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Machinability rating depends heavily on the type one-hit production methods. However, the
of titanium and its treatment. The machinability typically low cutting speeds used in the machining
of the widely used annealed titanium TiAl6V4 of titanium severely limit machine tools’ efficiency
is approximately 35-40% less than annealed potential and results in the cutting tool becoming
stainless steel AISI 304. However, if we take the the weakest element of the whole technical
machinability of the aforementioned titanium production system. In short, the cutting tool
grade as 100%, the so-called “triple 5”, titanium determines the productivity boundaries
5-5-5-3, a major manufacturing headache for when machining titanium and, as such, has
many machine shops, features machinability become a major factor in the quest for a
characteristics that are twice as difficult. radical improvement of this situation.
Machine tool manufacturers
continue to introduce innovations
and developments that make the
cutting of titanium more effective
Machine tool manufacturers continue to Due to the low thermal conductivity of titanium,
introduce innovations and developments that the main problem in cutting this material is the
make the cutting of titanium more effective. generation of heat. Poor heat transfer leads
Modern machine tools allow operators to apply to considerable thermal loads being directly
advanced machining strategies and to employ transferred to the tools cutting edge.
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