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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Walter Krenkel, Renningen, DE;
Richard Kochendoerfer, Stuttgart, DE;
Martin Friess, Frickenhasusen, DE;
Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A tool for machining workpieces, specially metal workpieces, by cutting, e.g., grinding, polishing, milling, separating or honing, comprising at least one stock-removing tool portion and whose machining range consists of a composite material containing a hard material. Said tool is characterized in that the composite material is formed by a fiber structure consisting of substantially continuous fibers made of carbon and/or a ceramic material and by a matrix containing carbon and hard material, and is also characterized in that at least the machining range, like the cutting or milling tool, is made of said composite material.