Study on Precision Machining Titanium Alloy Thin-Walled Parts

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 1778-1782
Author(s):  
Ming Hai Wang ◽  
Zhong Hai Liu ◽  
Wei Wang

In order to obtain the aims of weight reduction, efficiency increase and quality assurance of thin-walled parts of aircraft engine, the titanium alloy thin-walled parts are machined by precision machining method in the experiment. In this paper the precision machining method is used to cut titanium alloy thin-walled parts. The data of surface roughness is chosen as constraint conditions, and machining parameters will be optimized. The optimization parameters is feasible in this experiment, the optimization method is helpful to improve machining parameters and machining technology of titanium alloy thin-walled.

2017 ◽  
Vol 872 ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Huang ◽  
Qian Bai ◽  
Yong Tao Li ◽  
Bi Zhang

Surface finish plays a critical role in functional performance of machined components. This study investigates machining finish of Ti-6Al-4V alloy prepared by Additive Manufacturing (AM) with a series of slot-milling experiments. The study compares the machined AMed part with that made of the conventional wrought Ti-6Al-4V. The microstructure of AMed parts is acicular α and Widmanstatten α lath structures compared to lamellar α structure of that in the wrought parts. Due to the unique microstructure from AM process, the AMed parts present higher strength and lower ductility. Therefore, a lower surface roughness is obtained in the milling of AMed parts compared to its counterpart of wrought parts. In addition, the machined surface of AMed parts possesses a topography of discontinued ridges. It is believed that the topography is due to low ductility of AMed part. The results show that the machined AMed part presents better surface finish. The study provides a guidance to optimization of machining parameters for AMed Ti-6Al-4V alloys.


2013 ◽  
Vol 701 ◽  
pp. 349-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.B. Saedon ◽  
Paul J.R. Ding J.R. ◽  
M.S.M. Shawal ◽  
H. Husain ◽  
M.S. Meon

Wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) is a material removal process of electrically conductive materials by the thermo-electric source of energy .This kind of machining extensively used in machining of materials with highly precision productivity. This work presents the machining of titanium alloy (TI-6AL-4V) using wire electro-discharge machining with brass wire diameter 0.25mm.The objective of this work is to study the influence of three machining parameters namely peak current (IP), feed rate (FC) and wire tension (WT) to material removal rate and surface roughness followed by suggesting the best operating parameters towards good surface finish. A full factorial experimental design was used with variation of peak current, feed rate and wire tension, with results evaluated using analysis of variance (ANOVA) techniques. Parameter levels were chosen based on best practice and results from preliminary testing. Main effects plots and percentage contribution ratios (PCR) are included for the main factors and their interactions. Peak current was shown to have the greatest effect on surface roughness (33% PCR).


Author(s):  
Djordje Cica ◽  
Stevo Borojevic ◽  
Goran Jotic ◽  
Branislav Sredanovic ◽  
Sasa Tesic

With the development of high-performance CNC machine tools, milling has been established as one of the main means of machining thin-walled parts. Thus, the selection of process parameters for milling operations is an important issue in end milling of thin-walled parts to assure product quality and increase productivity. The current study explores three machining parameters, namely wall thickness, feed, and machining strategies, that influence dimensional and form errors, surface roughness, and machining time milling of 7075-T6 aluminum alloy thin-walled parts. The effects of machining parameters on each of the response variables were analyzed using graphs of the main effects and three-dimensional surface plots. Analysis of the results show that the most influential factor for wall thickness deviation, dimensions deviation, perpendicularity deviation, flatness deviation, surface roughness of inner walls, surface roughness of outer walls, and surface roughness of reference plane was machining strategy, while feed is the most influential parameter affecting the machined time, followed by the machining strategy. The desirability concept has been used for simultaneous optimization in terms of machining parameters of the thin-walled parts machining process. Finally, a confirmation test with the optimal parameter settings was carried out to validate the results.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umanath Karuppusamy ◽  
Devika D ◽  
Rashia Begum S

Abstract In the current study, the research explored the effect of the process parameters on the Titanium Alloy (Ti–6Al–4V) to improve the machining, surface and geometric characteristics of the circular cut-off profile by determining the optimum parameters for the Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM). The input parameters considered are the Abrasive Flow Rate (AFR), Stand-off Distance (SoD), and Traverse Rate (TR). There are various input parameters to evaluate output parameters like Circularity, Cylindricity, and Surface Roughness (SR) of the circular cut profile. The experiments are conducted using Central Composite Design (CCD) in the Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is carried out to define most influenced process parameters and percentage of contribution. The RSM is used to predict the mathematical models for formulating the objective function using experimental results. RSM desirability approach is included in the method for determining optimum levels and discerning impacts on response variables of machining parameters. Confirmation tests with an optimum level of machining parameters have been completed to determine the adequacy of the RSM. In addition to that, the cutting profiles are also analysed using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) is often used to verify the minimum Surface Roughness of the AWJM machined surface.


