Method of treating a cutting tool, and a cutting tool
AssigneeAB Sandvik Coromant
InventorsAndreas Blomqvist, Erik Holmstrom, Jose Luis Garcia
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method of treating a cutting tool of a cemented carbide or cermet substrate, wherein the cutting tool is subjected to shot peening at a temperature of or above 100° C. The cutting tool typically has a rake face, a flank face and a cutting edge extending therebetween. The shot peening is performed at least on the rake face of the cutting tool. The present disclosure also relates to a cutting tool treated with the method.
Claims19
A method of treating a cutting tool including a cemented carbide or cermet substrate, wherein the cutting tool is subjected to
- i) heating to an elevated temperature of between 100° C. and 600° C.;
- and
- ii) shot peening at least a portion of the cutting tool, wherein the shot peening is performed at the elevated temperature, and the portion of the cutting tool subjected to the shot peening is at the elevated temperature during the shot peening.
A method of treating a cutting tool including a cemented carbide or cermet substrate, wherein the cutting tool is subjected to:
- i) heating to an elevated temperature of or above 100° C. and up to 450° C.;
- and
- ii) shot peening at least a portion of the cutting tool, wherein the shot peening is performed at the elevated temperature, and the portion of the cutting tool subjected to the shot peening is at the elevated temperature during the shot peening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.