Experimental Study on Cutting Forces and Surface Integrity in High-Speed Side Milling of Ti-6Al-4V Titanium Alloy

This article is concerned with the cutting forces and surface integrity in high-speed side milling of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy. The experiments were conducted with coated carbide cutting tools under dry cutting conditions. The effects of cutting parameters on the cutting forces, tool wear and surface integrity (including surface roughness, microhardness and microstructure beneath the machined surface) were investigated. The velocity effects are focused on in the present study. The experimental results show that the cutting forces in three directions increase with cutting speed, feed per tooth and depth of cut (DoC). The widths of flank wear VB increases rapidly with the increasing cutting speed. The surface roughness initially decreases and presents a minimum value at the cutting speed 200 m/min, and then increases with the cutting speed. The microstructure beneath the machined surfaces had minimal or no obvious plastic deformation under the present milling conditions. Work hardening leads to an increment in micro-hardness on the top surface. Furthermore, the hardness of machined surface decreases with the increase of cutting speed and feed per tooth due to thermal softening effects. The results indicated that the cutting speed 200 m/min could be considered as a critical value at which both relatively low cutting forces and improved surface quality can be obtained.     

微细铣削硬铝时切削用量对表面粗糙度的影响

利用自研的三轴微小型立式数控铣床和微径立铣刀(直径小于1mm),通过双因素及中心复合实验设计的方法,分析微细铣削硬铝LY12过程中的铣削参数(包括每齿进给量、轴向切深、主轴转速、刀具直径以及刀具悬伸量)对工件表面粗糙度的影响,重点探讨了每齿进给量和轴向切深对表面粗糙度的交互影响,并建立了数学模型,为微细铣削工艺参数的选择和表面质量的控制提供了基本依据。     

拉刀设计与拉削表面粗糙度

在拉削试验和研究的基础上，阐述了拉刀的齿升量、前角、后角以及同时工作齿数等对拉削表面粗糙度的影响。     

Surface topography and roughness of high-speed milled AlMn1Cu

The aluminum alloy AlMn1Cu has been broadly applied for functional parts production because of its good properties. But few researches about the machining mechanism and the surface roughness were reported. The high-speed milling experiments are carried out in order to improve the machining quality and reveal the machining mechanism. The typical topography features of machined surface are observed by scan electron microscope(SEM). The results show that the milled surface topography is mainly characterized by the plastic shearing deformation surface and material piling zone. The material flows plastically along the end cutting edge of the flat-end milling tool and meanwhile is extruded by the end cutting edge, resulting in that materials partly adhere to the machined surface and form the material piling zone. As the depth of cut and the feed per tooth increase, the plastic flow of materials is strengthened and the machined surface becomes rougher. However, as the cutting speed increases, the plastic flow of materials is weakened and the milled surface becomes smoother. The cutting parameters (e.g. cutting speed, feed per tooth and depth of cut) influencing the surface roughness are analyzed. It can be concluded that the roughness of the machined surface formed by the end cutting edge is less than that by the cylindrical cutting edge when a cylindrical flat-end mill tool is used for milling. The proposed research provides the typical topography features of machined surface of the anti-rust aluminum alloy AlMn1Cu in high speed milling.     

On the machining characteristics of H13 tool steel in different hardness states in ball end milling

This paper investigates and compares the machining characteristics of AISI H13 tool steel in hardness states of 41 and 20 HRC in the ball end milling process. The machining characteristics are illustrated through three types of process outputs from the milling experiments: the milling force, the chip form, and the surface roughness. Characteristic differences in these process outputs are shown to reflect the hardness effect of the tool steel on the ball end milling process. The mechanistic phenomena of the milling process are revealed by the six shearing and ploughing cutting constants extracted from the milling forces. The experimental results show that all the cutting constants of the softer tool steel are greater than those of the hard steel, indicating that higher cutting and frictional energies are required in the chip shearing as well as in the nose ploughing processes of the softer tool steel. The higher cutting energy is also attested by the more severely deformed, shorter, and thicker chips of the softer steel. Surface roughness of the hard steel is shown to be considerably better than that of the soft steel at all cutting speeds and feed rates and is independent of cutting speed, whereas the surface roughness of the softer steel is significantly improved with increasing cutting speed.     

