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AssigneeMaterial Technologies Corporation
InventorCraig T. LeClaire
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A method of manufacturing a tool body of a cutting tool comprises mechanically shaping the tool body to provide a metal surface on the tool body having a first surface characteristic. Thereafter, the metal surface is chemically treated with a metal reactant to create a relatively soft metal film along the metal surface. This soft metal film is removed via burnishing or other appropriate action to smooth the metal surface. After the surface is smoothed, the metal surface is then roughened to prepare the surface for the receipt of tungsten disulfide. The roughened metal surface is coated with tungsten disulfide. A cutting tool is disclosed that comprises a tool body defining a substantially isotropic surface having pits formed therein, and tungsten disulfide particles filled into the pits.
A method of manufacturing and finishing a tool body of a cutting tool, comprising:
The method of claim 5, further comprising selecting a blast media size and operating parameters for the blasting to control the size the pits to be smaller than a size of the tungsten disulfide particles, whereby a substantial number of the tungsten disulfide particles project outside of the pits.
A method of finishing a metal surface on a tool body of a cutting tool, the metal surface having a directional characteristic created by a mechanical shaping operation, the method comprising:
A method of finishing a metal surface a tool body, comprising:
A cutting tool comprising a tool body defining a substantially isotropic surface having pits formed therein, and tungsten disulfide particles filled into the pits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.