Mikronite

Burnished Edge	The smooth cut edge on wood created by the saw blade.
Carbide Tipped Blade	A saw blade with teeth made from small pieces of carbide. Carbide-tipped blades are much harder and more brittle than the steel used for conventional blades. They are also more expensive, but require much less maintenance.
Carbon-nitriding	A case hardening process, in which a suitable ferrous material is heated above the lower transformation temperature in a gaseous atmosphere having a composition that results in simultaneous absorption of carbon and nitrogen by the surface and, by diffusion, creates a concentration gradient. The process is completed by cooling at a rate that produces the desired properties in the work piece.
Case Hardening	Carburizing and subsequently hardening by suitable heat-treatment, all or part of the surface portions of a piece of iron-base alloy.
Cold Plastic Deformation	Method in which to increase hardness and/or strength.
Colloidal Suspension	A system of fine particles suspended in a fluid.
Ductility	Allows stretching, bending, or twisting without cracking or breaking. In a tensile test, ductile metals show considerable elongation eventually failing by necking, with consequent rapid increase in local stresses.
Flame Hardening	A process of hardening a ferrous alloy by heating it above the transformation range by means of a high-temperature flame, and then cooling as required.
Ferro-fluidics	Ferro-fluid finishing is a pioneering field. This broad patent makes use of the properties of a magnetic fluid invented by NASA and adds to it both elements of abrasive materials and the ability to control its push of objects immersed in the fluid. This allows the control of super fine abrasives at the molecular level to be used to polish formerly impossible products such as nano-technology mechanical devices and non-planar semiconductors.
Flat Lapping Plate	Method of producing precision flat and polished surfaces.
G force	G- force simply means "gravity force." One G is the weight of your body and 2 G's is twice the weight of your body. When you take off in an airplane you pull about 1.5 G's, meaning you feel like you weigh about one and half times what you really weigh. When you go over a bump and feel lighter, you are pulling negative G's; When your body is upside down and you feel heavier, you are pulling positive G's. For example, the pilots of a space shuttle experience 3G’s at takeoff. The key to G-force is duration, MIKRONITE machines can currently exceed 100G’s for an indefinite period of time; exerting this extremely high force with complete support of the work piece allows us to create the desired effect without damage.
Hardening	Resistance to electromagnetic damage or destruction.
Hydrodynamic Lubrication	Lubrication system where moving surfaces are actually separated by a film, eliminating all solid-to-solid contact. Also referred to as "full film" lubrication.
Induction Hardening	A process of hardening a ferrous alloy by heating it above the transformation range by means of electrical induction, and then cooling as required.
Ion-nitriding	Ion-nitriding is a thermal process by which nitrogen ions are diffused onto the surface of a metal.
Isotropic surface	Having uniform properties in all directions independent of the direction of load application.
Kerf	The cut made by a circular saw blade.
Lubricity	The ability of one surface to move easily and without damage over another surface. Slip is usually defined by the coefficient of friction (COF). A low COF indicates "good slip" or lubricity.
Malleability	Property that enables a material to deform by compressive forces without developing effects.
MEM	Micro-Electrical Mechanical Systems.
Nanotechnology	Any technology related to features of nanometer scale: thin films, fine particles, chemical synthesis, advanced microlithography, and so forth.
Nitriding	Process of surface hardening certain types of steel by heating in ammonia gas at about 935-1000 (degrees) F., the increase in hardness being the result of surface nitride formation. Certain alloying constituents, principal among them being aluminum, greatly facilitate the hardening reaction. In general, the depth of the case is less than with carburizing.
Planer CMP	Chemical Mechanical Planarization - planarization of copper and associated barrier layers used during the manufacturing of integrated circuits.
RA	Ra is a measure of surface smoothness or the average roughness. Ra, is expressed in units of height, this is also referred to as "microinches" (ľin)
Rmax	Maximum difference from peaks to valleys on a surface.
Residual Stresses	Residual stresses are stresses that are inside or locked into a component or assembly of parts. The internal state of stress is caused by thermal and/or mechanical processing of the parts. Common examples of these are bending, rolling or forging a part. Another example is the thermal stresses induced when welding.
Resins	Corrosive chemicals within the wood such as sap, which can build up on the sides of the blade.
Sinusoidal Lapping	Relating to, shaped like, or varying according to a sine curve or sine wave sinusoidal motion, small scratches or lapping scratches that do not follow a circular motion, but rather a sin curve.
Slip Planes	A weak plane in a mass, usually a transition of hardness or an alignment of poorly bonded layers from which material is likely to break off in a slide.
Surface Deformation	Deforming a surface changes its shape, but not its characteristics; an edge remains an edge, and a hole remains a hole, no matter how distorted the edge or hole appears.
Toughness	Property that enables a material to withstand shock.