Despite this success further improvement is necessary in order to increase the life of ceramic cutting tools before commercialization will occur.
Machining titanium with ceramic.
One cutting tool material that doesn t play nice with titanium is ceramic titanium is very reactive in the presence of oxygen and the thin chips and dust produced when machining it are prone to ignition at temperatures higher than 332 c 630 f.
Recent work at ceramatec showed that novel ceramic cutting tools could be used to machine titanium alloys with 30 75 less flank wear than conventional cemented carbides at speeds of 100 175 m min.
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You ll also want to keep your titanium machining feeds and speeds consistent and keep your tool moving steadily.
If it drags in a corner for too long it can result in more chatter and heat wearing down the tool.
In conventional milling which is the.