Effects of laser shock processing on mechanical properties of laser welded ANSI 304 stainless steel joint

With the rapid development of engineering component with integration,high-speed and multi-parameter,traditional techniques haven’t met practical needs in extreme service environment.Laser welding,a new welding technology,has been widely used.However,it would generate the drop of mechanical properties for laser welded joint due to its thermal effect.Laser shock processing(LSP) is one of the most effective methods to improve the mechanical properties of laser welded ANSI 304 stainless steel joint.In this paper,the effects of LSP on the mechanical properties of laser welded ANSI 304 stainless steel joint have been investigated.The welded joint on the front of the tensile samples is treated by LSP impacts,and the overlapping rate of the laser spot is 50%.The tensile test of the laser welded joint with and without LSP impacts is carried out,and the fracture morphology of the tensile samples is analyzed by scanning electron microscope(SEM).Compared with the yield strength of 11.70 kN,the tensile strength of 37.66 kN,the yield-to-tensile strength ratio of 0.310 7,the elongation of 25.20%,the area reduction of 32.68% and the elastic modulus of 13 063.876 MPa,the corresponding values after LSP impacts are 14.25 kN,38.74 kN,0.367 8,26.58%,42.29% and 14 754.394 MPa,respectively.Through LSP impacts,the increasing ratio of the yield strength and tensile strength are 121.79% and 102.87%,respectively;the elongation and area reduction are improved by 5.48% and 29.38%,respectively.By comparing with coarse fracture surface of the welded joint,the delamination splitting with some cracks in the sharp corner of the welded joint and asymmetric dimples,LSP can cause brighter fracture surface,and finer and more uniform dimples.Finally,the schematic illustration of dimple formation with LSP is clearly described.The proposed research ensures that the LSP technology can clearly improve the yield strength,tensile strength,yield-to-tensile strength ratio,elongation,area reduction and elastic modulus of the welded joint.The enhancement mechanism of LSP on laser welded ANSI 304 stainless steel joint is mainly due to the fact that the refined and uniform dimples effectively delay the fracture of laser welded joints.     

Mechanical and metallurgical properties of friction welded AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel

Owing to the superior properties, of stainless steel it is pertinent to make use of it in various automotive, aerospace, nuclear, chemical and cryogenic applications. It is observed that a wide range of dissimilar materials can be easily integrated by solid phase bonding techniques, such as friction welding and explosive bonding. This study mainly focuses on friction welding of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel. The friction processed joints are evaluated for their integrity and quality aspects. Friction welding of austenitic stainless steel was carried out using a KUKA friction welding machine (Germany). As the friction time increased, the fully plastically deformed zone (region I) in the vicinity of the bond line becomes increased. In contrast, an increase in friction time will decrease the region (region II) where the grains are partly deformed and grown. Tensile test results indicated that, the joint strength is decreased with an increase of the friction time. The detailed fractographic observation confirmed that the rupture occurred mostly at the joint zone and partly through the base material.     

Mechanical and metallurgical properties of friction welded AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel

Owing to the superior properties, of stainless steel it is pertinent to make use of it in various automotive, aerospace, nuclear, chemical and cryogenic applications. It is observed that a wide range of dissimilar materials can be easily integrated by solid phase bonding techniques, such as friction welding and explosive bonding. This study mainly focuses on friction welding of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel. The friction processed joints are evaluated for their integrity and quality aspects. Friction welding of austenitic stainless steel was carried out using a KUKA friction welding machine (Germany). As the friction time increased, the fully plastically deformed zone (region I) in the vicinity of the bond line becomes increased. In contrast, an increase in friction time will decrease the region (region II) where the grains are partly deformed and grown. Tensile test results indicated that, the joint strength is decreased with an increase of the friction time. The detailed fractographic observation confirmed that the rupture occurred mostly at the joint zone and partly through the base material.     

