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Machining Difficult-to-Cut Materials

Basic Principles and Challenges

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  • Reference book combining and summarizing materials characteristics and machinability features
  • Useful for students as well as professionals in the field of machining and metal cutting
  • Presents machining strategies for cutting hard materials

Part of the book series: Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology (MFMT)

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This book focus on the challenges faced by cutting materials with superior mechanical and chemical characteristics, such as hardened steels, titanium alloys, super alloys, ceramics and metal matrix composites. Aspects such as costs and appropriate machining strategy are mentioned. The authors present the characteristics of the materials difficult to cut and comment on appropriate cutting tools for their machining. This book also serves as a reference tool for manufacturers working in industry.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Machining Research Laboratory (MRL), University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada

    Hossam A. Kishawy, Ali Hosseini

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