A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical Turning

Using niobium carbide (NbC) for cutting materials is a promising alternative to tungsten carbide (WC) based cutting materials for metal machining due to the inherent material properties of NbC. These include increased hot hardness and reduced chemical wear compared to WC. This study examines the app...

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Main Authors: Eckart Uhlmann, Christoph Schneider
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Language:English
Published: Publishing House of Wrocław Board of Scientific Technical Societies Federation NOT 2025-06-01
Series:Journal of Machine Engineering
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description Using niobium carbide (NbC) for cutting materials is a promising alternative to tungsten carbide (WC) based cutting materials for metal machining due to the inherent material properties of NbC. These include increased hot hardness and reduced chemical wear compared to WC. This study examines the application behaviour at varying cutting speeds of the cutting material composition NbC-12Ni4Mo4VC produced on a laboratory scale as well as an industrial reference cutting material based on the tungsten carbide WC-6Co. A series of measurements and analyses are conducted during the machining tests in order to evaluate the tool life, the growth of the flank wear, the cutting force and the achieved roughness of the machined surface. For NbC-12Ni4Mo4VC an increase in cutting speed correlates with an increase in tool life. As for higher cutting speeds a superior tool life of NbC-12Ni4Mo4VC is achieved compared to the industrial reference cutting tool material WC-6Co.
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spelling doaj-art-fa8ca958b38845959e3268d17121c9c82025-08-20T03:20:55ZengPublishing House of Wrocław Board of Scientific Technical Societies Federation NOTJournal of Machine Engineering1895-75952391-80712025-06-01252647310.36897/jme/205590205590A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical TurningEckart Uhlmann0Christoph Schneider1Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management (IWF), Technische Universität Berlin, GermanyInstitute for Machine Tools and Factory Management (IWF), Technische Universität Berlin, GermanyUsing niobium carbide (NbC) for cutting materials is a promising alternative to tungsten carbide (WC) based cutting materials for metal machining due to the inherent material properties of NbC. These include increased hot hardness and reduced chemical wear compared to WC. This study examines the application behaviour at varying cutting speeds of the cutting material composition NbC-12Ni4Mo4VC produced on a laboratory scale as well as an industrial reference cutting material based on the tungsten carbide WC-6Co. A series of measurements and analyses are conducted during the machining tests in order to evaluate the tool life, the growth of the flank wear, the cutting force and the achieved roughness of the machined surface. For NbC-12Ni4Mo4VC an increase in cutting speed correlates with an increase in tool life. As for higher cutting speeds a superior tool life of NbC-12Ni4Mo4VC is achieved compared to the industrial reference cutting tool material WC-6Co.http://jmacheng.not.pl/A-Comparative-Study-of-Tool-Wear-for-Niobium-Carbide-and-Tungsten-Carbide-Based-Cutting,205590,0,2.htmlmachiningturningcutting toolcutting edge
spellingShingle Eckart Uhlmann
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A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical Turning
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cutting tool
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title A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical Turning
title_full A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical Turning
title_fullStr A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical Turning
title_full_unstemmed A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical Turning
title_short A Comparative Study of Tool Wear for Niobium Carbide and Tungsten Carbide-Based Cutting Materials in Dry Cylindrical Turning
title_sort comparative study of tool wear for niobium carbide and tungsten carbide based cutting materials in dry cylindrical turning
topic machining
turning
cutting tool
cutting edge
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