Experimental investigation on surface quality in ultrasonic-assisted honing of 304 stainless steel

Honing is a surface finishing technology, which plays an important role in improving the surface quality and working performance of workpieces. However, with the extensive application of hard-to-machine materials and the increasing requirement for the surface properties of workpieces, the performance of conventional honing (CH) is becoming more and more difficult to meet the production needs. The ultrasonic vibration provides a way to overcome the technological constraints of CH and improve the machined surface properties. To realise the ultrasonic vibration of honing stone, a slotted block horn was used as a vibration transmission component and a supporting component of honing stone in this study. Finite element method was used to analyse and optimise the block horn to improve the uniformity of the amplitude on the output surface, to provide stable and efficient vibration for the honing stone. In this study, the effects of processing parameters on surface roughness in CH and ultrasonic-assisted honing (UAH) of stainless steel SUS304 were studied. The results indicated that the application of ultrasonic vibration in honing made a significant contribution to the formation of a dense punctiform morphology and reduction of the defects of the workpiece surface. Moreover, interactions between ultrasonic vibration, speed of revolution, and honing time in UAH make the changes of surface roughness much different from the CH. On the whole, for UAH, it is a feasible approach to improve the surface roughness by using a smaller amplitude, increasing the speed of revolution appropriately, and extending honing time.     

拼焊板焊缝力学性能实验研究

介绍了一种测量拼焊板焊缝性能的试验方法。对拼焊板进行了单向拉伸实验,并基于等应变假设,结合焊缝平行于拉伸方向的差厚拼焊板的单向拉伸试验数据,计算了焊缝的力学性能参数,分析了所得焊缝力学性能对试样尺寸和焊缝几何尺寸测量精度的敏感程度,最后通过模拟和试验结果的对比,验证了该方法的实用性。     

Erosion of 304 stainless steel

Erosion rate measurements and scanning electron microscopy observations were made for the steady state erosion of 304 stainless steel eroded by sharp alumina particles. Both the velocity and the particle size dependence of the erosion rates were similar at all angles of impact between 10° and 90°. Micrographic observations of the steady state erosion surfaces disclosed similar overall features at low and high angles of impact. Results reported in the literature for aluminum tend to confirm these observations. It was concluded that a single erosion mechanism can be operative at all impact angles 7in ductile metals such as stainless steel, rather than a superposition of different mechanisms for the low angle and high angle range. The physical basis for a single mechanism of erosion by sharp particles was discussed.     

AISI 304不锈钢铣削加工刀具磨损实验研究

AISI 304不锈钢具有低导热性和高韧性等特性,切削加工性较差。研究采用复合涂层硬质合金铣刀,对AISI 304不锈钢进行了端铣实验研究,考察后刀面磨损情况。实验表明,进给率对磨损的影响大于切削速度。针对刀具后刀面磨损,给出了相对较好的切削条件组合。     

Fretting properties of SUS304 stainless steel in a vacuum environment

In this paper the effect of the ambient pressure on the friction and wear of SUS304 stainless steel during fretting at room temperature is described.

The ambient pressure was varied from 10⁻³ to 10⁵ Pa. The experiment was carried out under the following conditions: normal load, 14 N; slip amplitudes, 35 and 110 μm; frequency, 8.3 Hz; number of fretting cycles, 6 × 10⁴.

The relationship between the frictional behaviour and the number of cycles is affected by the pressure. The coefficient of friction at steady state increases with a decrease in the pressure to below 10 Pa. From the point of view of the wear mechanism, the transition is determined as that from oxidative wear at the higher pressure to adhesive wear at the lower pressure. The transition pressure depends on the slip amplitude, i.e.it is 2.7 Pa at 35 μm and 10⁻¹ Pa at 110 μm. The wear volume is greater in the oxidative wear regime than in the adhesive wear regime. Oxide wear debris is removed easily from the interface in the former regime. In contrast, metallic wear debris is retained at the interface and adhesive transfer occurs from one surface to the opposing surface in the latter regime. The characteristic feature of the wear damage at 10⁻³ Pa and at 35 μm is the formation of a vertical crack at the boundary between the fretted and the unfretted areas.     

