Analytical Modeling of Machining Forces and Friction Characteristics in Ultrasonic Assisted Turning Process

Intermittent cutting characteristics of Ultrasonic assisted turning (UAT), Compared to conventional turning (CT), has shown a significant enhancement in the machinability of hard-to-cut materials. The enhancement in machinability is associated with machining forces and friction characteristics of the process. The present article covers an analytical approach to predict the output responses such as machining forces and friction characteristics in UAT and CT processes. Specific cutting energy (SCE) for a particular work-piece material was considered to predict the output responses. The predictions were made by considering the conventional machining theories. Experiments for the UAT and the CT of SS 304 were carried out to validate the predicted model. The results from the analytical model showed that the shear angle increases and the tool-workpiece contact ratio (TWCR) decrease with an increase in amplitude and frequency of vibration. The results obtained from the analytical model were found to be in close agreement with the experimental ones, with an approximate error of 2-20%.

Low and High Speed Orthogonal Cutting of AA6061-T6 under Dry and Flood-Coolant Modes: Tool Wear and Residual Stress Measurements and Predictions

The present research work aimed to study the effects of cutting environments and conditions on tool wear and residual stresses induced by orthogonal cutting of AA6061-T6. Cutting environments included dry- and flood-coolant modes and cutting conditions consisted of cutting speed and feed rate. A 2D finite element (FE) model was developed to predict tool wear and residual stresses and was validated by experimental measurements including machining forces, tool wear, and residual stresses. This was obtained by exploring various magnitudes of the shear friction factor and heat transfer coefficient and choosing proper coefficients using the calibration of the predicted results with the measured ones. The experimental results showed that the effect of cutting environment including dry and flood-coolant modes was negligible on machining forces. The experimental investigation also demonstrated that increasing feed rate raised machining forces, tool wear and residual stresses in both cutting environments. Low Speed Cutting (LSC) led to the highest value of tool wear and High Speed Cutting (HSC) provided the lowest values of resultant machining forces and residual stresses in both modes. Flood-coolant mode reduced tool wear and slightly decreased tensile residual stresses in comparison with dry mode. As a result, low feed rate and high-speed cutting under flood-coolant mode were proposed in order to improve tool wear and residual stress in orthogonal cutting of AA6061-T6.

Investigating on the machinability assessment of precision machining pumice reinforced AA7075 syntactic foam

On the road to real applications, although there are lots of efforts focusing on mechanical and physical features in the literature, their machining abilities were examined in a very limited manner. In this study, machining properties of pumice reinforced AA7075 syntactic foams manufactured via the newly offered sandwich infiltration technique were investigated by performing face turning. Physical and microstructural (optical and SEM works) analyses were conducted on fabricated foams to carry out sample characterization. All machining forces were measured for different cutting speeds (25, 50, and 100 m/min) and feed rates (0.05, 0.10, and 0.15 mm/rev). After the turning operation, areal surface roughness values were measured using a 3D surface profilometer and material removal rate (MRR) values were calculated. Besides, chip mixtures including pumice and metal fragments were collected to probe chip morphology in detail. The results showed that machining forces were affected by the operation parameters differently, and the lowest surface roughness was detected at the cutting speed of 100 m/min and 0.05 mm/rev feed rate. Furthermore, the shape of the metal chips changed from long/continuous characteristic to saw-tooth morphology depending on increasing cutting speed levels while pumice particles exhibited breakaway tendency as the feed rates went up.

A Novel Finite Element Method Approach in the Modelling of Edge Trimming of CFRP Laminates

Nowadays, the development of robust finite element models is vital to research cost-effectively the optimal cutting parameters of a composite machining process. However, various factors, such as the high computational cost or the complicated nature of the interaction between the workpiece and the cutting tool significantly hinder the modelling of these types of processes. For these reasons, the numerical study of common machining operations, especially in composite machining, is still minimal. This paper presents a novel approach comprising a mixed multidirectional composite damage mode with composite edge trimming operation. An ingenious finite element framework which infer the cutting edge tool wear assessing the incremental change of the machining forces is developed. This information is essential to replace tool inserts before the tool wear could cause severe damage in the machined parts. Two unidirectional carbon fibre specimens with fibre orientations of 45∘ and 90∘ manufactured by pre-preg layup and cured in an autoclave were tested. Excellent machining force predictions were obtained with errors below 10% from the experimental trials. A consistent 2D FE composite damage model previously performed in composite machining was implemented to mimic the material failure during the machining process. The simulation of the spring back effect was shown to notably increase the accuracy of the numerical predictions in comparison to similar investigations. Global cutting forces simulated were analysed together with the cutting tool tooth forces to extract interesting conclusions regarding the forces received by the spindle axis and the cutting tool tooth, respectively. In general terms, vertical and normal forces steadily increase with tool wear, while tangential to the cutting tool, tooth and horizontal machining forces do not undergo a notable variation.

