We are surrounded by many metallic goods in our everyday life. Do you know how these products are manufactured?
There are many ways to machine metals, but the most commonly used method is cutting. Here we are going to learn about cutting tools and cutting processes. What do we mean by saying cutting tools?
First, let's look at some examples of cutting tools that are in our daily life. Knives and graters in the kitchen, scissors and pencil sharpeners on the desk, and a saw and plane in the storeroom are all cutting tools.
These cutting tools share a common property which is that they all change shapes of things by cutting and producing chips.
As you know by now, cutting tools are tools that cut things to acquire a desired shape. Cutting tools in our daily life cut fruits, vegetables, and wood, but the cutting tools produced by Mitsubishi Materials cut harder materials such as steel.
Now, let's look at cutting tools which machine steel, the main material in the industrial world.
