PROCESS FOR MAKING HEAT TREATED CERAMIC CUTTING TOOL INSERTS AND CERAMIC CUTTING TOOL INSERTS PREPARED THEREBY

摘要

A process for making a heat treated ground ceramic cutting tool and the resultant cutting tool. The process comprising the steps of: providing an uncoated ground ceramic cutting tool having at least a portion thereof ground; and heat treating the uncoated ground ceramic cutting tool so as to form the heat treated ground ceramic cutting tool.