Designing the Next Generation of High Performance Cutting Tools

为了提高澳大利亚制造商在制成品生产方面的全球竞争力，获得具有成本效益的高性能刀具至关重要。该项目寻求通过开发先进的金属基气相沉积涂层的新途径来应对这一挑战。这一新方法将为工业部件的摩擦学涂层这一具有重要经济意义的领域提供亟需的增值机会。该项目的结果将直接影响澳大利亚拥有的公司Sutton Tools维持和扩大其出口市场的能力，同时更广泛地增加澳大利亚制造业的竞争力。

In order for Australian manufacturers to improve their global competitiveness in the production of manufactured goods it is essential to have access to cost effective high performance cutting tools. This project seeks to meet this challenge by exploiting new pathways in the development of advanced metallic-based vapour deposited coatings. This new approach will provide a much needed opportunity for value adding in the economically significant area of tribological coatings for industrial components. The outcomes of this project will directly impact on the ability of Sutton Tools, an Australian owned company, to sustain and expand its export markets while adding more broadly to the competitiveness of Australia's manufacturing industry.