TOOL INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY

Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL)

• MQL/Minimum Quantity Lubrication
• MQL Reference Materials
• The Possibilities and Limitations of Dry Machining

Compacted Graphite Iron

• How to Machine Compacted Graphite Iron
• Compacted Graphite Iron for Diesel Engine Cylinder Blocks
• The Effect of Metallurgical Variables on the Machinability of Compacted Graphite Iron

No-Lead Brass

• What is No-Lead Brass and How Does it Affect Me?

Milling

• Optimizing Machining Processes Q&A
• 5 Things to Know About Micro Machining
• Titanium Machining Q&A
• Dynamic Milling Q&A
• Chip Control: a Readers’ Digest Version 
• Fluted End Mills- ME Featured February 2021
• The In’s & Out’s of Ball Nose End Mills
• Cutting Tool Breakage: The 3 Most Common Mistakes 
• Heady Times for High-Feed Milling 

Holemaking

• Technical Guide Drilling
• How To Choose The Best Drill Type For The Job
• How To Troubleshoot Holemaking In Stainless Steel
• Seven Questions To Ask Before Deciding Should I Ream Or Should I Bore

Threading

• Tap Style Selections By Chip Management 
• NPT Taper Pipe Thread Gaging
• Engage Yourself With Gages & Gaging
• Take The Stress Out of Tapping – Tap Relief 
• Calculating “Before Plate” Internal Screw Thread and Tap “H” Limits
• Tapping Tip – How H-Limits Related to Class of Fit (Part 1) 
• Tapping Tip – How H-Limits Related to Class of Fit (Part 2)
• Tapping Tip – Finding the Perfect Tap
• Tapping Tip – Don’t Let Percentage of Thread Derail Your Part
• Carbide Taps: A Practical User’s Guide to When, What, How and Why
• Five Questions To Ask When Machining Threads

TOOL SUBSTRATES

• Single Minded: The Benefits of Tools Made From Single Crystal Diamond
• M2 High Speed Steel
• M3 High Speed Steel
• M4 High Speed Steel
• M7 High Speed Steel 
• M42 High Speed Steel
• PM23 High Speed Steel
• PM30 High Speed Steel
• PM60 High Speed Steel
• PM A11 High Speed Steel 
• PM M4 High Speed Steel 
• PM M48 High Speed Steel
• PM T15 High Speed Steel

TOOL COATINGS

• 100 Years of Cutting Tool Progress
• End User Guidelines to PVD Thin Film Coating Properties and Applications
• Considerations in the Selection of Coatings
• Industrial Applications of PVD Coating Technology Today
• PVD Coatings, Cutting Tools, and Workpiece Materials in Machining
• Chemical Vapor Deposition
• Physical Vapor Deposition of Thin Film Hard Wear Resistant Coatings
• Synthesis, structure, and behavior of a new CVD TiB2 coating with
  extraordinary properties for high performance applications
• Handbook of Hard Coatings - Deposition Technologies, Properties, and Applications (Preface and Table of Contents)
• Ordering Information for Handbook of Hard Coatings (see page 12)

CUTTING TOOL STANDARDS

• Listing of ANSI, ISO, JIS, and NAS Cutting Tool Standards by Tool Type
• Standards Ordering Information

LINKS TO OTHER INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS

AIA STANDARDS

• To order AIA standards, contact Mr. Nathaniel Phillips directly via email: nathaniel.phillips@aia-aerospace.org