Wear and tool life of tungsten carbide, PCBN and PCD cutting tools

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-491

  Arsecularatne, J A ^a   Zhang, L C ^a   Montross, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ringwood Superabrasives Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

PCBN; PCD; Tool life; Tool temperature; Tool wear; Tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

MACHINE TOOLS; STEEL; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

PCBN; PCD; TOOL LIFE; TOOL TEMPERATURE; TOOL WEAR;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 30444440297     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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