The present study is concerned with the comparison of the performances between a carbide tool and a ceramic tool in cutting a carbon steel at ultra high speeds.
Work pieces of a carbon steel. S 45 C in JIS, having a hardness of 90 in Hv were cut three-dimentionally at speeds varying from 600 to 1260 m/min with a fixed feed of 0.1 mm/rev throughout. Both tools have the same geometry, -5, -7, 5, 7, 15, 15, 0.5 in their cutting edges.
Various factors such as the maximum width of flank wear, the maximum depth of crater, the surface roughness of work piece, the tool life and so on were taken into consideration in comparing the performances of both tools, and the following conclusions were obtained.
(1) While the carbide tool wore more rapidly with the increment of cutting speed, the apparent behavior of the wear was very near that shown in an ordinary high speed cutting.
(2) The ceramic tool hardly wore, and it withstood particularly well to the cratering of tool. This fact may be attributed to the high temperature hardness of the ceramic tool, a sintered aluminum oxide.
(3) The life of ceramic tool was very much elongated in comparison with that of carbide tool when the cutting speed approached 1000 nil/min.
(4) There was no appreciable difference in the surface qualities of works cut with both tools, and the smoothness was fairly good.
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