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This 7 page paper is written in two parts. The first part considers why advances in technology creating new cutting edges has not rendered older cutting edges obsolete and looks at the role and importance of coatings on cutting edges. The second part of the paper examined the benefits of concurrent engineering and looks at how value adding activities may be maximised, using the example of the 5S’s model. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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File: TS14_TEcuttin.rtf
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However, despite the new cutting edges and materials that have been developed, unlike many other areas where technology has been active, this has not resulted in the demise of older
technologies. Much of the reason fir this is the wide number of used for cutting tools and the variety of uses to which they may be put. Developments have
taken place form the way in which scissors and traditional paper cutting edges have developed, from machined steel to zirconia ceramic cutting edges (Dynamic Ceramic, 2003). The benefits of the
improved material have been increased hardness and a longer life, lasting up to fifty times as long. However, there are some applications for which this may not be an advantage
and the increased cost is not justified. Yet in paper milling and areas where downtime incurs increased costs this is an advantage. Other developments have also included laser cutters.
Lasers themselves are not new, however the way they operate has been adapted, for example the controlled fracture technique (Tsai et al, 2003). In this technique there is the
production of mechanical stress causing the separation along the line of the laser, making this a suitable for fragile or brittle cutting materials (Tsai et al, 2003). The resulting
cut is similar to an extension of a crack, but is controllable (Tsai et al, 2003). However, this is a process which is also very specialised, so not suitable for
many uses, as such it does not replace the more traditional uses of laser cutting tools (Tsai et al, 2003). Abrasive water jets have also been developed to cut areas
which were otherwise difficult. Useful in milling processes where there is the need to have fast turnover of cutting and close control is required ad a good finish on the
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