304不锈钢A-TIG焊的试验研究

主要研究在304不锈钢焊接时涂敷活性焊剂和未涂敷活性焊剂对焊缝成形的影响。试验结果表明304不锈钢采用A-TIG焊时,涂敷活性焊剂的焊缝熔深显著增加,熔宽有所减小;活性剂使熔池横截面形状发生明显变化,即焊缝上部比较宽、中下部变得很窄,这主要是由表面张力梯度的变化引起的。     

Tribology and surface mechanical properties of the oxide film formed by excimer laser surface treatment of AISI 304 stainless steel

The surface hardness and tribological properties of the surface oxide formed by excimer laser surface processing of AISI 304 stainless steel have been examined. It is found that laser processing initially anneals the stress-induced martensite on the surface of the stainless steel, resulting in a softening of the surface. After more than 100 cycles of melting and resolidification, a surface oxide film develops which is harder than the austenite of the annealed substrate and comparable in hardness to the stress-induced martensite. The thickness of the oxide film is dependent on the number of laser pulses, so that arbitrarily thick films can be produced. The dry-sliding friction of the oxide film against a steel pin is substantially lower than that of the untreated polished surface with only the native oxide film and there is substantially less damage in both the wear track and the pin. The hard surface oxide is underlain by relatively soft austenite. The tribological behavior is thus not obviously the result of the surface mechanical properties of the film-substrate combination but is ascribed to changes in the chemical interaction between the pin and the disk.     

Experimental investigations from conventional to high speed milling on a 304-L stainless steel

Last years analytical or finite element models of milling become more efficient and focus on more physical aspects, nevertheless the milling process is still experimentally unknown on a wide range of use. This paper propose to analyse with accuracy milling operations by investigating the cutting forces values, shape of cutting forces curves obtained for different cutting speeds, and related phenomena as tool wear or tool run-out. These detailed experimental data in milling constitute a suitable experimental basis available to develop predictive machining modelling. All the tests have been conducted on the 304-L stainless steel in many cutting configurations and for different tool geometries. The machinability of the 304-L stainless steel with different tools geometries and configurations in shoulder milling is defined by three working zones: a conventional zone permitting stable cutting (low cutting speed; under 200–250 m.min^?1), a dead zone (unfavourable for cutting forces level and cutting stability; between 250 and 450 m.min^?1), and a high speed machining zone (high cutting speed; up to 450–500 m.min^?1). All the used criteria (cutting forces, chips, wear) confirm the existence of these different zones and a correlation is proposed with cutting perturbations as tool run-out, cutting instability, ploughing, and abrasive wear.     

水蒸气冷却润滑切削304不锈钢的试验研究

为实现304不锈钢的绿色切削,以过热水蒸气作冷却润滑介质,用Al2O3-TiC复相陶瓷刀具对304不锈钢进行单因素切削试验.试验结果表明:与干切削相比,用过热水蒸气冷却润滑切削时主切削力减小了6％ ～17％,加工表面硬化程度降低了3％～6％,并具有较高的加工表面质量.根据试验结果和冷却润滑作用机理分析可知,过热水蒸气具有较好的冷却润滑作用,且廉价无污染,有望实现304不锈钢的绿色切削.     

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.     

Experimental investigation of tribological performance of laser textured stainless steel rings

A series of experiments is conducted to examine the frictional characteristics of laser surface-textured, heat-treated 17-4 PH stainless steel specimens. Two dimple shapes are tested: circular and elliptical. The circular dimples are designed with different sizes, dimple densities and dimple depth-to-diameter ratios. It is found that the cavitation pressure (P_cav) in a circular dimple is strongly affected by the operational speed. The surface textured specimens provide low coefficient of friction compared with plain (dimple-free) surfaces. However, for the material used in the current experiments, the surface texture decreases the surface's resistance to wear.     

不锈钢薄壁套类零件的加工

不锈钢具有韧性大、热强度高、导热系数低、加工硬化严重、切削热多、散热困难等特性,从而造成刀尖处切削温度高、容易产生积屑瘤,加剧刀具磨损、影响零件表面质量;薄壁套类零件刚性差、强度低、易变形,机械加工困难。通过对零件材质的切削性能及影响零件变形因素的分析,在工艺上采用粗精分开,并针对零件结构设计夹具;此外,合理选择刀具材料、几何参数、切削用量以及切削液等,从而使零件精度和外观都有明显提高。