Additive manufacturing of carbide machining tools
Tungsten carbide-cobalt is an excellent
material for cutting tools as it is extremely
heat- and wear-resistant. In the new
research project “Additive Manufacturing
of Machining Tools out of WC-Co – AM
of WC-Co”, scientists from the Institute
for Materials Applications in Mechanical
Engineering IWM and the Laboratory for
Machine Tools and Production Engineering
WZL of RWTH Aachen University as
well as from the Fraunhofer Institute for
Laser Technology ILT are now investigating
how Laser Powder Bed Fusion can be used
to process this material. It aims to additively
produce cutting tools that achieve
longer tool life thanks to complex cooling
geometries.
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