Cutting Tools

Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Cutting Materials 2.1 High Speed Steels 2.2 Stellite 2.3 Hardmetals 2.4 Cermets 2.5 Ceramics 2.6 Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) 2.7 Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) 3. Brazed Tools and Indexable Inserts 3.1 Brazed Tools 3.2 Indexable Inserts 4. Coatings 4.1 Single Layer Coatings 4.2 Two Layer and Transitional Coatings 4.3 Multi Layer Coatings 4.4 Coating Structure 4.5 PVD Coating on Hardmetal 4.6 How do Coatings Work? 4.7 Why Don't Coatings Break? 4.8 Design of Coatings 5. Machining Processes 5.1 Turning 5.2 Parting and Grooving 5.3 Threading 5.4 Milling 5.5 Drilling 5.6 Modular Tooling and Quick Change Systems 6. Practical Machining Examples 6.1 Aluminium and A1 Alloys 6.2 Brass, Bronze, Copper 6.3 Grey Cast Iron 6.4 Ductile Cast Iron 6.5 Hard Cast Iron 6.6 Free Machining and Low C Steels 6.7 Alloy and Medium to High C Steels 6.8 Tool Steels 6.9 Austenitic Stainless Steels 6.10 Ferritic and Martensitic Stainless Steels 6.11 Heat Resisting Alloys 6.12 Titanium and Ti Alloys 6.13 Plastics and Non-metallics 6.14 Hardmetal Hardmetal Cutting Tools and Associated Standards