The tooth shapes of the WIKUS range differ by the rake angle of the tooth edge and by the shape of the gullet.

Rake angle: 0°, for:
• short-chipping materials
• steels with high carbon content
• preferably tool steel and cast iron
• materials with small cross-sections
• thin-walled profiles

Rake angle: 0°, for:
• flexible materials
(aluminium and wood)

Rake angle: positive, for:
• long-chipping, tough materials
• non-ferrous metals and steels with a carbon
content of < 0,8%
• structural steels, steels for cold extrusion, tempered steels, rust- and acid-resistant steels, exotic alloys
• large cross-sections

Tooth shape (HV)

Rake angle: positive, for:
• brittle and annealed materials
• large cross-sections

Tooth shape (VA)

Rake angle: positive, for:
• tough and long-chipping materials
• large cross-sections

Rake angle: positive, for:
• hollow and angle profiles
• beams
• bundle and layer cuts
• applications that are susceptible to vibrations

Rake angle: positive, for:
• high cutting rates with high material demands

Tooth shape (TSN)

Trapezoid tooth (as above), rake angle: negative, for:
• induction hardened and chrome coated shafts
• hardened steels up to 62 HRC, hard manganese steels, hard-chrome plated work pieces
• diameters up to 200 mm