Engineering Formulas for Metalcutting
Dr. Edmund Isakov, Ph.D has had a long and distinguished career in metalworking. He is known in research, development, and applications of cutting tools for milling, turning, and boring. Dr. Isakov has authoredMechanical Properties of Work Materials(Hanser-Gardner) and numerous articles and papers on metalcutting. He holds six U.S. patents and ten U.S.S.R. Inventor's Certificates pertaining to carbide and diamond tools. During nearly two decades at Kennametal Inc., he became a noted authority on the technical analysis of cutting tools. Dr. Isakov currently is an independent consultant and writer.