Ceramic Hard Machining

Whilst cbn has a better tool life the cost per edge of a ceramic insert is a fraction of that of cbn approx one twentieth whilst feed rates chip thickness around 0 1mm and cutting speeds.

Ceramic hard machining.

High precision machining of hard materials since 1947 insaco has been a precision machining and polishing fabricator of parts from all technical ceramics sapphire glass and quartz. Ceramics can be made from several different types of hard metal oxides or nitrides. Kadco ceramics is dedicated to the precision diamond machining of hard materials into intricate shapes. Additionally materials like silicon carbide sic may not fit the precise definition of a ceramic material but they can still be classified as part of the ceramic family.

We machine these materials to very precise tolerances many times measured in millionths of an inch for dimension flatness wedge and roundness or cylindricity. The main advantage that mixed ceramic has over cubic boron nitride cbn in hard part machining applications is the effect on part production costs.