Research on Cutting Force Characteristics of Laser and Ultrasonic Assisted Cutting of Sintered Tungsten Carbide with FEA Method
Based on the application of elliptical vibration cutting method to precision machining of hard and brittle materials and material softening technology through laser heating, a novel composite cutting technique, laser heating and ultrasonic elliptical vibration assisted cutting, is applied to process sintered tungsten carbide. The simulation of the orthogonal cutting process and the effect of frequency and amplitude of vibration and laser heating temperature on cutting force are discussed by using FEA method. Research results have revealed that the main peak of the transient force components increase with the increase of vibration frequency, decrease with the increase of vibration amplitude and laser heating temperature. Moreover, the friction reversal phenomenon is improved with the increase of vibration frequency and amplitude, resulting in the decrease of average cutting force. Compared to common cutting and traditional one-dimensional ultrasonic vibration cutting, the composite cutting technology put forward in this paper has unique cutting force characteristics for such super hard material because of combined action of friction reversal and intermittence cutting for ultrasonic elliptical vibration and material softening for laser heating. The research in the paper has provided a practical reference for the further experiments of laser and ultrasonic assisted cutting.