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Ceramic Cutting Tools

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Synonyms

Advanced ceramic; Ceramic machining tool; Engineering ceramic; Fine ceramic (Japan); Superhard cutting material; Technical ceramic

Definition

Ceramics are inorganic, nonmetallic materials. The structure of ceramics may be crystalline or partly crystalline (having intergranular amorphous phases). The definition of ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials.

Ceramics are primarily divided into two classes: whiteware ceramic and technical ceramic (refer to section “Synonyms”). Whiteware ceramics typically possess poor mechanical properties. Technical ceramic materials are of high purity and are designed for specific application and use. Ceramics used in wear applications are harder compared to metallic materials, maintain strength and hardness, and are chemically inert at high temperatures. The combination of hardness, high-temperature strength, and chemical resistivity makes ceramics important cutting tool materials.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Kennametal Shared Services GmbH, Fürth, Germany

    Raouf Ben Amor

  2. Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA, USA

    Dev Banerjee

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Correspondence to Raouf Ben Amor .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. National Engineering School of Monastir (ENIM), University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Sami Chatti

  2. Mechanical Engineering, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada

    Luc Laperrière

  3. Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany

    Gunther Reinhart

  4. ITIA Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation, CNR National Research Council, Milan, Italy

    Tullio Tolio

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  1. Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Garret O'Donnell

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Amor, R.B., Banerjee, D. (2019). Ceramic Cutting Tools. In: Chatti, S., Laperrière, L., Reinhart, G., Tolio, T. (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53120-4_16687

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