In-situ cutting temperature and machining force measurements during conventional drilling of carbon fiber polymer composite laminates

The evolution of in-situ cutting temperature and machining forces during conventional drilling of multi-directional carbon fiber reinforced polymer (MD-CFRP) laminates using a novel inverted drilling setup is presented. The in-situ cutting temperature was measured using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) optical sensor embedded in the stationary drill. The effect of machining parameters such as spindle speed and feed rate on the temperatures and machining forces were studied that indicate the predominant effect of spindle speed on machining temperatures. The drilled MD-CFRP samples and drill bits were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and micro-computed tomography ([Formula: see text]) techniques to assess machining-induced damage in the samples and tool wear in the drill bits. Exit-ply delamination was observed in MD-CFRP samples that aggravates with increase in cutting temperature and thrust force caused by evolving tool wear. The measured in-situ machining temperatures using the current experimental setup can be used to achieve better machining models.

Material model assessment in Ti6Al4V machining simulations with FEM

Ti6Al4V alloy is a well-known difficult-to-cut material used in different industrial applications, to achieve the expected component quality, proper definition and control of the machining process parameters must be accomplished. To address this problem, simulations with finite element method (FEM) seem to be an interesting engineering tool to model and optimize machining processes. Nevertheless, the model capability in capturing the behaviour observed in real machining processes is associated with the definition of the model and parameters that describe the workpiece flow stress. This contribution aimed to study the performance of built-in AdvantEdge-2D™ material laws applied in Ti6Al4V orthogonal cutting simulations under dry conditions. The numerical models were created under three levels of cutting speed, a constant feed rate and depth-of-cut, a variable tool rake angle (of 20° and −6°/0°), but also using four Ti6Al4V constitutive laws, namely, one suggested in AdvantEdge™ library, a Johnson-Cook (JC) model, a Power law (PL) and a PL coupled with ductile damage model. Experimental results were used to assess the numerical models’ accuracy in predicting the machining forces and metal chips. Satisfactory results regarding the machining forces prediction were achieved with all material laws, yet when the damage criterion was coupled with the constitutive laws (PLD and AE standard material law), the simulations were also were able to achieve the expected chip morphology (serrated metal chips).

Effects of hybrid Al2O3–CuO nanofluids on surface roughness and machining forces during turning AISI 4340

This paper presents an effort to model the process parameters involved in turning of alloy steel AISI 4340 workpiece material with Al2O3 and CuO hybrid nanofluids using the minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) method. In this paper, the effect of mixing two nanoparticles (Al2O3 and CuO) with different weight percent in environmentally friendly water-based cutting fluid, the rotational speed, and the feed rate has been investigated on the surface roughness and the machining forces using the response surface method. The results of the experiments show that the hybrid nanofluid containing 0.75 CuO with 0.25 Al2O3 has the best output for the machining forces and the surface roughness. Also, in the best composition of the nanoparticles (0.75 CuO with 0.25 Al2O3), the lowest value of machining forces has been achieved at a feed rate of 0.08 mm per revolution and the rotational speed 1000 rpm as well as the lowest value of the surface roughness at a feed rate of 0.08 mm per revolution and the rotational speed 710 rpm.

Ermitteln von Lagefehlern bei Einlippenbohrern/Determination of position errors in single-lip drills

Dieser Beitrag stellt eine berührungslose Messmethode zur Feststellung von Lagefehlern bei Einlippenbohrern vor, die auf der Verwendung eines Laser-Profilsensors basiert. Durch die Messung von Verlagerungen an mehreren Positionen entlang des langsam rotierenden Werkzeugschafts kann die Lage des Werkzeugs in Polarkoordinaten abgebildet werden. Das System bietet die Möglichkeit sowohl herstellungsbedingte Fehler als auch durch Bearbeitungskräfte und -momente verursachte Formänderungen des Werkzeugs nach verschiedenen Schnittwegen feststellen zu können.   This article introduces a non-contact measuring method, based on the use of a laser profile sensor to determine position errors in single-lip drills. By measuring displacements at several positions along the tool shaft with the machine spindle rotating slowly, the actual position of the tool can be mapped in polar coordinates. The system thus offers the potential to identify manufacturing-related errors as well as changes in the shape of the tool caused by machining forces and torques after different cutting paths.