Performance of cutting tools with dimple textured surfaces: A comparative study of different texture patterns

Recently, surface texturing has received much attention as a method of enhancing the tribological properties of a cutting tool surface. However, effective texture patterns and dimensions on a tool surface are still difficult to obtain and suitable textures can be obtained only by trial and error. In order to overcome this problem, we newly develop cutting tools with dimple-shaped textures having different dimensions and arrays, generated on the tool rake face. In addition, we evaluate their crater wear resistance and cutting forces in steel material cutting. Furthermore, under various cutting conditions, the performances of the cutting tools with dimple-shaped textures are compared with those of tools with groove-shaped textures in order to establish a guideline for designing appropriate surface textures on cutting tool surfaces. A series of cutting experiments demonstrate that the dimple textures significantly improve the crater wear resistance and the tribological behavior on the tool rake face, and they exhibit a superior performance compared with those with groove textures, especially in a severely lubricated environment.     

Development of a novel cubic boron nitride cutting tool with a textured flank face for high-speed machining of Inconel 718

Nickel-based superalloys such as Inconel 718 offer several advantages, including high-temperature strength and high corrosion resistance; this has led to a rapid increase in the demand for such materials, particularly in the aircraft industry. In contrast, these alloys are known to be among the most difficult-to-cut materials because of their mechanical and chemical properties, and tools used for this purpose have extremely short lifetimes. Recently, cubic boron nitride (CBN), which is the second hardest of all known materials, has received significant attention as a material for cutting tools and has already established itself in many fields of application. However, the performance of CBN tools is still insufficient for practical use, especially in the high-speed machining of Inconel 718. To overcome this problem, we first conducted orthogonal cutting experiments on Inconel 718 and performed cross-sectional observations of the CBN cutting tool in order to identify its wear mechanisms in continuous cutting operations under high-speed machining conditions (300 m/min). As a result, it was found that fatal tool failure occurs through crater and flank wear because of diffusion led by high cutting temperatures and subsequent chip adhesion to the tool flank face, accompanied by cutting edge chipping. Based on these results, a CBN cutting tool with a textured flank face was newly developed to improve the cutting tool life. Experimental: results showed that micro grooves generated on the flank face significantly suppressed the cutting edge chipping and remarkably extended the lifetime of the CBN tool during high-speed machining of Inconel 718.     

Study on the protective effect of built-up layer in dry cutting of stainless steel SUS304

This work presents a systematic and comprehensive investigation of the protective effect of built-up layer (BUL) in dry cutting of stainless steel SUS304. A detailed examination of BUL and built-up edge (BUE) formation conditions, their formation mechanisms, and their protective effect was carried out at different cutting speeds (5–140 m/min), and different feed rates (0.02–0.1 mm/rev). The uncoated cemented carbide tool was used as a cutting tool. The dimensions of BUL/BUE and tool wear were measured by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and laser confocal microscopy (LCM). The protective effect of BUL/BUE was characterized using flank wear progression, as well as crater wear progression, cutting force analysis, and surface roughness analysis. As a result, it was found that BUE forms around the cutting edge at low cutting speeds (5–20 m/min), and BUL, which resembles a water drop, forms on the tool rake face at cutting speeds equal to or above 40 m/min. And a thin layer of flank built-up (FBU) can form on the tool flank face as the cutting speed increases from 40 m/min to 140 m/min. The BUL/BUE formation mechanism was also confirmed. It was revealed that BUL can be considered as a protective layer, which can not only prevent the tool rake face from wear but also decrease the tool flank wear, but BUE can only prevent the crater wear; and to a certain extent, the thin layer of FBU can also work as a protecting layer on the worn tool flank face in dry cutting of SUS304. It was also revealed that the height of BUL plays a very important role in its protective effect. Meanwhile, it was found that BUL and the thin layer of FBU have no or few influences on the amplitude variation of cutting forces and on the surface roughness. These results indicated that BUL can be used to realize the self-protective tool (SPT) in cutting of difficult-to-cut material such as SUS034. In addition, the research also proved that it is necessary to take the influences of BUL, BUE, and FBU formations on tool wear into account in the tool wear model in order to achieve high-precision prediction.     

