Article | REF: BM7080 V1

Materials for cutting tools

Author: François BAGUR

Publication date: October 10, 1999

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

3. Material selection and cutting speeds

3.1 Materials

The very wide range of cutting materials currently available means that choices have to be made. The importance of the tool/material pairing has been demonstrated by numerous recent studies [4][5][6] .

As a general rule, the machinist has little opportunity to influence the material of the part being machined. The tool, and consequently the cutting material, must therefore be the focus of attention.

Before deciding on the cutting conditions, the machinist needs to check the suitability (or qualification) of the cutting material for machining the workpiece material....

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Material processing - Assembly

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Material selection and cutting speeds