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Design and manufacturing of ultra-hard micro-milling tool

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Based on the study of existing typical micro-milling tools and the actual demand for micro-milling tools, the P3 design principle and design flow for ultra-hard micro-milling tool were introduced to give basic guidance for the optimization of micro-milling tools. Then, according to the P3 design flow, the manufacturing process of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) micro-milling tool was proposed, and the PCD micro-milling tool with diameter of 0.5 mm was developed. Finally, the micro-milling test on the slot was carried out to study the milling performance of PCD micro-milling tool.

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  1. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Zhongbo Zhan  (战忠波), Liang Li  (李 亮), Ning He  (何 宁), Rong Bian  (卞 荣) & Meng Zhao  (赵 孟)

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50935003) and Science and Technology Support Project of Jiangsu Province, China (No. BE2012172).

Zhan Zhongbo, born in 1985, male, doctorate student.

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Zhan, Z., Li, L., He, N. et al. Design and manufacturing of ultra-hard micro-milling tool. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 20, 415–421 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-014-2257-z

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