Industrial Tool Wear study

[pmcgee]

THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTRACTIVES AND ABRASIVES IN

WOOD MATERIALS ON THE WEARING OF CUTTING TOOLS


http://www.ncsu.edu/bioresources/BioRes_07/BioRes_07_4_4715_Darmawan_RNM_Extractives_Abrasives_Wood_Wear_Tools_3002.pdf

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

He. I've always accepted it as dogma that abrasives (eg. silica) were a major component of tool wear.

I'd never given any thought to corrosion from extractives... beyond "bloody muck is gumming up the cut again!"

Interesting paper.