Effects of cutting conditions on microhardness and microstructure in high-speed milling of H13 tool steel

In the present study, high-speed side milling experiments of H13 tool steel with coated carbide inserts were conducted under different cutting parameters. The microhardness and microstructure changes of the machined surface and subsurface were investigated. A finite element model, taking into account the actual milling process, was established based on the commercial FE package ABAQUS/Explicit. Instantaneous temperature distributions beneath the machined surface were analyzed under different cutting speeds and feed per tooth based on the model. It was found that the microhardness on the machined surface is much higher than that in the subsurface, which indicates that the surface materials experienced severe strain hardening induced by plastic deformation during the milling process. Furthermore, the hardness of machined surface decreases with the increase of cutting speed and feed per tooth due to thermal softening effects. In addition, optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to characterize the microstructures of cross sections. Elongated grains due to material plastic deformation can be observed in the subsurface, and white and dark layers are not obvious under present milling conditions. The thickness of plastic deformation layer beneath the machined surface increases from 3 to 10 μm with the increase of cutting speed and feed per tooth. The corresponding results were found to be consistent and in good agreement with the depth of heat-affected zone in finite element analysis (FEA).     

钛合金高速铣削表面完整性研究

研究了钛合金TC4的高速铣削。着重讨论了高速铣削钛合金TC4已加工表面完整性的问题,重点研究了表面粗糙度、表面变质层等因素对表面完整性的影响。研究结果表明,切削速度在v=200～350m/min范围,钛合金TC4高速铣削获得的加工表面完整性较好。     

高速铣削SiC_p/Al复合材料表面形貌功率谱密度研究

为了研究切削参数对高速铣削SiCp/Al复合材料表面微观形貌的影响,本文采用不同切削参数进行了高速铣削实验,利用Talyscan150型表面粗糙度测试仪对加工表面进行测量,对获得的表面数据进行功率谱密度(PSD)分析。结果表明:高速铣削SiC颗粒增强铝基复合材料时,进给量与铣削深度对功率谱密度影响不大,切削速度是主要影响因素,并且随着切削速度的增大,功率谱密度值降低,表面质量提高。加工表面的主要空间波长成分能够反映加工工艺条件对加工表面形貌的影响。     

干式高速车铣铝合金已加工表面形成机理研究

高速车铣加工是一种新的先进加工技术,可望在干式条件下实现回转体零件的高速切削。本文主要研究干式条件下高速车铣铝合金时已加工表面的形成机理及影响因素。     

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.     

Investigation of cutting forces,surface integrity,and tool wear when high-speed milling of high-volume fraction SiC<Subscript>p</Subscript>/Al6063 composites in PCD tooling

This paper focused on high-speed milling of Al6063 matrix composites reinforced with high-volume fraction of small-sized SiC particulates and provided systematic experimental study about cutting forces, thin-walled part deformation, surface integrity, and tool wear during high-speed end milling of 65% volume fraction SiC_p/Al6063 (Al6063/SiC_p/65p) composites in polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tooling. The machined surface morphologies reveal that the cutting mechanism of SiC particulates plays an important role in defect formation mechanisms on the machined surface. In high-speed end milling of Al6063/SiC_p/65p composites, the cutting forces are influenced most considerably by axial depth of cut, and thus the axial depth of cut plays a dominant role in the thin-walled parts deformation. Increased milling speed within a certain range contributes to reducing surface roughness. The surface and sub-surface machined using high-speed milling suffered from less damage compared to low-speed milling. The milling speed influence on surface residual stress is associated with milling-induced heat and deformation. Micro-chipping, abrasive wear, graphitization, grain breaking off, and built-up edge are the dominated wear mechanism of PCD tools. Finally, a series of comparative experiments were performed to study the influence of tool nose radius, average diamond grain size, and machining parameters on PCD tool life.     

