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US 2005/0186044 A1Published application
Process for machining
OwnerParag Hegde, Paul Prichard +1inventors
InventorsParag Hegde, Paul Prichard, Gregory Hyatt
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Abstract
The invention described is a method of milling bimetallic, aluminum-cast iron components with silicon nitride based ceramic cutting inserts.
Claims18
A method of machining comprising the steps of:
- milling a surface of a bimetallic material having an aluminum surface and a cast iron surface with a milling cutter having mounted thereon silicon nitride based ceramic cutting inserts.
A method of machining the surface of a bimetallic engine block comprising an aluminum alloy having cast iron cylinder liners therein, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- milling said surface with a milling cutter having silicon nitride based ceramic cutting inserts mounted thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.