Residual Stress Modeling in Orthogonal Machining

A predictive model for residual stresses in orthogonal cutting is presented. It uses process conditions as inputs and predicts surface and sub-surface residual stress profiles due to machining. The model formulation incorporates cutting force and cutting temperature predictions and utilizes those parameters to define the thermo-mechanical loading experienced by the workpiece. The stresses at the cutter edge hone and in the shear plane are considered in a rolling/sliding contact algorithm which admits kinematic hardening for non-proportional plasticity with subsequent stress relaxation to meet boundary conditions. Model predictions are compared to experimentally-measured residual stresses under various cutting conditions for validation.     

The influence of tool flank wear on residual stresses induced by milling aluminum alloy

The machining processes could induce residual stresses that enhance or impair greatly the performance of the machined component. Machining residual stresses correlate very closely with the cutting parameters and the tool geometries. In this paper, the effect of the tool flank wear on residual stresses profiles in milling of aluminum alloy 7050-T7451 was investigated. In the experiments, the residual stresses on the surface of the workpiece and in-depth were measured by using X-ray diffraction technique in combination with electro-polishing technique. In order to correlate the residual stresses with the thermal and mechanical phenomena developed during milling, the orthogonal components of the cutting forces were measured using a Kistler 9257A type three-component piezoelectric dynamometer. The temperature field of the machined workpiece surface was obtained with the combination of infrared thermal imaging system and finite element method. The results show that the tool flank wear has a significant effect on residual stresses profiles, especially superficial residual stress. As the tool flank wear length increases, the residual stress on the machined surface shifts obviously to tensile range, the residual compressive stress beneath the machined surface increases and the thickness of the residual stresses layer also increases. The magnitude and distributions of the residual stresses are closely correlated with cutting forces and temperature field. The three orthogonal components of the peak cutting forces increase and the highest temperature of the machined workpiece surface also increases significantly with an increase in the flank wear. The results reveal that the thermal load plays a significant role in the formation of the superficial residual stress, while the dominative factor that affects thickness of residual stresses layer is the mechanical load in high-speed milling aluminum alloy using worn tool.     

Three-dimensional cutting process analysis with different cutting velocities

This paper uses the large deformation large strain finite-element theory, the updated Lagrangian formulation and the incremental theory approach to develop a 3D elastic-plastic analytical model that examines metal cutting on the tool tip and twin nodes on the machined face. The geometric position and the critical value of strain energy density, combined with twin node treatment, are also introduced to serve as the continuous chip separation criterion.

Finally, the 3D low-velocity cutting condition of mild steel was explored to analyze changes in the appearances of the workpiece and the chip, the distribution of stress and strain, and the progress of changes in the cutting force. The impact of different cutting velocities and the initial conditions of the residual stress were studied to understand the impact of various cutting conditions on the machined workpiece. The numerical average cutting forces are compared with the experimental cutting forces with the different low-cutting velocities to verify that the 3D cutting model that has been developed is reasonable.     

Experimental and numerical modelling of the residual stresses induced in orthogonal cutting of AISI 316L steel

Residual stresses in the machined surface layers are affected by the cutting tool, work material, cutting regime parameters (cutting speed, feed and depth of cut) and contact conditions at the tool/chip and tool/workpiece interfaces. In this paper, the effects of tool geometry, tool coating and cutting regime parameters on residual stress distribution in the machined surface and subsurface of AISI 316L steel are experimentally and numerically investigated. In the former case, the X-ray diffraction technique is applied, while in the latter an elastic–viscoplastic FEM formulation is implemented. The results show that residual stresses increase with most of the cutting parameters, including cutting speed, uncut chip thickness and tool cutting edge radius. However, from the range of cutting parameters investigated, uncut chip thickness seems to be the parameter that has the strongest influence on residual stresses. The results also show that sequential cuts tend to increase superficial residual stresses.     

Performance of nano/micro CBN particle coated tools in superfinish hard machining

A two-stage composite coating method has been developed for coating of nano/micro cubic boron nitride (CBN) particles on cutting tools. Since nano/micro CBN particle coated tools are more cost-effective than solid polycrystalline CBN (PCBN) tools, a comprehensive study on the coated tools is required. This paper studies the performance of these tools in superfinish hard machining. Specimens were machined by a solid PCBN tool and CBN particle coated tools with two different CBN particle size distributions: less than 0.5 and 2 μm. The specimen machined by a tool with small CBN particle coating (less than 0.5 μm) showed more compressive residual stresses and less thermal damage below the machined surface than other specimens. Furthermore, the specimen machined by a tool with small CBN particle showed less residual stress scatter than other specimens. The rolling contact fatigue life was predicted by using a rolling contact fatigue life model. The rolling contact fatigue life predictions indicate that the predicted life of the specimen machined by a tool with small CBN particle coating is longer than that of other specimens. The results thus indicate that a tool with small CBN particle coating provides better performance than other tools in superfinish hard machining.     

