Development of Ceramic Cutting Tools for Future Application on Dry Machining

Abstract:

Advanced ceramic materials constitute a mature technology with a very broad base of current and potential applications and a growing list of material compositions. Within the advanced ceramics category, silicon nitride based ceramics are wear-resistant, corrosion- resistant and lightweight materials, and are superior to many materials with regard to stability in high-temperature environments. Because of this combination the silicon nitride ceramics have an especially high potential to resolve a wide number of machining problems in the industries. Presently the Si3N4 ceramic cutting tool inserts are developed using additives powders that are pressed and sintered in the form of a cutting tool insert at a temperature of 1850 oC using pressureless sintering. The microstructure of the material was observed and analyzed using XRD, SEM, and the mechanical response of this array microstructure was characterized for hardness Vickers and fracture toughness. The results show that Si3N4/20 wt.% (AlN and Y2O3) gives the best balance between hardness Vickers and fracture toughness. The Si3N4/15 wt.% (AlN and Y2O3) composition allows the production of a very fine-grained microstructure with low decreasing of the fracture toughness and increased hardness Vickers. These ceramic cutting tools present adequate characteristics for future application on dry machining.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 660-661)
• Pages: 724-729
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.660-661.724
• Online since: October 2010
• Authors: Olivério Moreira Macedo Silva, José Vitor C. Souza, Maria do Carmo de Andrade Nono, G.V. Martins, M.V. Ribeiro, João Paulo Barros Machado
• Keywords: Si₃N₄, Ceramic, Dry Machining, New Cutting Tool

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