A 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 (20) and the resultant cutting tool (20). The process comprising the steps of: providing an uncoated ground ceramic cutting tool (20) 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.