Cutting Forces in High-Speed Milling of a Close Alpha Titanium Alloy

2004 ◽  
Vol 259-260 ◽  
pp. 451-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
K.Q. Ren ◽  
Guo Sheng Geng
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Cutting Forces ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Alpha Titanium

Tool Wear and Surface Integrity in High Speed Milling of Forging and Cast TA15 Alloys with Coated Carbide Tools

2009 ◽  
Vol 626-627 ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
P. Liu ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
Yu Can Fu
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Tool Life ◽  
Surface Integrity ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cutting Tools ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Alpha Titanium ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Coated Carbide ◽  
Coated Carbide Tools

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.

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

2006 ◽  
Vol 532-533 ◽  
pp. 644-647
Author(s):  
Yi Ping Zhang ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
Guo Sheng Geng
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Surface Integrity ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cutting Tools ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Good Surface ◽  
Alpha Titanium ◽  
Series Of Experiments

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.

Cutting Temperature in High Speed Milling of a Near Alpha Titanium Alloy

2006 ◽  
Vol 315-316 ◽  
pp. 145-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Sheng Geng ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
Yu Can Fu ◽  
Y.F. Ge ◽  
C. Su
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Cutting Temperature ◽  
Cutting Parameters ◽  
Machining Accuracy ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Thermocouple Method ◽  
Alpha Titanium ◽  
Cemented Carbide Tools

Cutting temperature has direct effects on tool wear and tool life, as well as machining accuracy and machining quality. Titanium alloys, however, are generally machined at lower cutting speeds with cemented carbide tools due to its low thermal conductivity and high chemical reactivity with cutting tool materials. This paper deals with cutting temperature in high-speed milling of a near alpha titanium alloy. The measuring principle of cutting temperature by the workpiece-constantan thermocouple method was illustrated and the physical meaning of the electromotive force (EMF) signals was described in the paper. The effects of cutting parameters and wear status on cutting temperature were studied, and the temperature distribution along the cutting edge was investigated.

High Speed Milling of Ti6Al4V Alloy with Minimal Quantity Lubrication

2007 ◽  
Vol 329 ◽  
pp. 663-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Ning He ◽  
Liang Li
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Tool Life ◽  
Cutting Forces ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Minimal Quantity Lubrication ◽  
Minimal Quantity ◽  
Titanium Alloy Ti6al4v ◽  
Cutting Speeds

Minimal quantity lubrication (MQL) machining has been accepted as a successful semi-dry application because of its environmentally friendly characteristics and satisfactory performance in practical machining operations. However, seldom investigation has been done in MQL machining of titanium alloy at high cutting speeds. In this paper, high speed milling experiments with MQL9 ml/h of oil in a flow of compressed air have been carried out for a widely used titanium alloy Ti6Al4V. Uncoated cemented carbide inserts have been applied in the experiments. Within the range of cutting speeds employed (190 m/min~300 m/min), the cutting performance of MQL has been investigated when peripheral milling the titanium alloy Ti6Al4V in terms of cutting forces, surface roughness, tool life and wear mechanism. The results show that, compared to dry machining, MQL machining brings about a significant reduction in cutting forces and surface roughness, and it also gives rise to a notably prolonged tool life.

Cutting Temperature and Cutting Forces Investigation Based on the Taguchi Design Method when High-Speed Milling of Titanium Matrix Composites with PCD Tool

2016 ◽  
Vol 836-837 ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Fei Ge ◽  
Hai Xiang Huan ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu
Keyword(s):  
Cutting Force ◽  
Feed Rate ◽  
Cutting Forces ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Cutting Temperature ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Depth Of Cut ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Radial Depth

High-speed milling tests were performed on vol. (5%-8%) TiCp/TC4 composite in the speed range of 50-250 m/min using PCD tools to nvestigate the cutting temperature and the cutting forces. The results showed that radial depth of cut and cutting speed were the two significant influences that affected the cutting forces based on the Taguchi prediction. Increasing radial depth of cut and feed rate will increase the cutting force while increasing cutting speed will decrease the cutting force. Cutting force increased less than 5% when the reinforcement volume fraction in the composites increased from 0% to 8%. Radial depth of cut was the only significant influence factor on the cutting temperature. Cutting temperature increased with the increasing radial depth of cut, feed rate or cutting speed. The cutting temperature for the titanium composites was 40-90 °C higher than that for the TC4 matrix. However, the cutting temperature decreased by 4% when the reinforcement's volume fraction increased from 5% to 8%.

scholarly journals Experimental study on machining deformation of large scale slender beam with weak stiffness  of Ti6Al4V

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qimeng Liu ◽  
Jinkai Xu ◽  
Huadong Yu
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Machining Accuracy ◽  
Beam Structure ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Deformation Problem ◽  
Machining Deformation ◽  
Slender Beams

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.

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