-tec Gold grades and geometries.
- Grooving and parting with WSM43G and related grades on compatible Groov-tec systems.
- Holemaking and milling inserts where Walter explicitly identifies a Tiger-tec Gold grade and matching body.
Technical and quote details
- Walter item records expose article number, ISO and sometimes ANSI designation, GTIN, dimensions, geometry, feed, depth, and speed ranges.
- Tiger-tec Gold spans PVD, CVD, and ULP technologies according to Walter's 2026 innovations catalog.
- Grade suffix and chipbreaker geometry must stay attached to the base ISO insert designation.
- The same broad technology name appears on inserts with different shapes, clearances, cutting-edge counts, and applications.
- Matching-tool lists should be used to connect each insert to compatible bodies rather than matching by shape alone.
- Published catalog reference: Article 8116113 / SNMG120412-MP5 WPP20G / ANSI SNMG433-MP5 WPP20G
- Published catalog reference: Article 8204232 / CCMT120404-FP4 WPP20G / ANSI CCMT431-FP4 WPP20G
- Published catalog reference: Article 8592659 / GD26-3E300N03-GD3 WSM43G - Groov-tec insert
- Published catalog reference: Article 7969074 / P2841S-1N-E67 WSP45G - Drion-tec square insert
Selection notes
Record ISO/ANSI designation, article number, GTIN, geometry, grade suffix, compatible tool body, operation, and material group.
Treat grade changes and replacement recommendations as controlled substitutions requiring item-level validation.
Variables to validate
- Tiger-tec Gold is a technology and grade family, not a substitute rule across insert shapes or operations.
- Feed, depth, speed, and material ranges shown for one insert cannot be generalized to another geometry or grade.
- Compatible body, seat, handedness, edge preparation, chipbreaker, coolant, and operation must be verified.