新型微坑车刀切削AISI4140残余应力影响因素分析研究

为了探究切削用量对新型微坑车刀切削工件表面残余应力的影响规律,应用AdvantEdge切削仿真软件,结合单因素和正交实验,通过微坑车刀和原车刀切削AISI_4140仿真及实验验证。结果表明,原车刀和微坑车刀残余拉应力随切削速度增大,先增大后减小,随进给量的增大而减小,总体上,微坑车刀切削工件残余拉应力更小。残余压应力随切削速度增大,微坑车刀切削工件先增大后减小,随进给量增大先增大后减小。原车刀几乎不变。切削用量对微坑车刀切削工件残余应力影响,进给量最大,切削速度次之,切削深度最小。通过实验验证,相同切削条件下,微坑车刀降低了加工工件表面残余拉应力,提高了加工工件表面质量,一定程度提高了工件的服役寿命。     

A worn tool force model for three-dimensional cutting operations

Previous studies have shown that there is a region on the flank of a worn cutting tool where plastic flow of the workpiece material occurs. This paper presents experimental data which shows that in three-dimensional cutting operations in which the nose of the tool is engaged, the region of plastic flow grows linearly with increases in total wearland width. A piecewise linear model is developed for modeling the growth of the plastic flow region, and the model is shown to be independent of cutting conditions. A worn tool force model for three-dimensional cutting operations that uses this concept is presented. The model requires a minimal number of sharp tool tests and only one worn tool test. An integral part of the worn tool force model is a contact model that is used to obtain the magnitude of the stresses on the flank of the tool. The force model is validated through comparison to data obtained from wear tests conducted over a range of cutting conditions and workpiece materials. It is also shown that for a given tool and workpiece material combination, the incremental increases in the cutting forces due to tool flank wear are solely a function of the amount and nature of the wear and are independent of the cutting condition in which the tool wear was produced.     

An experimental and numerical study on the face milling of Ti-6Al-4V alloy: Tool performance and surface integrity

This paper is concerned with the experimental and numerical study of face milling of Ti-6Al-4 V titanium alloy. Machining is carried out by uncoated carbide cutters in the presence of an abundant supply of coolant. Experimental analysis is conducted by focusing on the measurement of specific cutting energy, surface integrity and tool performance. The experimental analysis is supplemented by simulations from a 3D finite element model (FEM) of face milling simulation where needed. A tool wear model parameterized from FEM predictions of the tool-chip interface temperature, contact stress and chip velocity is presented. Tool wear patterns are described in terms of various cutting conditions and the influence of tool wear on surface integrity is investigated. Tool wear predictions based on the 3D FEM simulation show good agreement with experimental tool wear measurements. The highest cutting speed realized for the cutting tool material is 182.9 m/min (600 sfpm). Good surface integrity in terms of favorable residual stress and surface finish is achieved under the machining conditions used with limited tool wear. Residual stresses imparted to the machined surface are shown to be compressive.     

An enhanced analytical model for residual stress prediction in machining

The predictions of residual stresses are most critical on the machined aerospace components for the safety of the aircraft. In this paper, an enhanced analytic elasto-plastic model is presented using the superposition of thermal and mechanical stresses on the workpiece, followed by a relaxation procedure. Theoretical residual stress predictions are verified experimentally with X-ray diffraction measurements on the high strength engineering material of Waspaloy that is used critical parts such as in aircraft jet engines. With the enhanced analytical model, accurate residual stress results are achieved, while the computational time compared to equivalent FEM models is decreased from days to seconds.     