基于最小二乘支持向量机的铣削加工表面粗糙度预测模型

在分析以往所建立的表面粗糙度预测模型方法不足的基础上，将一种基于最小二乘支持向量机的预测模型引入铣削加工领域，并给出了相应的步骤和算法。该模型能方便地预测铣削加工参数对加工表面粗糙度的影响，并能利用有限的试验数据得出整个工作范围内的表面粗糙度预测值，有助于准确认识已加工表面质量随铣削参数的变化规律。通过具体实例及与其他几种预测方法的对比表明，在相同样本条件下，其模型构造速度比标准支持向量机方法高1～2个数量级，模型预测误差约为支持向量机方法的40％，预测精度比常规BP模型高1个数量级。因此，基于最小二乘支持向量机方法建模速度快、预测精度高、适合加工表面粗糙度预测。     

熟阳极炭块铣削力建模及预测

利用正交实验,建立了以切削速度v、切削深度ae、走刀量f为影响因素的阳极炭块切削力与铣削温度预测模型。采用方差分析技术对回归模型的显著性进行检验。检验结果表明,铣削力与铣削温度回归方程呈高度显著性。经验证所建立的预测模型与实验数据拟合得较好,完全可以用于三面刃高速钢槽铣刀铣削熟阳极炭块,并为进一步设计适合在线开槽刀具提供理论依据。     

超声纵扭辅助铣削高强铝合金表面润湿性能研究

针对超声辅助加工在工件表面形成微刻划表面可以提高高强铝合金表面的微结构性能的现象,进行了单激励旋转超声纵扭复合铣削表面微观结构的试验,基于水接触角理论和纵扭铣削运动学理论分析了加工参数对水接触角的影响;搭建了单激励超声纵扭铣削试验平台,采用正交试验法研究了不同加工参数对表面粗糙度、铣削力以及表面润湿性能的影响。结果表明：超声振幅为4μm时表面质量最佳,切削速度和进给量与表面粗糙度和水接触角呈正相关的关系;超声加工方式下的表面水接触角较普通方式更大,而在超声加工时低振幅加工比高振幅加工的表面水接触角大,当转速达到一定值时,高振幅和低振幅所加工的表面水接触角差别不大。合适的加工参数条件下超声纵扭加工方式可以降低加工表面的粗糙度,改变表面的润湿性。     

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。     

高速铣削铝合金时切削力和表面质量影响因素的试验研究

对高速铣削典型铝合金框架结构工件时的切削力和加工表面质量进行了试验研究。在高速进给铣削时 ,当进给方向发生改变 ,机床的加减速特性将导致在拐角处进给量减小、铣刀切入角增大 ,从而引起切削力增大和加工振动。在恒切削效率条件下高速铣削铝合金的试验结果表明 ,高速铣削时宜采用较小的轴向切深和较大的径向切深 ,以减小铣削力、提高加工表面质量 ;刀具动平衡偏心量是高速铣削时引起轴向振纹的主要原因     

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.     

Cusp error reduction under high speed micro/meso- scale milling with ultrasonic vibration assistance

In the conventional use of vibration assisted machining, vibratory motion is mostly applied to the continuous machining processes such as turning where the cutting speed is much lower than the vibration speed. Even the recent articles on vibration assisted milling processes are also quite limited to low spindle speed less than 3k RPM. This study investigates vibration assistance that is applied to the workpiece in a high speed micro/meso-scale intermittent milling system where the cutting speed is much higher than the vibration speed. In addition to this, the vibration effect is analyzed considering feed and cross-feed directional application separately, which gives an idea of a right vibration assistance direction for surface quality improvement. To validate this, a one-directional ultrasonic vibration assisted milling system with ultrasonic frequency at 40 kHz and with amplitudes of a few microns is designed and its effect on the machined surface quality is investigated at high spindle RPMs over 15k. As a result, cusp heights are found to be reduced with ultrasonic vibratory motion of cutting edge in high cutting speed. Furthermore, the machined surface quality clearly tells that feed directional vibration assistance is able to generate better surface quality with reduced wavy burrs than cross-feed directional vibration assistance.     