Wear behaviour of alumina based ceramic cutting tools on machining steels

The advanced ceramic cutting tools have very good wear resistance, high refractoriness, good mechanical strength and hot hardness. Alumina based ceramic cutting tools have very high abrasion resistance and hot hardness. Chemically they are more stable than high-speed steels and carbides, thus having less tendency to adhere to metals during machining and less tendency to form built-up edge. This results in good surface finish and dimensional accuracy in machining steels. In this paper wear behaviour of alumina based ceramic cutting tools is investigated. The machining tests were conducted using SiC whisker reinforced alumina ceramic cutting tool and Ti[C,N] mixed alumina ceramic cutting tool on martensitic stainless steel-grade 410 and EN 24 steel work pieces. Flank wear in Ti[C,N] mixed alumina ceramic cutting tool is lower than that of the SiC whisker reinforced alumina cutting tool. SiC whisker reinforced alumina cutting tool exhibits poor crater wear resistance while machining. Notch wear in SiC whisker reinforced alumina cutting tool is lower than that of the Ti[C,N] mixed alumina ceramic cutting tool. The flank wear, crater wear and notch wear are higher on machining martensitic stainless steel than on machining hardened steel. In summary Ti[C,N] mixed alumina cutting tool performs better than SiC whisker reinforced alumina cutting tool on machining martensitic stainless steel.     

Cooling performance of micro-texture at the tool flank face under high pressure jet coolant assistance

Micro-texture at the tool face is a state-of-the-art technique to improve cutting performance. In this paper, five types of micro-texture were fabricated at the flank face to improve the cooling performance under the condition of high pressure jet coolant assistance. By using micro-textures consisted of pin fins, plate fins and pits fabricated 0.3 mm away from the cutting edge, heat transfer from the tool face to coolant was enhanced. The conditions of tool wear, adhesion and chip formation were compared between the micro-textured and non-patterned tools in the longitudinal turning of the nickel-based superalloy Inconel 718. As a result, micro-textured tools always exhibited the reduced flank and crater wear compared with the non-patterned tool, and the rate of tool wear was influenced by the array and height of fin. The energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis of worn flank faces and the electromotive forces obtained from the tool-work thermocouple supported better cooling performances of micro-textured tools. In addition, coolant deposition at flank face evidenced that heat transfer could be promoted by micro-texture near the border of the contact area between the flank wear land and machined surface. Finally, the changes of flow patterns with pit depth are analyzed for pit type tools by computational fluid dynamics. This investigation clearly showed the function of micro-textures for increasing the turbulent kinetic energy and cooling the textured tool face.     

PCBN刀具切削GCr15淬硬轴承钢时刀具磨损的研究

通过切削实验，研究了PCBN刀具切削淬硬轴承钢时刀具磨损形态及磨损机理。实验表明。PCBN刀具前刀面的磨损为月牙洼磨授，后刀面的磨损为机械磨损，其磨损程度与工件硬度呈非线性关系，并随着切削速度的提高磨损量减少。     

Use of Ceramic Tools in Hard Turning of Hardened AISI M2 Steel

Tool wear and machining performance of hardened AISI M2 steel in hard turning has been studied. Ceramic tools were used in the cutting tests without coolants, and the workpiece was heat treated to increase its hardness up to Re 60. Cutting forces, temperature, and tool wear were measured in the experiments and the effects of cutting conditions on these were investigated. Important aspects from the research are summarized as follows: 1. Flank wear was the dominant wear mode on the ceramic tool insert in hard turning. In contrast, crater wear was very small due to the ceramics high resistance against chemical reactions at high temperature. A notch was unlikely to be formed in the tool.

2. The initial flank wear rate mainly depends on the feed rate. High feed rates cause a high initial flank wear rate.

3. Depth of cut was the most important cutting parameter to affect cutting force variation, and the cutting force increased due to tool wear.

     

Experimental Study on Wear Characteristics of PCBN Tool with Variable Chamfered Edge

Owing to heavy dynamic and thermal loads, PCBN tools are seriously worn during hard cutting, which largely constrains the improvement of their machining performance. Therein, the chamfered structure of a cutting edge has a notable influence on the tool wear. Thus, a comparative study was carried out on the wear morphology and wear mechanism of PCBN tools with either a variable chamfered edge or an invariable chamfered edge. The results indicate that, for a PCBN tool with a variable chamfered edge, the rake wear area is far from the cutting edge and slowly extends toward it. A shallow large-area crater wear occurs on the rake face, and the flank wear area has a long triangular shape with a smaller wear area and width, and the cutting edge remains in a good state during the cutting process. In contrast, for a PCBN tool with an invariable chamfered edge, a deep small-area crater appears on the rake face,and the wear area is close to the cutting edge and quickly extends toward it. Thus, it is easy for chips to accumulate in the crater, resulting in large-area and high-speed wear on the flank face. In addition, the tool shows a weak wear resistance. In the initial wear stage, the rake wear mechanism of the two cutting tools is a mixture of abrasive, oxidation, and other types of wear, whereas their flank wear mechanism is dominated by abrasive wear. With an aggravation of the tool wear, the oxidation and di usion wear mechanism are both increasingly strengthened. The rake wear of the cutter with a variable chamfered edge showed an obvious increase in the oxidation and di usion wear, as did the flank wear of the cutter with an invariable chamfered edge. This study revealed the wear mechanism of the PCBN tool with a variable chamfered edge and provided theoretical and technological support for its popularization and application in the machining of high-hardness materials.     

