Monitoring and Control of Thermal Expansion Effect on Machining Process of Aluminum Alloy Parts

2015 ◽  
Vol 809-810 ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ştefan Adrian Moldovan ◽  
Vasile Năsui

In this paper we present a technological problem encountered in the machining accuracy of the parts for aerospace made of aluminum alloy extruded profile with length up to 10 meters. Those parts have very tight tolerances and on milling process appear several factors that influence the repeatability of machining processes, the main one being the thermal expansion effect.

2011 ◽  
Vol 697-698 ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Han ◽  
Cheng Zu Ren ◽  
X.Y. Yang ◽  
Guang Chen

The deflection of Aluminum alloy thin-wall workpiece caused by the milling force leads to additional machining errors and reduces machining accuracy. In this paper, a set of experiments of milling thin-wall workpiece were carried out to study the deflection of thin-wall workpiece. The workpieces, with different types of material and different thicknesses, were machined on CNC machining center. The deflections of workpiece were measured by a three-coordinate measuring machine. Effects of Aluminum alloy material and thickness on deflection are discussed based on the experimental data.


Author(s):  
Agus Sudianto ◽  
Zamberi Jamaludin ◽  
Azrul Azwan Abdul Rahman ◽  
Sentot Novianto ◽  
Fajar Muharrom

Manufacturing process of metal part requires real-time temperature monitoring capability to ensure high surface integrity is upheld throughout the machining process. A smart temperature measurement and monitoring system for manufacturing process of metal parts is necessary to meet quality and productivity requirements. A smart temperature measurement can be applied in machining processes of conventional, non-conventional and computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Currently, an infrared fusion based thermometer Fluke Ti400 was employed for temperature measurement in a machining process. However, measured temperature in the form of data list with adjustable time range setting is not automatically linked to the computer for continuous monitoring and data analysis purposes. For this reason, a smart temperature measurement system was developed for a CNC milling operation on aluminum alloy (AA6041) using a MLX90614 infrared thermometer sensor operated by Arduino. The system enables data linkages with the computer because MLX90614 is compatible and linked to Microsoft Exel via the Arduino. This paper presents a work-study on the performance of this Arduino based temperature measurement system for dry milling process application. Here, the Arduino based temperature measurement system captured the workpiece temperature during machining of Aluminum Alloy (AA6041) and data were compared with the Fluke Ti400 infrared thermometer. Measurement results from both devices showed similar accuracy level with a deviation of ± 2 oC. Hence, a smart temperature measurement system was succeesfully developed expanding the scopes of current system setup.


Author(s):  
Agus Sifa ◽  
Dedi Suwandi ◽  
Tito Endramawan ◽  
Alam Aulia Rachman

In the metal machining process, especially in the milling process, the parameters that affect the quality milling process results are cooling media because it affects the tool life used. This paper aims to determine the performance of using fan chips as the coolant in the dry milling process area. The method used is the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method and the experimental milling process on a workpiece made from aluminum alloy 5086. In experimental testing using a variation of the milling machine spindle rotation. The simulation test results on the fluid flow character on fan chips with a protector producing a central character with a small area. In contrast, fan chips without a protector make a central character with a broader area. The wind speed data in simulation testing and experimental testing produced the same trend graph. The results of the performance of fan chips after experimented with variations in spindle rotation, cooling process on area occurs when the motor spindle rotates above 1120 Rpm on the fan chips with a protector, and the engine spindle rotates above 770 Rpm on the fan chips without a protector. The effect of fan chips on tool life affects increasing tool life by 8 minutes on installing fan chips with a protector and increasing tool life by 12 minutes on installing fan chips without a protector.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debajyoti Saha ◽  
Paul Glanville ◽  
Eduard G. Karpov

Negative thermal expansion is an interesting and appealing phenomenon for various scientific and engineering applications, while rarely occurring in natural materials. Here, using a universal antichiral metamaterial model with bimetal beams or strips, a generic theory has been developed to predict magnitude of the negative thermal expansion effect from model parameters. Thermal expansivity of the metamaterial is written as an explicit function of temperature and only three design parameters: relative node size, chirality angle, and a bimetal constant. Experimental measurements follow theoretical predictions well, where thermal expansivity in the range of negative 0.0006–0.0041 °C−1 has been seen.


2011 ◽  
Vol 189-193 ◽  
pp. 2116-2120
Author(s):  
Shi Min Geng ◽  
Jun Wang

The thin-walled cavity workpiece with insufficient rigid property is liable to deform during the machining process and the request of accuracy is very strict. The paper takes typical aeronautic aluminum-alloy for example, fixture is an important consideration in the operation. To reveal the influences of locating points, clamping sequence and loading ways on the distortion of thin-walled cavity part, finite element models were established to simulate the clamping operation. The result shows the preferable scheme is that the distance of the clamping locations are far each other, clamping forces are firstly applied on the surface with high rigid and all clamping forces are applied in many steps. The scheme can effectively control the deformation of clamp ,and furthermore improve the machining accuracy.


Author(s):  
Ahmet Dogrusadik

Thread milling is a new machining process as compared to thread tapping. As a thread making process in use for a long time, thread tapping did not have any alternative processes except the thread turning for limited cases until computer numerical control (CNC) technology had enabled the three axes synchronized motion. Therefore, investigations about the thread milling process are less as compared to other machining processes. In this work, the thread profile in the internal thread milling process was derived analytically. Experimental work was also performed to verify the performance of the analytical model. It was revealed that the thread profile produced by the cutting edge of the tool is not a straight line but a curve, and the average slope through the thread profile is less than the slope of the cutting edge of the tool. Besides, the effective thread profile enlarges along the vertical axis and constricts laterally as the ratio of thread mill diameter to thread diameter increases.


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