Ceramic Hard Machining

Ceramics can be made from several different types of hard metal oxides or nitrides.

Ceramic hard machining.

Following a final firing when as fired tolerances are not sufficient fine diamond machining grinding using diamond impregnated cutters is often required. Kadco ceramics is dedicated to the precision diamond machining of hard materials into intricate shapes. The main advantage that mixed ceramic has over cubic boron nitride cbn in hard part machining applications is the effect on part production costs. Whilst cbn has a better tool life the cost per edge of a ceramic insert is a fraction of that of cbn approx one twentieth whilst feed rates chip thickness around 0 1mm and cutting speeds.

Additionally materials like silicon carbide sic may not fit the precise definition of a ceramic material but they can still be classified as part of the ceramic family. Since 1982 kadco has focused on providing engineering assistance and production solutions to a broad spectrum of industrial and r d needs.