A cutting tool includes a cemented carbide substrate. The cemented carbide consists of hard constituents in a metallic binder. The hard constituents include WC. The WC content in the cemented carbide is 80-93 wt %. The cemented carbide has Ni and Al, and a Ni content of 3-13 wt %, a weight ratio of Co/Ni<0.33, a weight ratio of Fe/Ni<0.25, a weight ratio of Cr/Ni<0.25 and a weight ratio of 0.02<Al/(Ni+Co+Fe)<0.1. The crack resistance W is defined as the ratio of the load applied on a Vickers hardness indentation and the total crack length of the cracks formed at the corners of the Vickers hardness indentation. The product of the hardness H(rake) at the rake face and the crack resistance W(rake) at the rake face is H(rake)*W(rake)>5000 HV100*N/μm.

A cutting tool includes a substrate of cemented carbide having hard constituents in a metallic binder. The hard constituents include WC. The WC content in the cemented carbide is 80-95 wt %. The cemented carbide has a Fe+Ni+Co+Cr content of 3-13 wt %, an atomic ratio of 0.05<Fe/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35, an atomic ratio of 0.05<Ni/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35, an atomic ratio of 0.05<Co/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35 and an atomic ratio of 0.05<Cr/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35. The crack resistance W measured on the rake face of the cutting tool is at least 25% higher than the W measured on a cross section of the bulk area of the cutting tool.

A cutting tool includes a substrate of cemented carbide having hard constituents in a metallic binder. The hard constituents include WC. The WC content in the cemented carbide is 80-95 wt %. The cemented carbide has a Fe+Ni+Co+Cr content of 3-13 wt %, an atomic ratio of 0.05<Fe/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35, an atomic ratio of 0.05<Ni/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35, an atomic ratio of 0.05<Co/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35 and an atomic ratio of 0.05<Cr/(Fe+Ni+Co+Cr)<0.35. The crack resistance W measured on the rake face of the cutting tool is at least 25% higher than the W measured on a cross section of the bulk area of the cutting tool.

A treatment machine for adjusting a K factor of a cutting edge of a worktool is described. In an embodiment the treatment machine comprises: a blast gun for directing a pressurised blast stream of abrasive particles in a blast direction; mounting means for securing the worktool such that a rotational axis of the worktool is radially offset from the blast direction by an offset distance, and wherein control of the offset distance between the blast direction and the rotational axis adjusts the K factor of the cutting edge.

A method of evaluating a residual stress including a condition setting step of setting a processing condition of water jet peening for a processing target; an analysis step of analyzing a jet flow when a fluid is injected from a nozzle model to a processing target model in accordance with the processing condition, and obtaining a void fraction which is a volume fraction of babbles contained in a unit volume of the fluid, and a collapse fraction, which is a volume fraction of the bubbles which collapse in a unit time in the unit volume of the fluid, at each position on a surface of the processing target model; an impact pressure correlation value calculating step of obtaining an impact pressure correlation value, which is a product of the void fraction and the collapse fraction at each position; an experimental value acquisition step of obtaining an impact pressure experimental value.

A shot peening efficiency system for separating reusable abrasive media from non-reusable media includes a housing having an opening configured to receive an abrasive media inlet valve; and a separator assembly disposed within the housing, the separator assembly comprising at least one mesh screen and at least one vibratory motor. The housing includes a main channel having a first channel for reusable abrasive media and a second channel for non-reusable abrasive media. The separator assembly is configured to separate reusable abrasive media from non-reusable abrasive media by passing the reusable abrasive media via the first channel and by passing the non-reusable abrasive media via the second channel. The first channel terminates at a reusable abrasive media outlet valve connected to at least one first abrasive media hopper; the second channel terminates at an abrasive media discard outlet valve connected to at least one second abrasive media hopper.

A shot peening efficiency system for separating reusable abrasive media from non-reusable media includes a housing having an opening configured to receive an abrasive media inlet valve; and a separator assembly disposed within the housing, the separator assembly comprising at least one mesh screen and at least one vibratory motor. The housing includes a main channel having a first channel for reusable abrasive media and a second channel for non-reusable abrasive media. The separator assembly is configured to separate reusable abrasive media from non-reusable abrasive media by passing the reusable abrasive media via the first channel and by passing the non-reusable abrasive media via the second channel. The first channel terminates at a reusable abrasive media outlet valve connected to at least one first abrasive media hopper; the second channel terminates at an abrasive media discard outlet valve connected to at least one second abrasive media hopper.

Methods and masks for manufacturing component of gas turbine engines are described. The methods include applying a mask to a protected surface of the component, the component having a designated surface to be treated by a shot peen operation. The mask includes a full masking portion configured to prevent a shot peen media from impacting the protected surface. A masking control region is arranged around the designated surface. The masking control region is configured to control an amount of force imparted to the component by shot peen media during the shot peen operation, wherein the masking control region extends from the full masking portion to the designated surface. The designated surface is shot peened with shot peen media to form a compressive stress region within the component proximate the designated surface and a tapering transition of compressive forces within the component proximate the masking control region.

Methods and masks for manufacturing component of gas turbine engines are described. The methods include applying a mask to a protected surface of the component, the component having a designated surface to be treated by a shot peen operation. The mask includes a full masking portion configured to prevent a shot peen media from impacting the protected surface. A masking control region is arranged around the designated surface. The masking control region is configured to control an amount of force imparted to the component by shot peen media during the shot peen operation, wherein the masking control region extends from the full masking portion to the designated surface. The designated surface is shot peened with shot peen media to form a compressive stress region within the component proximate the designated surface and a tapering transition of compressive forces within the component proximate the masking control region.

An article and a method of manufacturing the article is disclosed. The method includes providing the article including a substrate and a coating at least partially disposed on the substrate. The coating includes an outer surface. The coating further includes platinum and chromium. The method further includes applying cold work to the outer surface of the coating to produce a cold-worked layer extending from the outer surface of the coating to a cold work depth. The cold-worked layer includes approximately 45% cold work. The cold work depth is between about 30 microns to about 150 microns from the outer surface of the coating.