Chapter 22

Cutting-tool Materials and Cutting Fluids

22.1 Introduction

22.2 High-speed Steels

22.3 Cast-cobalt Alloys

22.4 Carbides

22.5 Coated Tools

22.6 Alumina-based Ceramics

22.7 Cubic Boron Nitride

22.8 Silicon-Nitride-based Ceramics

22.9 Diamond

22.10 Whisker-reinforced Materials and Nanomaterials

22.11 Tool Costs and Reconditioning of Tools

22.12 Cutting Fluids

Example:

22.1 Effects of Cutting Fluids on Machining

 

  • Continuing the coverage of the fundamentals of machining in the preceding chapter, this chapter describes two essential elements in machining operations: cutting-tool materials and cutting fluids.
  • The chapter opens with a discussion of the types and characteristics of cutting-tool materials, including high-speed steels, carbides, ...

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