高速铣削铝合金叶片表面质量的试验研究

使用硬质合金球头铣刀对铝合金叶轮叶片进行了高速铣削试验。研究了切削速度和进给量对加工表面粗糙度的影响。试验结果表明:在高速加工中,每齿进给量比铣削行距对加工表面质量的影响更大;提高切削速度和减少每齿进给量有利于降低加工表面粗糙度。但当切削速度超过某一范围后,进一步提高速度对降低表面粗糙度的作用并不明显;每齿进给量减小到一定范围后,表面粗糙度反而会有所增加;对于铝合金叶片曲面的加工,合理选择切削速度、进给量和行距可获得较低的表面粗糙度值和较高的加工效率。     

Simulation and analysis of serrated chip formation in cutting process of hardened steel considering ploughing-effect

A realistic finite element model considering the ploughing effect of cutting edge fillet was developed in high speed machining. Taking the hardened tool steel AISI D2 as the object of research, the cutting force and chip morphology were reasonably analyzed and compared with the actual results of cutting experiments, which verified the correctness of the model. Then, based on the model, the formation process of single serrated tooth was analyzed, while the effects of cutting heat and temperature field, material hardness and cutting speed on chip formation were explored. The research results indicate that: (1) The ploughing-effect has a great impact on the feed force, and for hardened tool steel AISI D2, the stagnation angle of 30o is more appropriate. (2) Also, stress concentration appears and shear slipping occurs along the shear plane in the process of serrated chip formation. The strain rate on the shear slipping surface is much greater than other places and the temperature gradient perpendicular to the shear plane is relatively higher. (3) The cutting force becomes larger with increasing the hardness value of workpieces, which causes the chip to more likely to produce serrated chips. (4) The fluctuation of cutting force is more significant as the cutting speed increases, which puts forward higher requirements for the tool and machine tool.     

高速铣削淬硬钢表面粗糙度的试验研究

通过切削试验研究了高速铣削淬硬钢时刀具变量中的几何参数(铣刀的前角、后角、螺旋角)、工件变量(工件硬度)和切削参数变量(铣削速度、每齿进给量)对加工表面粗糙度的影响。根据对试验结果的分析得出高速铣削淬硬钢工件表面粗糙度的变化规律。     

高速铣削P20模具钢复杂曲面粗糙度试验研究

应用硬质合金球头铣刀对P20（3Cr2Mo）模具钢进行了高速铣削精加工试验,研究了加工参数（包括主轴转速、每齿进给量和径向进给量）对曲面粗糙度的影响情况,分析了不同加工路径下粗糙度的形成机理。研究结果表明,高速条件下,主轴转速对加工表面粗糙度的影响不明显;每齿进给量和径向进给量对纵向和横向粗糙度的影响呈线性增加关系;为得到较小的粗糙度值,走刀路径应选择被加工曲面曲率半径变化大的方向为进给方向。     

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON SURFACE INTEGRITY OF END MILLING NICKEL-BASED ALLOY— INCONEL 718

Inconel 718 is a typical difficult-to-machine material, and its high speed end milling process has wide applications in manufacturing parts from aerospace and power industry. Surface integrity of these parts greatly influences the final characteristics. This paper presents an experimental investigation to evaluate surface integrity behaviors in high speed end milling of Inconel 718 with finishing cutting parameters in terms of surface topography, surface roughness Ra, residual stresses, subsurface microstructure, and microhardness. The results show that abraded marks can be observed on the machined surfaces, and high cutting speed is advisable to get better surface topography and roughness quality. Due to high cutting temperature, residual stress is mainly high tensile stress. After increasing the cutting speed beyond 80m/min, the cutting forces hardly increased and the chips take away more cutting heat, which leads to that the residual stress barely increases. Microstructures in subsurface layers have only slight deformations after high speed milling, and there was also no obvious difference when the cutting speed increased beyond 80m/min against the microhardness in subsurface increases together with the cutting speed.     

