CERAMIC CUTTING TOOLS

Seminar report submitted to

KELTRON TOOLROOM RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE

AROOR

In partial fulfillment of the requirements

for the award of the diploma in

TOOL AND DIE ENGINEERING (DTDM)

Submitted by

ARAVIND S NAIR

REG NO:15690013

DEPARTMENT OF TOOL AND DIE ENGINEERING

KELTRON TOOLROOM RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE

AROOR –688 534

 KELTRON TOOLROOM RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE
AROOR – 688 534
DEPARTMENT OF TOOL AND DIE ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the report entitled “CERAMIC CUTTING TOOLS” is a

bonafide record of diploma Seminar done by ARAVIND S NAIR REG
NO:15690013during the year 2018in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
award of the Diploma in Tool and Die Engineering.

MR SREEDAS M GOPI
(Head of the Department)
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, we wish to place on records our ardent and earnest gratitude to our
seminar guide Mr. SREEDAS M GOPI,Head of the Dept. of Tool and Die Making. His
tutelage and guidance was the leading factor in translating our efforts to fruition. His prudent
and perspective vision has shown light on our trail to triumph.

Finally yet importantly, I would like to express our gratitude to Sri. P T CLEETUS,the
principal of our institution for providing me with all facilities for completion of this work.

I would also extend my gratefulness to all the staff members in the Department. I also thank
all our friends and well-wishers who greatly helped me in my endeavour.

ARAVIND. S. NAIR
 ABSTRACT

In this paper, the authors explore about ceramic cutting tools. Ceramic materials
play an important role in the world around us. Many industries utilize ceramics for both
industrial and consumer products. Some example for ceramics that can be found in the
home are fiber glass, insulation, TV screens and glass article of all kind as well as coffee
mugs, dinner place settings and decorative knickknacks.The advent of ceramic cutting
tools with superior strength, toughness, wear and thermal shock resistance has resulted in
considerable increase in productivity, lower production cost and improved workpiece
quality.It is inevitable that these tools will find an increasing use and dominate the
market. The ceramic tools can offer increased metal removal rates, extended tool life and
ability to machine hard workpiece materials. This paper reviews some of the past and
current development of ceramic cutting tools and its manufacturing and properties.
 CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO

List of Abbreviations ii

List of Figures iii

1 INTRODUCTION 1

2 CERAMICS 2

3 MANUFACTURE OF CERAMIC 3
CUTTING TOOLS

4 MANUFACTURING PROCESS 4

5 HOT HARDNESS OF THE DIFFERENT

COMMONLY USED TOOLMATERIAL 10

6 TOOL MATERIAL OXIDATION AND

STRUCTURAL CHANGE TEMPERATURE 11
RANGES

7 FACTORS FOR OPTIMUM RESULTS

CERAMIC CUTTING TOOLS 12

8 APPLICATIONS 13

9 ADVANTAGES 14

10 DISADVANTAGES 15

11 CONCLUSION 16

REFERENCES

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AL2O3 - Aluminium Oxide

FAST - Field Assisted Sintering Technique

MPa - Mega Pascal

PcBN - Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO TILTLE PAGE NO

4.1 SCHEMATIC ARRANGMENT OF HOT PRESSING 6

4.2 THE SINTERING PROCESS 7

4.3 CREEP BEHAVIOR OF OBJECTS 8

5.1 HOT HARDNESS OF THE DIFFERENT COMMONLY 10

USED TOOL MATERIALS

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