Tool Wear and Surface Integrity in High Speed Milling of a Near Alpha Titanium Alloy

Author(s):  
Yi Ping Zhang ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
Guo Sheng Geng
2006 ◽  
Vol 532-533 ◽  
pp. 644-647
Author(s):  
Yi Ping Zhang ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
Guo Sheng Geng

Ti-6.5Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V is a near alpha titanium alloy strengthened by solid solution with Al and other components. In this study, a series of experiments on tool wear and surface integrity in high speed milling (HSM) of this alloy were carried out. The tool lives under different cutting speeds were studied and the corresponding empirical equation of tool life was derived. Additionally, the wear mechanism of cutting tools was also discussed. Finally, surface integrity, including surface roughness, metallograph, work hardening and residual stresses, were examined and analysed. The result shows that good surface quality of workpiece could be obtained in HSM of the alloy.


2009 ◽  
Vol 626-627 ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
P. Liu ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
Yu Can Fu

TA15 (Ti-6.5Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V) is a close alpha titanium alloy strengthened by solid solution with Al and other component. A series of experiments were carried out on normal and high speed milling of TA15. The recommended tools for many years had been the uncoated tungsten carbide grade K. In this work, the tool life of coated carbide tools used in high speed milling of forging and cast titanium alloy was studied. Additionally, the wear mechanism of cutting tools was also discussed. Finally, surface integrity, including surface roughness, metallograph and work hardening, were examined and analyzed. The result shows that the surface quality of forging and cast machined by carbide cutter is similar, but the tool life of carbide in high speed milling of forging TA15 is longer than that in high speed milling of cast TA15.


2012 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Shi ◽  
Yin Fei Yang ◽  
Ning He ◽  
Liang Li ◽  
Wei Zhao

TC4-DT is a new damage-tolerant titanium alloy. In the paper, a series of experiments on tool wear and surface integrity in high speed milling of the alloy were carried out. The tool lives of different tool materials were studied and the wear mechanism of cutting tools was also investigated. Then surface integrity, including surface roughness, microhardness and metallurgical structure was studied and analyzed in high speed milling at different tool wear status. Results showed that K10 is the most suitable cutting tool after considering a combination of factors. And good surface integrity could be obtained in high speed milling of TC4-DT under all cutting situations. In addition, even with acutely worn stages, there has been no so-called serious hardening layer (or white layer) according to the study of microhardness and metallurgical structure beneath the machined surface.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qimeng Liu ◽  
Jinkai Xu ◽  
Huadong Yu

Abstract Large-scale slender beam structures with weak stiffness are widely used in the aviation field. There will be a great deformation problem in machining because the overall stiffness of slender beam parts is lower. Firstly, the cutting mechanism and stability theory of the Ti6Al4V material are analyzed, and then the auxiliary support is carried out according to the machining characteristics of the slender beam structure. The feasibility of the deformation suppression measures for the slender beam is verified by experiments. The experimental analysis shows that on the basis of fulcrum auxiliary support, the filling of paraffin melt material is capable of increasing the damping of the whole system, improving the overall stiffness of the machining system, and inhibiting the chatter effect of machining. This method is effective to greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency during machining of slender beam parts. On the premise of the method of processing support with the combination of fulcrum and paraffin, if the tool wear is effectively controlled, the high precision machining of large-scale slender beams can be realized effectively, and the machining deformation of slender beams can be reduced. Although high speed milling has excellent machining effect on the machining accuracy of titanium alloy materials, severe tool wear is observed during high-speed milling of titanium alloy materials. Therefore, high-speed milling of titanium alloy slender beam is suitable to be carried out in the finishing process, which can effectively control tool wear and improve the machining accuracy of parts. Finally, the process verification of typical weak stiffness slender beam skeleton parts is carried out. Through the theoretical and technical support of the experimental scheme, the machining of large-scale slender beam structure parts with weak stiffness is realized.


Author(s):  
Emel Kuram

Tool coatings can improve the machinability performance of difficult-to-cut materials such as titanium alloys. Therefore, in the current work, high-speed milling of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy was carried out to determine the performance of various coated cutting tools. Five types of coated carbide inserts – monolayer TiCN, AlTiN, TiAlN and two layers TiCN + TiN and AlTiN + TiN, which were deposited by physical vapour deposition – were employed in the experiments. Tool wear, cutting force, surface roughness and chip morphology were evaluated and compared for different coated tools. To understand the tool wear modes and mechanisms, detailed scanning electron microscope analysis combined with energy dispersive X-ray of the worn inserts were conducted. Abrasion, adhesion, chipping and mechanical crack on flank face and coating delamination, adhesion and crater wear on rake face were observed during high-speed milling of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy. In terms of tool wear, the lowest value was obtained with TiCN-coated insert. It was also found that at the beginning of the machining pass TiAlN-coated insert and at the end of machining TiCN-coated insert gave the lowest cutting force and surface roughness values. No change in chip morphology was observed with different coated inserts.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongliang Shi ◽  
Zhichao Wang ◽  
Huanhuan Ren ◽  
Haoteng Yuan

2016 ◽  
Vol 693 ◽  
pp. 1129-1134
Author(s):  
Zhao Ju Zhu ◽  
Jie Sun ◽  
Lai Xiao Lu

A series of research on the interactions among tool wear, cutting force and cutting vibration were conducted through high speed milling experiment in this paper, which objected the titanium alloy as difficult-to-cut materials. The results showed that the increasing of tool wear led to enlarging the cutting force and cutting vibration; and vice versa, the increasing of cutting force and cutting vibration aggravated the tool wear in the process of machining. Besides, the variation trend of tool wear with cutting was similar to the trend of cutting force, while the variation trend between cutting vibration and tool wear was different. Especially in the sharply cutting tool wear stage, the influence of tool wear on cutting vibration became more complicated.


2003 ◽  
Vol 233-236 ◽  
pp. 489-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Chen ◽  
Guo Liang Liu ◽  
Fang Hong Sun ◽  
Xiao Gang Jian ◽  
Ren Wei Yuan

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