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Using alternative materials in the cutting tools applications

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This paper is concerned with the use of new, alternative materials in the form of a functionally graded aluminium matrix composite when designing cutting tools. To determine the pros and cons of its use in cutting tools, a new inserted-tooth milling cutter was developed and produced at first using an aluminium base material reinforced with a composite core. Then several technical and economic properties of the developed tool were analysed. Finally, they were compared with the corresponding properties of geometrically equal milling cutters made of commercial materials.

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Acknowledgments

This paper was written in the framework of the research project “Advanced polymeric compounds and metal matrix composites for excellent performances in machine tools applications (COMETA)” funded by the European Union. We would especially like to thank the COMETA consortium and all partners involved in the project: FIDIA SpA, IMA TECNO S.R.L., AMRC MANUFACTURING LTD, TEKS SARL, LOLA COMPOSITES LTD, CE.S.I. CENTRO STUDI INDUSTRIALI EC SAS, Walter Möck GmbH, SWEREA SICOMP AB.

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  1. Institute for Machine Tools, University of Stuttgart, Holzgartenstraße 17, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

    U. Heisel, S. Pasternak, T. Stehle & S. Schetter

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This paper is dedicated to our dear colleague Sebastian Schetter, who passed away untimely and was one of the co-authors of the tool design reported here.

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Heisel, U., Pasternak, S., Stehle, T. et al. Using alternative materials in the cutting tools applications. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 8, 121–129 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-013-0512-0

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