Tool Coating

STS takes tool coating in-house

Superior Tool Service Inc. made the decision a year ago to coat tools in-house, it launched its STS Coatings division to coat not only the round tools it produces but tools from other companies. Plus, STS offers decorative coating services for a variety of products, such as firearms.

Harder With Silicon

04/01/2008

Author:

Joseph Hazelton

Several types of cutting tools can be protected with coatings harder than regular A1TiN coatings by combining A1TiN grains with an amorphous silicon-nitride matrix.

New Angle on Aluminum

10/01/2007

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PVD titanium-diboride coating machines aluminum without built-up edge.

Thin Wins

10/01/2006

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Thin-film coatings evolve to improve cutting performance and accommodate new tool and workpiece materials.

Recipe for Enhancement

10/01/2005

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Compared to AlTiN and TiAlN, the percentage of aluminum is higher in an aluminum-chromium-nitride PVD tool coating.

CTE's 50th Anniversary Supplement

08/01/2005

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Technological developments in manufacturing during the last half century.

Coat, Please

10/01/2004

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There is more to recoating cutting tools than meets the eye.

Composition Matters

12/01/2003

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New equipment allows deposition of hard and tough nanocomposite tool coatings.

Top Coat

12/01/2003

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Molybdenum disulfide tool coatings improve the machining of aluminum, titanium and nickel-base alloys--even when dry.

Raising Al

01/01/2003

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Aluminum-titanium-nitride coatings continue to evolve.

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