Ceramic Cutting
Tools: Materials, Development, and Performance
by E.
Dow Whitney (Editor)
List Price: $129.00
Hardcover - 357 pages (July 1,
1994)
Editorial
Reviews
Book Description
This book describes the various classes of ceramic cutting tools and
their applications. But more than that, this book is about manufacturing and
productivity. Metal cutting, one of man's oldest manufacturing processes (dating
back to 1000 B.C. or earlier) assumes a significant role in today's productivity
scenario. This is due to significant advances which have been made in both
machine tools and cutting tool materials. In terms of manufacturing efficiency
the two are inseparable. Advances in technology in one area require that
corresponding technical advances be made in the other. In terms of the cutting
tool itself, development of more wear resistant tool materials for application
in high speed machining has a profound impact on productivity. This increase in
cutting speed has been made possible through the progressive evolution of tool
materials. The ceramic cutting tool represents a different class of cutting tool
material with unique chemical and mechanical properties. Thus, there may be a
tendency to avoid the use of ceramic tools where they may be applied
advantageously. In order to realize the full potential of ceramics, it is
essential to have a clear under-standing of all the variables which affect the
performance of these tools. There is not now and probably never will be a
"universal" cutting tool material. Many of the new ceramic tool
materials today have very specific applications for which they are particularly
suited. When properly applied, these new tools can provide the manufacturing
engineer with a means of reducing machining costs and in-creasing productivity.
This book breaks new ground in that it introduces the very latest ceramic
cutting tool material: chemically vapor deposited diamond coated tools. These
tools perform exceptionally well in the machining of aluminum, composites, and
other non-ferrous metallic and non-metallic materials.
BACK TO MACHINING
BACK TO INDUSTRIAL
REFERENCE BOOKS