Very important cutting tool property is its durability. Durability of cutting tool defines lifetime of this cutting tool and it determines its suitability for select technological operation. Technical science defines a lot of different factors, that they may be cause of shorter cutting tool lifetime. For increase cutting tool durability is necessary maximally possible elimination of these factors. Determination of cutting tool durability is very important, because provides comprehensive information how to determine appropriate technological conditions for selected cutting tool. In engineering is for determination of cutting tools durability used T-v_c dependence. The article describes process how to create durability dependence for cutting tools made of sintered carbide by means of T-v_c dependence in machining process of steel 100CrMn6.

Durability is very important property of every cutting material. This property of cutting materials defined theirs life-time. Technical science defines a lot of different factors, that they may be cause of shorter life-time of cutting tool. Maximally possible elimination of these factors is necessary for optimization of cutting materials life-time. Durability of cutting materials is defined in standard ISO 3685. The main part of standard ISO 3685 is T-vc dependence definition for selected cutting materials. One of these cuting materials contained in this standard is cutting ceramic. Standard ISO 3685 contains instructions how to create T-vc dependence for cutting tools made of cutting ceramic. In this standard are only instructions how to create T-vc dependence according to Taylor, but last part of every experiment is analytical expression of tested dependence. The article describes process how to define and analytically express T-vc dependence for cutting ceramic (Al2O3).

Durability of the cutting tools is very complex process that is influenced by more factors. To the Identify these factors is necessary execute many experiments. The technical science defines the basic method for determining durability of the cutting tool according to results and knowledge F. W. Taylor. The Literature from renowned authors indicates that durability of the cutting tool is defined on the base of T-vc dependence. T-vc dependence like a elementary durability dependence was described according to Taylor´s graphics dependence VB=f(s) for different cutting speeds in 1906. From this theory were later derived others theories, that became the basis of theories durability of cutting wedge for the different cutting materials. For the durability identification of the cutting tool are in technical practice used two basic tests. The First is the short-term durability test and second is machining long-term test method. Both these tests have some advantages and some disadvantages that are described in Introduction of this paper. This paper describes how to create and analytically express new durability dependence for ceramic cutting tool on the base of vc-VB dependence. This dependence consists from vc - cutting speed and VB - criterion of blunting. The whole procedure and its analytical expression is the subject of this paper.