Materials

Carbide control from chaos

02/12/2019

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Look Ahead: Researchers discover a new class of carbides that may be among the hardest materials with the highest melting points.

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New breed of facemills offer versatility

12/20/2018

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Patrick Waurzyniak

Today's facemills can help shops handle difficult-to-machine materials for automotive and aerospace applications.

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Web Shop for Precision Flat Ground and Drill Rod

Buffalo Precision Products announces the launch of a new web shop for precision flat ground and drill rod. The new web shop offers buyers access to an extensive offering of grades and sizes through a modern buying interface. With improved features to make buying efficient, fast and secure, the company looks forward to being the online source for all of your flat ground and drill rod needs.

Hard part turning with CB7105 and CB7115

Hard part turning is usually a finishing or semi-finishing process with high dimensional accuracy and surface quality requirements.

Sandvik Coromant's new grades CB7105 and CB7115 break new ground in hard part turning. The new grades are based on the newest generation Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) material. This material enhances crater wear resistance and fracture resistance at high cutting speeds in case hardened and induction hardened material.

BIDEMICS all the buzz at NTK Cutting Tools

During a brief interview at IMTS 2018, Steve Howard, marketing and engineering manager for NTK Cutting Tools, discussed the significance of the company's patented BIDEMICS material, calling it "the first real improvement in ceramics in 20 or 30 years."

Chatting with Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Dennis Spaeth, Howard said BIDEMICS makes it possible to increase cutting speeds in heat-resistant alloys by 17 times over carbide. The new composite material reportedly is capable of running at 1,600 sfm to 1,700 sfm.

316 SS Shaft Collars and Couplings

Standard and custom machined parts made from corrosion-resistant 316 stainless steel for use in wastewater treatment facilities and similar harsh environments are available from Stafford Manufacturing Corp.

The new 'carbide' saw

12/01/2009

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Alan Richter

Production and application of cermet-tipped circular saw blades continues to grow, eating into carbide's market share.

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Three rules for cutting thin parts

09/01/2009

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Dr. Scott Smith

In recent years, monolithic machined aluminum components have been replacing sheet metal assemblies throughout the aerospace industry. The monolithic structures are lighter, less expensive and stronger than their conventional sheet metal counterparts. Machining the components requires fewer special tools, fewer hand operations and less assembly time.

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