铁基粉末冶金材料的高速干切削试验研究

用陶瓷刀具、涂层刀具和硬质合金刀具进行了铁基粉末冶金零件的干切削对比试验,研究了切削速度、切削深度以及进给速度与刀具耐用度和加工表面粗糙度的关系,分析了陶瓷刀具的磨损机理。结果表明所选用陶瓷刀具的切削性能明显优于涂层刀具和硬质合金刀具;陶瓷刀具前刀面主要磨损形式为月牙洼磨损与剥落,后刀面的主要磨损原因为磨粒磨损;认为陶瓷刀具更适合用于粉末冶金零件的切削加工。     

Tool crater wear depth modeling in CBN hard turning

Hard turning has been receiving increased attention because it offers many possible benefits over grinding in machining hardened steel. The wear of cubic boron nitride (CBN) tools, which are commonly used in hard turning, is an important issue that needs to be better understood. For hard turning to be a viable replacement technology, the high cost of CBN cutting tools and the cost of down-time for tool changing must be minimized. In addition to progressive flank wear, microchipping and tool breakage (which lead to early tool failure) are prone to occur under aggressive machining conditions due to significant crater wear and weakening of the cutting edge. The objective of this study is to model the CBN tool crater wear depth (K_T) to guide the design of CBN tool geometry and to optimize cutting parameters in finish hard turning. First, the main wear mechanisms (abrasion, adhesion, and diffusion) in hard turning are discussed and the associated wear volume loss models are developed as functions of cutting temperature, stress, and other process information. Then, the crater wear depth is predicted in terms of tool/work material properties and process information. Finally, the proposed model is experimentally validated in finish turning of hardened 52100 bearing steel using a low CBN content tool. The comparison between model predictions and experimental results shows reasonable agreement, and the results suggest that adhesion is the dominant wear mechanism within the range of conditions that were investigated.     

纯钒车削刀具磨损表面形态及机理研究

对金刚石刀具、涂层刀具及硬质合金刀具车削纯钒时刀具磨损形态及其磨损机理进行观察和分析.结果表明,在所选取条件下,不同刀具材料对工件材料切削时表现出的刀具磨损形态主要为前刀面磨损、后刀面磨损、微崩刃、剥落和粘结等.刀具的前刀面主要是沿切屑流出方向的沟槽形月牙洼磨损,而后刀面以粘结磨损为主.CD10刀具和H10非涂层刀具具有较佳的切削性能,而H13A非涂层刀具和GC1025涂层刀具不适于纯钒车削.     

陶瓷刀具和PCBN刀具磨损形态的研究

对陶瓷刀具(CC650)和PCBN刀具(CB20)精车淬硬GCr15轴承钢时的刀具磨损形态及性能进行了对比试验；结合扫描电镜对刀具的磨损形态作观察；分析了刀具磨损特征及磨损机理。结果表明：刀具损坏的形态主要为前刀面磨损、后刀面磨损、微崩刃及破损等；陶瓷刀具和PCBN刀具的前后刀面磨损形态不同于典型的磨损形态，陶瓷刀具主后刀面的磨损量要比PCBN刀具的磨损量小。但两种刀具均适合于淬硬钢的精加工工序。     

Modeling of tool wear during hard turning with self-propelled rotary tools

In this paper, an attempt is made to evaluate the self-propelled rotary carbide tool performance during machining hardened steel. Although several models were developed and used to evaluate the tool wear in conventional tools, there were no attempts in open literature for modeling the progress of tool wear when using the self-propelled rotary tools. Flank wear model for self-propelled rotary cutting tools is developed based on the work-tool geometric interaction and the empirical function. A set of cutting tests were carried out on the AISI 4340 steel with hardness of 54–56 HRC under different cutting speeds and feeds. The progress of tool wear was recorded under different interval of time. A genetic algorithm was developed to identify the constants in the proposed model. The comparison of measured and predicted flank wear showed that the developed model is capable of predicting the rate of rotary tool flank wear progression.     

基于“差分”磨损模型的车削刀具磨损仿真预测研究

研究表明,切削过程中的刀具磨损与刀面温度、刀/屑和刀/工界面的接触压力及相对滑动速度等切削过程变量有关,借助于有限元分析法可对这些切削过程变量进行仿真预测。基于“差分”磨损模型,提出了一种对切削过程中刀具轮廓磨损变化的预测方法,以硬质合金刀具切削AISI1045材料为例,介绍了该方法的原理和实施步骤,并对刀具前后刀面磨损的预测结果进行了试验验证,分析了预测结果与试验结果存在误差的原因。     