Microscopic phase-dependent residual stresses in the machined surface layer of two-phase alloy

Residual stresses in the machined surface layer, which affect fatigue crack nucleation and stress corrosion cracking especially in aerospace engines and gas turbines for power generation, depend on microstructures in case of machining a multiple-phase alloy. Hence, the microscopic phase-dependent residual stresses should be known when a machined part is used under critical stress conditions and circumstances. In the present paper, finite element modeling of machining two-phase alloys has been developed for obtaining the residual stresses in the machined surface layer. Iron and steels, which consist of different volume fractions of ferrite and eutectoid pearlite, were selected as work materials to be machined. First, it was confirmed that the calculated results agree well in chip formation and cutting forces with experimental ones. Then, residual stresses in the machined surface layer were obtained for different carbon contents and regular/random arrangements of microstructure. As a result, it is found that the microstructure of the workpiece has a great influence on the residual stress distribution on the machined surface and that tensile surface residual stress on pearlite is much larger than that on ferrite. Finite element machining of the work material with stripe arrangement of ferrite and pearlite revealed that the peak of residual stress would be reduced by decreasing the width of stripes of ferrite and pearlite.     

Analysis of orthogonal finish machining using tungsten carbide and diamond tools of different heat transfer coefficients

An orthogonal cutting model for finish machining, using diamond and tungsten carbide tools which have different coeffficients of thermal conductivity, was simulated and analyzed. It was assumed that the tool had a minute amount of tool flank wear. The distribution of strain rate and stress within the machined workpiece and the determination of the cutting force were obtained after simulation. The generation and distribution of temperature and stress within the chip through cutting of the workpiece were also acquired. In addition, the temperature of the tool, the workpiece and the chip during finish machining by the two different tools, that show the effects of the different friction coefficients of the diamond tool and the tungsten carbide tool on cutting, were compared. Finally, the cutting forces predicted by the model for orthogonal finish machining were compared with those obtained by experiment, and it appears that the present orthogonal finish machining model is reasonable.     

Error compensation in flexible end milling of tubular geometries

There are many machining situations where slender tools are used to machine thin walled tubular workpieces. Such instances are more common in machining of aircraft structural parts. In these cases, cutting force induced tool as well as workpiece deflections are quite common which result into surface error on machined components. This paper presents a methodology to compensate such tool and workpiece induced surface errors in machining of thin walled geometries by modifying tool paths. The accuracy with which deflections can be predicted strongly depends on correctness of the cutting force model used. Traditionally employed mechanistic cutting force models overestimate tool and workpiece deflections in this case as the change of process geometry due to deflections is not accounted in modeling. Therefore, a cutting force model accounting for change in process geometry due to static deflections of tool and workpiece is adopted in this work. Such a force model is used in predicting tool and workpiece deflection induced surface errors on machined components and then compensating the same by modifying tool path. The paper also studies effectiveness of error compensation scheme for both synclastic and anti-clastic configurations of tubular geometries.     

纵向旋转切削加工对环形零件畸变的影响

通过旋转试验和有限元分析介绍了工件在切削加工过程中产生的畸变情况，分析了工件的装夹方式、切削速度、切削深度和进刀量对100Cr6钢环圆度的影响。通过去应力退火释放冷加工诱发的残余应力后工件的圆度与切削参数有关。另外测试了被试验环的表面残余应力，其表面残余应力与装夹方式有关。将测量的装夹力作为计算参数输入，通过有限元分析方法测试了装夹方式对工件变形的影响。协同测量结果示出了装夹方式影响工件变形的一个主要因素，表面残余应力与工件的径向变形有关，最大的拉伸应力位于夹口位置。旋转切削试验结果表明，提高切削速度圆度会稍有增加；随着切削深度的加大，圆度呈下降趋势，尽管切削力增加了；进给量的增加会导致更高的切削力，因此圆度值也增加；常规的去应力退火可使被加工环的圆度值增加。     

Dynamics of boring processes: Part III-time domain modeling

This article presents a mathematical model and a computational algorithm for the time domain solution of boring process dynamics. The model is developed in a modular form; it includes a workpiece geometry and surface topography module, a kinamatics and tool position module, a dynamic chip load module, a dynamic cutting force prediction module and a structural dynamics module. The time domain model takes cutting process parameters, tool and workpiece geometries and modal parameters of the structure as inputs. It predicts instantanous cutting forces and vibrations along the machining time, and machined workpiece topography as outputs. Some of the simulated and experimental results for various cutting conditions are presented and compared for validation purposes.     

