Ceramic Cutting Tools
PCD and CBN tools are an effective way to deal with difficult-to-machine materials, and have gradually increased their share of the market in recent years.
PCD tools are widely used for milling non-ferrous metals, composites, plastics, and super alloys that are extremely difficult to machine.
CBN tools are used for continuous or interrupted cutting of hardened ferrous metals, as well as for cutting and machining welded and composite metals.
Adding Coated Armor to Cutting Tools
Tool coatings are the most cost-effective and targeted technology for difficult-to-machine materials, and the addition of coatings can increase tool life by a factor of 2-10.
Seco’s latest niobium nitride coating on Feedmax -MS drills not only keeps the cutting edge sharp and reduces chiplash, but also maintains excellent performance after three resharpening cycles.
Advanced Cutting Technology
The conventional processing temperature is normal room temperature, but in the case of difficult-to-process materials, changing the processing temperature can sometimes bring unexpected results.
Low-temperature cutting method with liquid nitrogen (-180 ℃) or liquid CO2 (-76 ℃) for the cutting fluid, can reduce the temperature of the cutting zone, the use of the method of the main cutting force can be reduced by 20%, the cutting temperature can be reduced by more than 300 ℃, at the same time the accumulation of chip tumors disappeared, improve the quality of the processed surface, tool durability can be increased by 2 ~ 3 times in the processing of high-strength steel, wear-resistant cast iron, stainless steel, titanium alloys are effective.
