Types and Uses of turning tools
The improvement and development of tool material are one of the important issues in the development of metal processing today because good tool material can effectively and quickly complete the cutting work, and maintain a good tool life. Commonly used turning tool material has the following kinds:
1.High carbon steel:
A high carbon steel turning tool is a kind of carbon steel with a carbon content between 0.8% and 1.5%, which is used after quenching and hardening. Generally only suitable for soft metal material cutting, commonly used SK1, SK2, SK7, etc.
2.High-speed steel:
High-speed steel is a kind of steel base alloy common name white turning tool, carbon steel of 0.7~0.85% carbon content is added W, Cr, V, and Co alloy elements. The friction heat generated in the cutting of high-speed steel turning tools can reach up to 6000C, suitable for turning the speed below 1000rpm and the thread.
3.Non-cast iron alloy cutting tools:
This is the alloy of cobalt, chromium, and tungsten, because cutting processing is very difficult, to casting forming manufacturing, so it is also called super hard casting alloy, the best representative is stellite, its tool toughness and wear resistance is excellent, at 8200C temperature, its hardness is still not affected, far more than high-speed steel, suitable for high speed and deeper cutting work.
4.Sintering carbonization tool:
The carbide tool is the product of powder metallurgy, the main component of tungsten carbide tool is 50%~90% tungsten, and add titanium, molybdenum, tantalum and other cobalt powder as the binding agent, then through heating sintering. Carbide cutting tools of hardness is higher than any other material, has the hardest three times of high carbon steel, suitable for cutting hard metal or stone material, because it's material brittle hard, so can only be made into sheet, welded again in its toughness on the handle, so the blade passivation or split, can change another new blade, blade or change this enough tool called abandon type lathe tool.
According to the international standard (ISO), carbide cutting tools are divided into three categories: P, M, K, and marked by blue, yellow, and red:
Class M is between class P and class M, suitable for cutting materials with high toughness, if not?Steel?The handle of this kind of knife is identified by painting yellow.
5. Ceramic turning tool:
Ceramic turning tool is made of aluminum oxide powder, add a small number of elements, and then through high-temperature sintering, its hardness, thermal resistance, cutting speed is higher than tungsten carbide, but because of brittle, it is not suitable for discontinuous or heavy turning, only suitable for high-speed precision cutting.
6. Diamond cutter
For advanced surface processing, diamonds with round or edge edges can be used for optical processing. After grinding the diamond, a smoother surface can be obtained. This surface is mainly used for precision turning of copper or light alloys. But note that during the grinding process, high turning speed must be used, the minimum speed is 60 ~ 100m / min, usually 200 ~ 300m / min.
7.Boron oxide
Cubic crystal boron oxide (CBN) is a popular material in recent years, hardness and wear resistance second only to diamond, this tool is suitable for hard, wear-resistant processing of iron alloy, nickel base alloy, cobalt base alloy.
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