Published Date
June 09, 2012 - 06:30:pm
Presented as an online supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering's June 2012 report on "Replacement Parts," CTEplus offers a closer look at some of the superabrasive tools and technology offered by Abrasive Technology Inc., Lewis Center, Ohio.
Related Glossary Terms
- abrasive
abrasive
Substance used for grinding, honing, lapping, superfinishing and polishing. Examples include garnet, emery, corundum, silicon carbide, cubic boron nitride and diamond in various grit sizes.
- superabrasive tools
superabrasive tools
Abrasive tools made from diamond or cubic boron nitride, the hardest materials known. See CBN, cubic boron nitride; diamond; PCD, polycrystalline diamond; single-crystal diamond.