Effect of cutting speed on surface integrity and chip morphology in high-speed machining of PM nickel-based superalloy FGH95

High-speed machining is being recognized as one of the key manufacturing technologies for getting higher productivity and better surface integrity. FGH95 powder metallurgy superalloy is a kind of nickel-based superalloy which is produced by near-net-shape technology. With increasing demands for high precision and high performance of FGH95 components in aerospace industry, it is essential to recognize that the machined surface integrity may determine machined part service performance and reliability. Then, little is known about the machined surface integrity of this superalloy. Thus, the surface integrity in high-speed machining of FGH95 is investigated in this paper. Experiments are conducted on a CNC milling center with coated carbide tools under dry cutting conditions. The surface integrity is evaluated in terms of surface roughness, microhardness, and white layer. The influence of cutting speed on chip morphology is also investigated. Experiment results show that surface integrity and chip morphology of FGH95 are very sensitive to the cutting speed. When cutting speeds are below 2,400?m/min, the values of surface roughness have little variation, while when cutting speeds are in the range of 2,800–3,600?m/min, the values of surface roughness are higher than that of other cutting speeds. Severe work hardening is observed resulting from high-speed machining of FGH95 superalloy. The higher the cutting speed, the higher the surface hardness. When cutting speeds are in the range of 2,800–3,600?m/min, the white layer thickness is slightly higher than that of other cutting speeds. In high-speed machining of FGH95, the chip is segmented and has a typical sawtooth shape. The degree of serrated chip increases with the cutting speed. When the cutting speeds exceed 2,400?m/min, serrated chips change into fragment chips.     

高速切削条件下难加工材料表面粗糙度影响因素析因研究

综合应用析因设计与均匀设计 ,在切削速度 118～ 314m/min范围内用Ti(Al,N)硬质合金刀具对难加工材料中硬度为 30HRC的马氏体不锈钢进行了高速端面铣削试验研究。在多元线性回归基础上建立了表面粗糙度与切削用量之间的经验公式。研究结果表明 ,高速铣削马氏体不锈钢时 ,每齿进给量、铣削深度和两者之间的交互作用是对表面粗糙度有显著影响的效应因素 ,所得经验公式的模型适合度检验结果较为理想。     

耐热钢拉削的鳞刺问题

耐热钢Cr11MoV在拉削时,表面粗糙度较大,通过试验和分析,笔者认为这是拉削所产生的鳞刺现象,并提出了抑制鳞刺的几个方法：（1）使用含氯添加剂的切削液;（2）适当提高工件材料的硬度;（3）采用较低的拉削速度;（4）降低拉力前、后刀面的表面粗糙度,不留刃带。采取这些措施后,在拉削涡轮增压器的涡轮盘榫槽时,表面粗糙度降低了80%,拉刀的耐用度提高一倍以上。     

高速铣削超高强度钢的切削力及表面粗糙度研究

选用涂层硬质合金刀具对300M超高强度钢进行高速铣削试验,通过单因素试验和多因素正交试验法,得出铣削参数(主轴转速、每齿进给量、铣削深度)对切削力及表面粗糙度的影响规律及主次关系。对正交试验结果做最小二乘法分析,建立切削力及表面粗糙度与铣削参数之间的经验模型;对经验模型的回归方程及系数做显著性检验,并对其进行参数优化,得出铣削参数的最优组合。结果表明:主轴转速和铣削深度对切削力的作用较大,而每齿进给量对其影响相对较弱;每齿进给量对表面粗糙度作用最强,铣削深度次之,主轴转速对其作用最弱。     

