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This meth- od offers effective protection against wear for tools used by automobile manufacturers to press car body parts such as doors from flat sheets.
About Oerlikon Oerlikon (SIX: OERL) is a global innovation powerhouse for surface engineering, polymer processing and additive manufacturing.
The company is a provider of innovative industrial solutions and cutting-edge technologies for textile manufacturing, thin-film coating, drive, vacuum, solar energy systems and advanced nanotechnology.
Service life [m] Tool Carbide end mill D = 10 mm, Z = 4 Workpiece Steel 1.2344 (~ AISI H13, SKD61) 1200 N/mm2 Cutting data vc = 150 m/min ae = 4 mm, ap = 8 mm ft = 0.06 mm Emulsion 5% Source Tool manufacturer
Competitor) Coating 1 (Competitor) Tool Carbide insert Workpiece Steel 1.4571 (AISI 316Ti, SUS316Ti) Cutting parameters vc = 120 m/min dry versus wet Source Oerlikon Balzers Cutting Laboratory, Tool Manufacturer
0.13 mm/rev Hole depth: 18 mm No. of holes: 400 Benefit: Machining aluminium with a high silicon content: ▪ Significantly less wear ▪ Less adhesion for sharp cutting edges Source: Japanese tool manufacturer
About Oerlikon Oerlikon (SIX: OERL) is a global innovation powerhouse for surface engineering, polymer processing and additive manufacturing.
As innovation leader, Oerlikon Metco is forging new paths with materials for additive manufacturing (AM).
mm2 1.4571 (SUS 316Ti, AlSI 316Ti) Cutting parameters Coating 1 (TiAlN): vc = 65 m/min ft = 0,03 mm Coating 2 (BALINIT® ALNOVA): vc = 120 m/min ft = 0,07 mm ap = 8 mm; ae = 0,8 mm wet Source Tool manufacturer
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