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Diamond tool machining of materials which react with diamond

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OSTI ID:7274047

An apparatus is described for the diamond machining of materials which detrimentally react with diamond cutting tools in which the cutting tool and the workpiece are chilled to very low temperatures. This chilling halts or retards the chemical reaction between the workpiece and the diamond cutting tool so that wear rates of the diamond tool on previously detrimental materials are comparable with the diamond turning of materials which do not react with diamond. 1 figs.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5103701
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-678488
OSTI ID:
7274047
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English