Ceramic Cutting Tools: Materials, Development and Performance

by E. Dow Whitney

Overview

Interest in ceramics as a high speed cutting tool material is based primarily on favorable material properties. As a class of materials, ceramics possess high melting points, excellent hardness and good wear resistance. Unlike most metals, hardness levels in ceramics generally remain high at elevated temperatures which means that cutting tip integrity is relatively unaffected at high cutting speeds. Ceramics are also chemically inert against most workmetals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815513551
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/31/1994
Series:	Materials Science and Process Technology Series
Pages:	381
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Ceramic Cutting Tools-Reflections on the Continual Process of ImprovementTool LifeSelection of Cutting Tool MaterialsAluminum Oxide/Titanium Carbide Composite Cutting ToolsCermet Cutting ToolsAlumina-Silicon Carbide Whisker Composite ToolsPhase Transformation Toughened Materials for Cutting Tool ApplicationsSilicon Nitride Cutting ToolsAluminum Oxide Coatings for Cemented Carbide Cutting ToolsPolycrystalline Diamond and Cubic Boron NitrideThe New Diamond Technology and its Application in Cutting ToolsMachining EconomicsSummary and Prospectives on the Future of the Ceramic Tool in Manufacturing OperationsReferencesIndex

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Interest in ceramics as a high speed cutting tool material is based primarily on favorable material properties.

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"An elaboration of the fruits of research and an examination of techniques." - l'Industrie Ceramique et Verriere

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