Cutting tools with hard coatings have been successfully employed in the industry for almost
50 years. Nowadays, 85% of all cemented carbide tools are coated. There is an increasing …

The metalcutting process, which includes turning, milling, drilling, and other methods for
shaping metals, generates large mechanical forces and high temperatures at the point of …

This article aims to analyze the tool vibration, surface roughness, and chip morphology in
hard turning of hot work AISI H13 steel under multi-walled carbon nanotubes mixed …

For decades, attentions have been paid to metal cutting processes, especially for the critical
components in aerospace, marine, medical industries, etc. Scholars investigated the …

AISI D6 (hardness 65 HRC) is one of the hard-to-cut steel alloys and commonly used in
mould and die making industries. In general, CBN and PCBN tools are used for machining …

The alloy steels commonly used for manufacturing of moulds and dies are the metals under
hard-to-cut category because of their hardness above 50 HRC in order to attain high …

Coatings are now frequently used on cutting tool inserts in the metal production sector due
to their better wear resistance and heat barrier effect. Protective hard coatings with a …

The passivation process of a tool is a necessary step in the manufacturing process, which
could improve tool life and machining efficiency by removing microscopic defects of in tool …

Cutting edge preparation can be considered as one of the most effective methods for
optimizing the cutting tool life and the machining result. In this article, a preparation …

Hardened steels are exclusively in great demand particularly in mould and die making
industries. Cutting tools such as ceramic, CBN, PCBN and PCD are normally preferred to …