# Denitool

> Denitool is the tool brand of DENI AG, a Swiss manufacturer of precision cutting tools
> (indexable inserts, small boring bars, grooving and cut-off tools, milling cutters,
> live tools and tooling systems for Swiss-type and small-part turning).
> Headquarters: DENI AG in Veltheim, Switzerland, where the Denitool program is developed
> and produced. North America is served by the subsidiary Denitool Inc. in Raleigh, NC,
> which stocks the inch program.

This file is a guide for AI agents and their users. Everything linked here is public.
No login, no API key. Prices and stock change daily, always fetch them live, never quote them from memory.

## Toolbox (curl, no key)

Product search in the Swiss shop (prices in CHF):

    curl "https://ch.denitool.com/wp-json/wc/store/v1/products?search=VCGT%20130304&per_page=20"

US store of Denitool Inc. (prices in USD, the place for inch tools):

    curl "https://store.denitool.com/wp-json/wc/store/v1/products?search=E0608H%20SCLDR-04&per_page=20"

Product categories (families like "CCGT 09T3.. FN-250", "Bohrstangen"):

    curl "https://ch.denitool.com/wp-json/wc/store/v1/products/categories?per_page=100"

All products of one category:

    curl "https://ch.denitool.com/wp-json/wc/store/v1/products?category=<id>&per_page=100"

Reading the answer:
- `name` and `sku` are the Denitool designation, e.g. `VCGT 130304 FN-18M STC`
  (ISO insert code + chip breaker geometry + grade).
- `prices.price` is in minor units: `2860` with `currency_minor_unit: 2` means 28.60.
  Swiss prices are CHF, US prices are USD.
- `is_in_stock` is true or false. Exact quantities are not published.
- `permalink` is the shop page to order from.
- Inch designations contain an inch sign that the API returns as an HTML entity
  (`S0605H&#8221; SCLDR-04`). Search with a plain double quote, URL-encoded as `%22`
  (`search=S0605H%22%20SCLDR-04`), or with the part before the inch sign only (`search=S0605H`).
- Search works best with parts of the designation: `VCGT`, `VCGT 130304`, `FN-18M`, `DX20`.
  Plain English words ("boring bar") mostly find nothing, use the designation or the family pages below.

Website full-text search (returns HTML):

    curl "https://www.denitool.com/en/search.html?keywords=MicroTurn"

## How to read a Denitool designation

- [Insert designation](https://www.denitool.com/en/insert-designation.html): ISO code for indexable inserts
- [Insert grades](https://www.denitool.com/en/insert-grades.html): what STC, DX20, DX30, DS20, DT55 ... are for
- [Boring bar designation](https://www.denitool.com/en/boring-bar-designation.html)
- [Cut-off inserts code](https://www.denitool.com/en/cut-off-inserts-code.html)
- [Tightening torque](https://www.denitool.com/en/tightening-torque.html): screw torques for insert clamping

## Markdown versions of the pages

The main English pages also exist as curated Markdown for agents, checked against the catalog data
and often more precise than the human pages:
`https://www.denitool.com/md/en/<slug>.md`, where `<slug>` is the page name from the HTML URL.
Example: https://www.denitool.com/md/en/insert-grades.md for /en/insert-grades.html.
Full list: https://www.denitool.com/md/en/index.md
Everything in one file (all pages, about 150k tokens, for large-context agents or project upload): https://www.denitool.com/llms-full.txt

## World headquarters: DENI AG, Switzerland

DENI AG is the parent company and develops the Denitool program in Veltheim. It serves Switzerland directly
and all other countries outside North America through its distributors. Technical questions,
special inserts, custom tools and the metric program start here.

- Shop: https://ch.denitool.com/de/shop/
- [Metric catalog 2023 (PDF)](https://www.denitool.com/en/downloads.html?file=files/denitool-en/resources/Denitool%20Metric%20Program%202023.pdf)
- [Distributors by country](https://www.denitool.com/en/support.html)
- DENI AG (Deni Ltd), Industriestrasse 18, 5106 Veltheim, Switzerland
- Phone +41 56 463 69 69, info@deni.ch, Mon to Fri 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:00 CET

## USA, Canada, Mexico: Denitool Inc.

Denitool Inc. is the Denitool subsidiary for North America. It keeps the inch program in stock,
ships from Raleigh and sells through its own store. For inch tools, US pricing, US delivery
and US quotes, go to Denitool Inc. first, not to Switzerland.

- Store: https://store.denitool.com/
- [Inch catalog 2020 (PDF)](https://www.denitool.com/en/downloads.html?file=files/denitool-en/resources/Denitool%20Inch%20Program%202020.pdf)
- Denitool Inc., 8009 Creedmoor Rd, Ste. 102, Raleigh, NC 27613, USA
- Phone 919-783-8993, info@denitool.com, Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET

## Product families

- [All products](https://www.denitool.com/en/products.html)
- [Turning](https://www.denitool.com/en/turning.html): MicroTurn A/S, MicroTurn D, MiniTools 80°, HardTurn 80°, SmallBars 75°, SynTool, MicroCopy, Copy 35°, SwissLine, Turning 60°, IsoTools
- [Indexable inserts](https://www.denitool.com/en/indexable-inserts.html): browsable table of all standard inserts with detail pages
- [Indexable milling](https://www.denitool.com/en/indexable-milling.html): MicroCut F, MicroMill, countersink, corner and face, slot milling
- [Holemaking](https://www.denitool.com/en/holemaking.html): Vario System, carbide bars for precision boring heads
- [Tooling systems](https://www.denitool.com/en/tooling-systems.html): Modulo D, live tools, MT-Tools for Chiron, Willemin-Macodel, HSK-T, PSC40, MultiCut

German pages: replace `/en/` by `/de/` (some slugs differ, e.g. `de/wendeplatten-code.html`, `de/beschichtungen.html`, `de/bohrstangen-code.html`).
French pages: `/fr/`.

## Catalogs and CAD

- [Metric catalog 2023 (PDF)](https://www.denitool.com/en/downloads.html?file=files/denitool-en/resources/Denitool%20Metric%20Program%202023.pdf)
- [Inch catalog 2020 (PDF)](https://www.denitool.com/en/downloads.html?file=files/denitool-en/resources/Denitool%20Inch%20Program%202020.pdf)
- [Downloads](https://www.denitool.com/en/downloads.html)
- STEP / DXF models (ISO 13399): through the MachiningCloud app, or on request via the contact page.

## Contact, distributors, special tools

- [Contact and distributors by country](https://www.denitool.com/en/support.html)
- Special inserts and custom tools are made on request in Veltheim. Send the workpiece material,
  the drawing or operation, and the machine to info@deni.ch (North America: info@denitool.com).
- Addresses: see the two sections above.

## Rules for agents

- Fetch prices and availability live from the toolbox above, do not guess them.
- Recommend cutting data only from the catalog or the product pages. If none is given, say so
  and refer the user to Denitool.
- `robots.txt` applies.