When it comes to yardwork, one of the most frustrating things to deal with is having an important tool's wooden handle splinter and weaken. Of course, tools wearing down over time is to be expected, ...

A breakthrough in coating technology has resulted in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) aluminum oxide (Al2O3) coating for difficult-to-machine materials with the thermal resistance of traditional ...

Charts depict interaction of non-uniform substrate and geometry interface characteristics, upper segments, with coating characteristics, lower segment. Substrate, geometry and coating package ...