Author(s):  
Vikas Gohil ◽  
Yogesh M Puri

Electrical discharge turning is a unique form of electrical discharge machining process, which is being especially developed to generate cylindrical forms and helical profiles on the difficult-to-machine materials at both macro and micro levels. A precise submerged rotating spindle as a work holding system was designed and added to a conventional electrical discharge machine to rotate the workpiece. A conductive preshaped strip of copper as a forming tool is fed (reciprocate) continuously against the rotating workpiece; thus, mirror image of the tool is formed on the circumference of the workpiece. The machining performance of electrical discharge turning process is defined and influenced by its machining parameters, which directly affects the quality of the machined component. This study presents an investigation on the effects of the machining parameters, namely, pulse-on time, peak current, gap voltage, spindle speed and flushing pressure, on the material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (Ra) in electrical discharge turning of titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V. This has been done by means of Taguchi’s design of experiment technique. Analysis of variance as well as regression analysis is performed on the experimental data. The signal-to-noise ratio analysis is employed to find the optimal condition. The experimental results indicate that peak current, gap voltage and pulse-on time are the most significant influencing parameters that contribute more than 90% to material removal rate. In the context of Ra, peak current and pulse-on time come up with more than 82% of contribution. Finally, the obtained predicted optimal results were verified experimentally. It was shown that the error values are all less than 6%, confirming the feasibility and effectiveness of the adopted approach.


2011 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
Mao Jie Ge ◽  
Jie Sun ◽  
Jian Feng Li

This paper reveals the deformation and vibration properties of thin-walled component with and without paraffin. Deformation characteristics of the thin-walled titanium alloy component acting with transient cutting force were investigated by static analysis. Based on the milling experiments with and without paraffin, acceleration signals, deformation and surface roughness were measured and analyzed. The results show that paraffin reinforcement can significantly enhance the machining stability, improve the surface finish and reduce the distortion of workpiece.


2013 ◽  
Vol 685 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Seyyed Pedram Shahebrahimi ◽  
Abdolrahman Dadvand

One of the most important issues in turning operations is to choose suitable parameters in order to achieve a desired surface finish. The surface finish in machining operation depends on many parameters such as workpiece material, tool material, tool coating, machining parameters, etc. The purpose of this research is to focus on the analysis of optimum cutting parameters to get the lowest surface roughness in turning Titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V with the insert with the standard code DNMG 110404 under dry cutting condition, by the Taguchi method. The turning parameters are evaluated as cutting speed of 14, 20 and 28 m/min, feed rate of 0.12, 0.14 and 0.16 mm/rev, depth of cut of 0.3, 0.6 and 1 mm, each at three levels. The Experiment was designed using the Taguchi method and 9 experiments were conducted by this process. The results are analyzed using analysis of variance method (ANOVA). The results of analysis show that the depth of cut has a significant role to play in producing lower surface roughness that is about 63.33% followed by feed rate about 30.25%, and cutting speed has less contribution on the surface roughness. Also it was realized that with the use of the confirmation test, the surface roughness improved by 227% from its initial state.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Jun Qi Tan ◽  
Mohd Yazid Abu

The experimental carried out to aim at the selection of the best condition machining parameter combination for wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) of titanium alloy (Ti–6Al–4V). By using Design Expert 10 software, a series of experiments were performed by selecting pulse-on time, pulse-off time, servo voltage and peak current as parameters. The responses that considered were cutting speed, material removal rate, sparking gap and surface roughness. Based on ANOVA analysis, the effect from the parameters on the responses was determined. The optimum machining parameters setting for the maximum cutting speed, minimum sparking gap and minimum surface roughness were found by proceed optimization experiment. Then, each optimization response had their own combination setting on WEDM to cut titanium alloy. 3D response surface graph such as dome and bowl shape represent maximum and minimum point for the solutions had shown in the report. Finally, predicted and actual value from the experiment have been calculated for validation.


2012 ◽  
Vol 463-464 ◽  
pp. 662-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asaad A. Abdullah ◽  
Usama J. Naeem ◽  
Cai Hua Xiong

One of the most important requirements of part manufacturing is the surface quality. This is so because the most important part is meeting the specific requirements of customers. The surface roughness is a leading indicator of the quality of the machined surface Parts. In the present work in an experimental study to achieve by application of Taguchi method to investigate the effect of three parameters, which known as cutting speeds of (45, 90, and 135 m/min), feed rate of (0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 mm/rev), and cut depth of (0.05, 0.1, and 0.15 mm) on performance measure of surface roughness (Ra). Thus to determine the optimal levels and to analyze the cutting parameter’s effect on the surface finish values by employing different method of Orthogonal array, S/N ratio, analysis of variance (ANOVA). During our work two models for prediction have been used. The first one is known as the method of regression analysis, and the second is the method of Adaptive - Neural Network (ANN) relying on practical results. The achieved results show that the estimation and prediction ability of neural networks is better than the regression analysis. Experimental results confirmed with optimal levels of the machining parameters which are clarified by using Taguchi optimization method. Also, the indicated results of the Taguchi’s method show its ability to improve the process.


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