微槽刀具切削GH4169的工件表面完整性研究

针对如何改善零件的已加工表面完整性,提高零件的服役能力,文章基于温度场形状开展切削GH4169的刀具前刀面微槽设计研究,设计并制备了新型微槽刀具,并将原刀具和微槽刀具加工后的工件表面完整性进行对比试验研究,结果表明:微槽结构改变了刀具的平衡力系,使其切削力和切削温度降低,进而使得在推荐切削参数下,使用微槽刀具切削的表面质量优于原刀具,粗糙度降低了22.96%,残余拉应力降低了30.7%,工件表面显微硬度随切削速度的增加而加剧,且微槽刀具切削后的工件硬化程度和深度均有所降低。     

Experimental investigation and simulation of machining thin-walled workpieces

An enhanced simulation model is presented in this paper to predict form deviations in end milling processes of thin-walled structures. The calculation of tool engagement is based on level curves representing surface geometry of the workpiece and the NC code driven sweep volume. To consider influences of force-induced deflections resulting in static form errors on machined surface of the workpiece, a model for superposed stresses is enclosed. Derived from the tool engagement, the cutting force is predicted using a parametric force model. The experimental investigations within the measuring of static and dynamic form errors during processing and afterwards are shown and measurement results are compared with results of the cutting simulation to verify the proposed method. The presented achievements are deduced from research activities aiming at an increased understanding of shape deviation induced by interactions between tool, workpiece and clamping device during machining.     

Effect of tool nose radius and tool wear on residual stress distribution in hard turning of bearing steel

This study presents a experimental investigation to clarify the effects of tool nose radius and tool wear on residual stress distribution in hard turning of bearing steel JIS SUJ2. Three types of CBN tools with different nose radius (0.4, 0.8 and 1.2 mm) were used in this study. The residual stresses beneath the machined surface were measured using X-ray diffraction technique and electro-polishing technique. The results obtained in this study show that the tool nose radius affects the residual stress distribution significantly. Especially the effect on the residual stresses at the machined surface at early stage of cutting process is remarkable. For the tool wear, as the tool wear increases, the residual stress at the machined surface shifts to tensile stress range and the residual compressive stress beneath the machined surface increases greatly.     

Characteristics of high speed micro-cutting of tungsten carbide

In this study, experiments are carried out to evaluate the characteristics of high speed cutting of tungsten carbide material using a Makino V55 high speed machine tool with cubic boron nitride (CBN) tool inserts. The cutting forces were measured using a three-component dynamometer, the surface roughness of the machined workpiece was measured using a Mitutoyo SURFTEST 301, and the machined workpiece surfaces and the chip formation were examined using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Experimental results indicate that the radial force F_x is much larger than the tangential force F_z and the axial force F_y. Two types of surfaces of the machined workpiece are achieved: ductile cutting surface and fracture surface. Continuous chips and discontinuous chips are formed under different cutting conditions. Depth of cut and feed rate almost have no significant effect on the surface roughness of the machined workpiece. The SEM observations on the machined workpiece surfaces and chip formation indicate that the ductile mode cutting is mainly determined by the undeformed chip thickness when the tool cutting edge radius is fixed. Ductile cutting can be achieved when the undeformed chip thickness is less than a critical value.     

Analysis on high-speed face-milling of 7075-T6 aluminum using carbide and diamond cutters

This research is concerned with the analytical and experimental study on the high-speed face milling of 7075-T6 aluminum alloys with a single insert fly-cutter. The results are analyzed in terms of cutting forces, chip morphology, and surface integrity of the workpiece machined with carbide and diamond inserts. It is shown that a high cutting speed leads to a high chip flow angle, very low thrust forces and a high shear angle, while producing a thinner chip. Chip morphology studies indicate that shear localization can occur at higher feeds even for 7075-T6, which is known to produce continuous chips. The resultant compressive residual stresses are shown for the variation of cutting parameters and cutting tool material. The analysis of the high-speed cutting process mechanics is presented, based on the calculation results using extended oblique machining theory and finite element simulation.     

微沟槽织构对切削力和表面粗糙度的影响

为研究微织构对切削过程中产生的切削力和已加工表面粗糙度的影响,在聚晶立方氮化硼(PCBN)刀片前刀面制备与主切削刃平行的宽度为32.6μm的微沟槽织构。分别用微沟槽刀具和无织构刀具在主轴转速为450、500、600 r/min的条件下切削淬硬钢GCr15,分析切削力和已加工表面粗糙度。试验结果表明:微沟槽改善了刀具的切削性能,主切削力、进给力和切深力均小于无织构刀具;进给力、切深力随着主轴转速的增加均变大,主切削力表现为先减小再增大;用微沟槽织构刀具切削的已加工表面粗糙度大于无织构刀具,表明微沟槽不利于获得表面质量较好的工件;随着主轴转速增加,微沟槽刀具和无织构刀具切削的表面粗糙度均减小。