氟金云母陶瓷车削加工中刀具磨损的研究

分别用高速钢刀具、硬质合金刀具和Si3N4陶瓷刀具对氟金云母可加工陶瓷进行车削加工试验,考察了氟金云母陶瓷车削加工中刀具的磨损过程、磨损形态及失效原因。SEM电镜观察和能谱分析表明,刀具磨损主要发生在后刀面和刀尖处,刀具磨损的主要形式有磨料磨损、粘结磨损,材料高硬度、低热导率是引起刀具磨损的主要原因。刀具破损的主要形式为高速钢刀具切削刃塑性变形和陶瓷刀具的崩刃。刀具与工件的组织不均匀,以及切削过程中产生的冲击性机械应力和热应力是刀具破损的主要原因。     

陶瓷涂层刀具切削灰铸铁的试验研究

为了探究陶瓷涂层刀具涂层材质、基体材质对切削性能的影响,试验采用四种陶瓷涂层刀具连续干切削灰铸铁,测试了切削力和切削温度的变化情况以及后刀面的磨损量和已加工表面的粗糙度。结果表明,在刀具基体同为Si_3N_4的条件下,涂层材质为Ti N/Al_2O_3/Ti C的刀具比Ti N/Al_2O_3的切削性能好;在涂层材质同为Ti N的条件下,刀具基体Al_2O_3/Ti CN比Al_2O_3/Ti C的切削性能好。研究发现:四种陶瓷涂层刀具前刀面磨损形式均为微崩刃和月牙洼,后刀面磨损形式均为磨粒磨损和粘着磨损,涂层的磨损形式均为剥落和扩散磨损。     

Deduction of flank and crater wear from measurements of the total volumetric wear rates of radioactive tools

Some simple considerations of the total volumetric wear rates measured in tool life tests using radioactive tools provided information on the separate contributions of flank and crater wear effects. In orthogonal cutting tests with irradiated high speed steel tools there was reasonable agreement between the results obtained using the present approach and those obtained using the Hake—Opitz method of flank—crater separation.     

金属切削中刀具月牙洼磨损模型的研究

刀具的前刀面月牙洼磨损和后刀面磨损在刀具磨损的研究中占据同等地位,但月牙洼磨损轮廓和刀屑交界面上的切削过程变量不易测量等因素,导致真正依据月牙洼磨损测试获取月牙洼磨损模型的研究非常少。基于硬质合金刀具切削低碳钢的月牙洼磨损实验,提出了一个经验磨损模型。该模型综合了黏结磨损和扩散磨损,考虑了刀屑交界面温度和压力对月牙洼磨损的影响。研究结果表明,该模型能够分析并预测相似切削条件下的月牙洼磨损轮廓。     

Tool wear and its effect on surface roughness in diamond cutting of glass soda-lime

For the technology of diamond cutting of optical glass, the high tool wear rate is a main reason for hindering the practical application of this technology. Many researches on diamond tool wear in glass cutting rest on wear phenomenon describing simply without analyzing the genesis of wear phenomenon and interpreting the formation process of tool wear in mechanics. For in depth understanding of the tool wear and its effect on surface roughness in diamond cutting of glass, experiments of diamond turning with cutting distance increasing gradually are carried out on soda-lime glass. The wear morphology of rake face and flank face, the corresponding surface features of workpiece and the surface roughness, and the material compositions of flank wear area are detected. Experimental results indicate that the flank wear is predominant in diamond cutting glass and the flank wear land is characterized by micro-grooves, some smooth crater on the rake face is also seen. The surface roughness begins to increase rapidly, when the cutting mode changes from ductile to brittle for the aggravation of tool wear with the cutting distance over 150 m. The main mechanisms of inducing tool wear in diamond cutting of glass are diffusion, mechanical friction, thermo-chemical action and abrasive wear. The proposed research makes analysis and research from wear mechanism on the tool wear and its effect on surface roughness in diamond cutting of glass, and provides theoretical basis for minimizing the tool wear in diamond cutting brittle materials, such as optical glass.     

Wear of CBN Tools in Ultra-Precision Machining of STAVAX

CBN cutting tools are widely used in ultra-precision machining of STAVAX (specialized stainless steel) mould inserts for injection moulding of optical lenses. This paper will report on experiments carried out to investigate the wear of CBN tools with different grain sizes and various CBN/TiN ratios in ultra-precision machining of STAVAX. The tool-wear characteristics were observed to be greatly dependent on the tool type, hardness of the STAVAX and cutting parameters used. In the machining of STAVAX with a hardness of 55 HRC, fine-scale cavities were formed on the rake face and as such the surface damage acted like a chip breaker resulting in formation of cracks. While the flank faces of all tool types showed a similar wear resistance, it was observed that a combination of a higher percentage of TiN binder and smaller grain size led to greater wear resistance on the rake face. It was found that the formation of cracks on the rake faces could be prevented by means of either increasing the cutting speed or reducing the hardness of the machined workpiece.