Raman Mapping As a Characterisation Tool of Carbon in Indexable Knives for Wood-Based Materials Machining

This work reports the results of Raman Spectroscopy analysis of the virgin and the modified WC-Co indexable knives. The conducted studies focused on characterising structural changes after ion implantation of samples by rhenium and lead. The presented results of single spectra and maps of samples showed that the Raman Spectroscopy method allows one to detect changes in the structure after modification of WC-Co indexable knives for wood-based materials machining. The reported changes have been discussed and assigned to changes in characteristic Raman bands.