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Cutting tools are used to remove material from a workpiece and have a pointed tip that is mounted on machines. They must be harder than the material cut and withstand heat. Single point tools have a single cutting edge used for turning, while multi-point tools have multiple edges for drilling and milling. Cutting tools require wear resistance, strength, toughness, and hot hardness. Cobalt, nickel, molybdenum, tungsten, and other metals are added to the tool material to improve these properties and increase tool life during cutting operations.

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Cutting Tools

Cutting tools are used to remove material from a workpiece and have a pointed tip that is mounted on machines. They must be harder than the material cut and withstand heat. Single point tools have a single cutting edge used for turning, while multi-point tools have multiple edges for drilling and milling. Cutting tools require wear resistance, strength, toughness, and hot hardness. Cobalt, nickel, molybdenum, tungsten, and other metals are added to the tool material to improve these properties and increase tool life during cutting operations.

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Cutting tools

What is cutting tool


• A Cutting Tool or Cutter is a tool used to create inserts or remove any
remaining material of a workpiece by clearing out the excessive
deformity. Cutting Tools are pointed and are mounted on various
machines tools to be used in the process of cutting.
• Cutting Tools are always harder than the material they are used to
cutting. The Cutting Tools used for work should also withstand the
heat released in the process.
Classification of Cutting Tools
Single point tool Multi point tool
The tools which make use of a single Multiple Cutting Tools have more than
sharp cutting edge to remove deformities one cutting edge to them and are used
are known as Single Point Tools. The act for various different purposes. A Multiple
of turning, the exact opposite of boring, Cutting Tool is mounted on a machine
makes use of Single Point Tools as it and used by utilizing the tool in a rotation
works on the exterior diameter of a cast motion. The activities of drilling and
hole. The sharp tip of a Single Point mining make use of Multiple Cutting
Tool is usually round, forming a nose Tools. 
radius.
Wear Resistance:
• Wear Resistance is the ability of a tool to resist wearing with continuous use. Wearing of a
tool happens as friction is created when a cutting tool mounted on a machine gets in contact
with the piece of metal it is being worked on. If a tool does not have the ability to resist this
wear, then it is bound to break or not be usable because of the tool shape changing due to it.
• To reduce the damage caused by friction, Cobalt is added in the tool composition. This
increases the longevity of the tool
Strength & Toughness:
• It is the ability of a tool to withstand immense cutting pressure with working on complicated
pieces or types of cuts required. A tool should withstand the vibrations created while cutting.
• To improve a tool’s toughness and strength, some manufacturers add Nickel and/or
Molybdenum to the composition. When a tool is tough, it won’t chip away or break down
with prolonged use.
Hot Hardness:
• Hot Hardness is the ability of a tool to withstand the heat and temperatures produced while
trying to cut a piece of metal. The act of cutting produces significant heat on the tool. This
heat can melt the cutting tool and break it off.
• To increase a cutting tools hot hardness, metals like- Tungsten, Aluminium, Vanadium and
Molybdenum are added. These metals are responsible for increasing the heating capacity of
the tool. Generally, the tool’s hot hardness needs to be more than the material it is going to
interact with.
Cutting tool material
Basic form of cutting tool for cutting metal
• The larger the rake angle, the less the cutting resistance.
• Increasing cutting speed reduces the cutting resistance.
• Cooling oil cools the cutting edge and workpiece,
suppressing softening caused by
high temperature and deformation resulting from heat. It
is also used to provide a lubrication effect between the
cutting edge and chips, thus preventing welding.

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