Tag: edge prep

Definition of clearance angle (also called relief angle) in industrial cutting: the angle of the back face behind the cutting edge, the substrate-by-substrate range, and how it interacts with hone and burr.

Definition of hone (also micro-hone or edge radius) in industrial cutting: the small radius at the very tip of a cutting edge, the substrate-by-substrate range, and the relationship to coating thickness and burr.