As composites practitioners well know, tooling for composite parts is a challenge. Metal tools are the most robust option and support rate production, but they need to be carefully engineered to match ...

Alloys of the 3xx.x series constitute 90 % of all cast aluminum alloys produced, with AlSi7Mg0.3 being the most common. This lightweight material is widely used in engines, automobile wheels, aircraft ...

Have you ever wondered how airplanes, cars, oil and gas pipelines or medical devices are made? It's not just the materials they're composed of that's so important, but also the high-speed machining ...

There are several surface coating technologies available for tool steels. Some of them are discussed in this article. These surface coatings are used in applications such as drills, taps, reamers, ...