Research on Chip Formation Mechanism of Laser-Assisted Machining of Fused Silica Based on Variable Laser Angle

Author(s):  
Pengfei Pan ◽  
Huawei Song ◽  
Junfeng Xiao ◽  
Zuohui Yang ◽  
Guoqi Ren ◽  
...  

Abstract Laser-assisted machining (LAM) is a promising technology for improving the machinability of hard-to-cut materials. In this study, based on the finite element method (FEM), a cutting model of thermally coupled non-uniform temperature field is established. The chip formation mechanism of fused silica during the laser-assisted machining process is explored from the aspects of laser power and laser incident angle. The results show that as the laser incident angle increases, the continuity of the chip increases gradually. An annular tool holder that can adjust the angle between the laser beam and the tool was designed. And the similar chip morphology obtained by variable-angle cutting experiments verified the effectiveness of the cutting model. Moreover, fracture chips and continuous banded chips are found in both simulation and experiment, which implies that the cutting mechanism works under a hybrid mode of brittle fracture and plastic deformation in the LAM process.

2014 ◽  
Vol 912-914 ◽  
pp. 732-735
Author(s):  
Jia Liang Guan ◽  
Xin Qiang Ma ◽  
Cheng Guo Cao ◽  
Xiao Hui Zhang ◽  
Lei Zhu

This paper describes the analysis of the chip formation mechanism in mold machining process of large diameter Fresnel lens based on the ABAQUS finite element simulation software and modal test methods. Combined with the material constitutive relation and material failure criteria etc, a two-dimensional orthogonal cutting model was established and the chip derived from the simulation was compared with the chip from modal test, with a consequent verification of the feasibility of simulation chip model. The simulation contributes to an investigation into the effects of the cutting speed on chip formation process. The results show that: the material strength and plastic brittle have significant impact on chip morphology in the H62 brass mold processing, and material strength will improve with the increase of strain rate, the evolution process of the chip of material plastic reduction can be divided into: ribbon cuttings, serrated chips, cell chips.


2011 ◽  
Vol 312-315 ◽  
pp. 983-988
Author(s):  
Seyed Vahid Hosseini ◽  
Mehrdad Vahdati ◽  
Ali Shokuhfar

Nowadays, the nano-machining process is used to produce high quality finished surfaces with precise form accuracy. To understand and analyze the chip formation mechanism of nano-machining process on an atomistic scale, since the experimentation is not an easy task, numerical simulation such as molecular dynamic (MD) simulation is a very useful method. In this paper, MD simulation of the nano-metric cutting of single-crystal copper was performed with a single crystal diamond tool. The model was solved with both pair wise Morse potential function and embedded atom method (EAM) potential to simulate the inter-atomic force between the work-piece and a rigid tool. The chip formation mechanism, dislocation generation, tool forces and generated temperature were investigated. Results show that the Morse potential cannot perform an appropriate defect formation and plastic deformation in nano-metric cutting of metals. Also, tool forces in Morse potential are more than the forces in EAM potential. Furthermore, the fluctuations of resultant forces in Morse potential are greater than that of EAM. In addition, using many-body interaction potentials like EAM can lead to substantial changes in surface energies, elastic-plastic properties and atomic displacement, compared with the pair-wise potentials like Morse. Finally, the atomic displacement investigation shows that in EAM potential study, only the atoms in a local region near the cutting process are displaced, but in Morse potential a large portion of atoms has affected during cutting process. Subsequently, the chip temperature in EAM potential is more than that of Morse potential.


Author(s):  
Brian Davis ◽  
David Dabrow ◽  
Licheng Ju ◽  
Anhai Li ◽  
Chengying Xu ◽  
...  

Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are among the lightest metallic structural materials, making them very attractive for use in the aerospace and automotive industries. Recently, Mg has been used in metal matrix composites (MMCs), demonstrating significant improvements in mechanical performance. However, the machinability of Mg-based MMCs is still largely elusive. In this study, Mg-based MMCs are machined using a wide range of cutting speeds in order to elucidate both the chip morphology and chip formation mechanism. Cutting speed is found to have the most significant influence on both the chip morphology and chip formation mechanism, with the propensity of discontinuous, particle-type chip formation increasing as the cutting speed increases. Saw-tooth chips are found to be the primary chip morphology at low cutting speeds (lower than 0.5 m/s), while discontinuous, particle-type chips prevail at high cutting speeds (higher than 1.0 m/s). Using in situ high speed imaging, the formation of the saw-tooth chip morphology is found to be due to crack initiation at the free surface. However, as the cutting speed (and strain rate) increases, the formation of the discontinuous, particle-type chip morphology is found to be due to crack initiation at the tool tip. In addition, the influences of tool rake angle, particle size, and particle volume fracture are investigated and found to have little effect on the chip morphology and chip formation mechanism.


Author(s):  
Brian Davis ◽  
David Dabrow ◽  
Ryan Newell ◽  
Andrew Miller ◽  
John K. Schueller ◽  
...  

Severe plastic deformation (SPD) processing such as equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) has been pioneered to produce ultrafine grained (UFG) metals for improved mechanical and physical properties. However, understanding the machining of SPD-processed metals is still limited. This study aims to investigate the differences in chip morphology when machining ECAE-processed UFG and coarse-grained (CG) titanium (Ti) and understand the chip formation mechanism using metallographic analysis, digital imaging correlation (DIC), and nano-indentation. The chip morphology is classified as aperiodic saw-tooth, continuous, or periodic saw-tooth, and changes with the cutting speed. The chip formation mechanism of the ECAE-processed Ti transitions from cyclic shear localization within the low cutting speed regime (such as 0.1 m/s or higher) to uniform shear localization within the moderately high cutting speed regime (such as from 0.5 to 1.0 m/s) and to cyclic shear localization (1.0 m/s). The shear band spacing increases with the cutting speed and is always lower than that of the CG counterpart. If the shear strain rate distribution contains a shift in the chip flow direction, the chip morphology appears saw-tooth, and cyclic shear localization is the chip formation mechanism. If no such shift occurs, the chip formation is considered continuous, and uniform shear localization is the chip formation mechanism. Hardness measurements show that cyclic shear localization is the chip formation mechanism when localized hardness peaks occur, whereas uniform shear localization is operative when the hardness is relatively constant.


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