Diamond tool machining of materials which react with diamond

Patent · 01 January 1992

OSTI ID:868236

Lundin, Ralph L ^[1]; Stewart, Delbert D ^[1]; Evans, Christopher J ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos, NM
2. Gaithersburg, MD

Apparatus 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.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5103701
• OSTI ID: 868236
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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