Influence of Plating Conditions on Cutting Performance of cBN Coated Cemented Carbide End-Mill

This study highlights the influences of pre-treatment and plating conditions on the cutting performance of cBN-coated tools. The pre-treatment evaluations investigate the profile, chemical cleaning, and bombardment conditions of the cutting edge. The plating condition evaluation concerns the influence of TiN and cBN plating conditions. In this paper, TiN plating is employed as a pre-process of cBN plating. Moreover, developed cBN-coated cutting tools were used to conduct cutting experiments for hardened die steel and austenitic structure stainless steels. The results show that the new cBN-coated cutting tools demonstrate effective performance for practical use in industrial applications.