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Citation
(1998), "Improving machining of stainless steel", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 70 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1998.12770cab.030
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
Improving machining of stainless steel
Improving machining of stainless steel
Keywords Beta-testing, Stainless steel machining
In a rigorous beta-testing programme with selected users, Project 7000 stainless steel alloys were machined up to 50 per cent faster than possible with the most machinable conventional stainless steels, according to Carpenter Technology Corporation in Reading, Pennsylvania, the alloys' manufacturer. The improvement, said Carpenter spokesmen, is the most significant in the machinability of stainless steels in three decades.
The new alloys are expected to enable metalworkers to increase productivity, reduce labour and part costs.