铝合金高速切削表面粗糙度影响因素研究

为有效降低高速切削中铝合金的表面粗糙度值,通过多因素正交试验和单因素试验对各铣削参数进行研究,结果显示:各参数对铝合金表面粗糙度影响程度从大到小的顺序是:切削深度、主轴转速、每齿进给量、行距,且转速为18000r/min,每齿进给量为0.075mm,行距和每齿进给量一致,选择较小的切削深度时,在铝合金表面可获得较好的加工质量。     

Investigation of roughness,topography, microhardness,white layer and surface chemical composition in high speed milling of Ti-6Al-4V using minimum quantity lubrication

Abstract

In this research, the effects of high speed milling on the main surface integrity characteristics, including surface roughness and topography, microhardness, white layer thickness, and surface chemical composition of Ti-6Al-4V were empirically studied. Totally, 18 experiments were carried out using a full factorial design of experiments method in the presence of minimum quantity lubricant. The results showed that by using high speed milling, it is possible to reach the surfaces with a higher quality and surface roughness of approximately 0.2?μm. Also, it was discovered that the microhardness variation with cutting speed has a dual nature. The maximum microhardness was obtained at the cutting speed of 375?m/min and the feed rate of 0.08?mm/tooth, which showed a 57% increase compared with the bulk material. In addition, by using the cutting speed of 450?m/min, the depth of heat-affected layer and work hardening effects declined up to 75% in comparison with the cutting speed of 300?m/min.     

平面拉刀磨损有限元分析

拉削加工过程中,刀齿在切削力、热耦合作用下较易产生磨损。由于高速拉削技术的发展,拉刀刀齿前刀面的磨损逐渐引起了更多的关注。随着拉削的进行,刀齿的磨损量不断增加。通过有限元分析,确定了拉削速度、齿升量、刀尖圆弧半径对前刀面磨损带深度和宽度的影响。     

涂层刀具高速铣削模具钢SKD11的表面粗糙度模型预测

为有效控制和预测高硬度模具钢加工的表面质量和加工效率,通过设计正交切削试验,研究了在不同切削参数组合(主轴转速、进给速度、轴向切削深度和径向切削深度)及冷却润滑方式条件下、Ti Si N涂层刀具对模具钢SKD11(62HRC)的高速铣削。应用BP神经网络原理建立表面粗糙度预测模型,并进行试验验证其准确性。研究表明,在不同加工条件下,基于BP神经网络模型建立的涂层刀具铣削模具钢SKD11表面粗糙度模型有较好的预测精度,其预测误差在3.45%-6.25%之间,对于模具制造企业选择加工工艺参数、控制加工质量和降低加工成本有重要意义。     

正交车铣TC4钛合金表面粗糙度分析

车铣加工技术是近年发展起来的先进切削加工技术之一。本文采用多因素正交试验法,进行了一系列的正交车铣TC4钛合金切削试验,研究了车铣切削用量与表面粗糙度之间的变化规律。通过方差分析确定了各因素对表面粗糙度的影响大小的主次顺序,每齿进给量和偏心量对表面粗糙度的影响较大。采用回归分析原理,建立了表面粗糙度的预测模型,根据统计检验结果表明,已加工表面粗糙度预测模型呈高度显著检验状态,具有很高的可信度。     

Statistical model to determine surface roughness when milling hastelloy C-22HS

The aim of this study is to develop the surface roughness prediction models, with the aid of statistical methods, for hastelloy C-22HS when machined by PVD and CVD coated carbide cutting tools under various cutting conditions. These prediction models were then compared with the results obtained experimentally. By using response surface method (RSM), first order models were developed with 95 % confidence level. The surface roughness models were developed in terms of cutting speed, feed rate and axial depth using RSM as a tool of design of experiment. In general, the results obtained from the mathematical models were in good agreement with those obtained from the machining experiments. It was found that the feed rate, cutting speed and axial depth played a major role in determining the surface roughness. On the other hand, the surface roughness increases with a reduction in cutting speed. PVD coated cutting tool performs better than CVD when machining hastelloy C-22HS. It was observed that most of the chips from the PVD cutting tool were in the form of discontinuous chip while CVD cutting tool produced continuous chips.