Evaluation of the acoustic emission caused by the chip segmentation frequency during machining of titanium alloy
AbstractThis work investigates the relationship between acoustic emission and chip segmentation frequency of Ti-6Al-4V at the external longitudinal turning process. Therefore, several sensors like structure borne sensors, microphones and a force dynamometer have been installed in a vertical turning machine. To induce a change of the segmentation frequency, several experiments with different feed rates have been carried out. From each experiment the acoustic emissions have been recorded and the generated chips have been analyzed. Since the chips get stretched or compressed during the chip formation the change in the length is calculated to get an estimation of the segmentation frequency. The comparison of the spectral analysis of the acoustic emission signals and the chip analysis has shown that both methods show the same tendency. The segmentation frequency decreases with increasing feed.