Residual Stresses Generated by the Combined Burnishing - Cutting Process in the Worked Parts

The cutting followed by burnishing, used like a combined process, leads to the improvement of the part surface quality (roughness, hardness, microstructure etc.) and to reduction of the costs and manufacturing times as a function of different working parameters. One of the factors and parameters that characterize the machined surface by this combined process is the residual stresses that are generated and located in the part deformed strata. The present paper analyses the results concerning the experimental determination of the residual stresses generated in the machined surfaces of parts made from magnesium alloy by the burnishing - turning combined process. The experimental investigations have shown that in the machined strata the combined process determines the occurrence of the compressive residual stresses and hence the fatigue and cracking resistances of the machined materials will be improved.