铣削钛合金加工表面形貌特征参数的预测

钛合金在铣削过程中受迫振动明显,刀—工接触关系不断变化,加工表面形貌特征参数难以预测,已成为制约加工表面质量进一步提高的瓶颈。针对铣削振动与加工表面形貌的非线性随机变化特性进行了切削钛合金试验,采用高斯过程回归法构建铣削振动作用下的加工表面形貌高斯过程模型。分析刀齿误差和铣削振动对加工表面形貌特征参数的影响规律,为以加工表面质量分布一致性为前提的铣削钛合金工艺设计提供参考依据。     

Influence of cutting speed on surface integrity for powder metallurgy nickel-based superalloy FGH95

Powder metallurgy (PM) nickel-based superalloy FGH95 has been widely used for components, which requires the greatest service performance. The surface integrity is becoming more and more important in order to satisfy the increasing service demands. However, the machined surface of FGH95 is easily damaged due to its poor machinability. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of dry milling process parameters on the surface integrity of FGH95. Experiments were conducted on a CNC machining center under different cutting speeds. The machined surface is evaluated in terms of surface roughness, microhardness and white layer. Experiments results show milled surface integrity of FGH95 is sensitivity to the cutting speeds. The machined surface roughness decreases with increase of the cutting speed, but with further increase of cutting speed between 80?m/min to 100?m/min an increase in surface roughness appears. For microhardness, it can be seen that the machined workpiece surface hardens seriously. It can also draw the conclusion that cutting speed has the marginal effect on the white layer thickness generated in the machined subsurface.     

SiC_p/Al复合材料铣削残余应力的有限元分析

SiC_p/Al复合材料属于典型难加工材料,大量Si C颗粒离散分布其中,导致在铣削加工高体积分数SiC_p/Al复合材料时,加工表面容易出现应力分布不均现象,严重影响材料的稳定性。为了研究SiC_p/Al复合材料加工表面残余应力,通过ABAQUS有限元分析软件建立了SiC_p/Al复合材料三维铣削有限元模型,并分析了切削工艺参数对残余应力的影响。结果表明:切削速度对残余应力变化影响较小,每齿进给量对残余应力变化影响较大,所得结果与经验计算值吻合较好。     

基于ANFIS的铝合金铣削加工表面粗糙度预测模型研究

分析以往建立表面粗糙度预测模型方法的不足，采用自适应神经模糊推理系统(ANFIS)建立了铝合金铣削加工表面粗糙度预测模型。经检验，该模型预测精度高，泛化能力强，且可简便预测铣削参数对已加工表面的表面粗糙度的影响，有助于准确认识已加工表面质量随铣削参数的变化规律，为切削参数的优选和表面质量的控制提供了依据。     

Surface roughness analysis of hardened steel after high-speed milling

The work refers to analysis of various factors affecting surface roughness after end milling of hardened steel in high-speed milling (HSM) conditions. Investigations of milling parameters (cutting speed v(c) , axial depth of cut a(p) ) and the process dynamics that influence machined surface roughness were presented, and a surface roughness model, including cutter displacements, was elaborated. The work also involved analysis of surface profile charts from the point of view of vibrations and cutting force components. The research showed that theoretic surface roughness resulting from the kinematic-geometric projection of cutting edge in the workpiece is significantly different from the reality. The dominant factor in the research was not feed per tooth f(z) (according to the theoretical model) but dynamical phenomena and feed per revolution f.     

The effect of characteristics of free<Emphasis Type="Bold">-</Emphasis>form surface on the machined surface topography in milling of panel mold

In the milling process of automobile panel mold of hardened steel, the characteristic of free-form surface is one of the dominant factors for surface topography. In this paper, the trajectory of cutting edge is firstly modeled to analyze the residual height of the free-form surface in ball-end milling of hardened steel. Furthermore, the non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) surface reconstruction is utilized to generate the surface topography. Subsequently, the influences of surface curvature, lead angle, milling vibrations on the machined surface topography, and residual height are investigated, respectively. Finally, the accuracy of the surface topography and the roughness prediction model are validated by the milling experiments of free-form surface, where two-dimensional contour maps could be obtained. The simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the machined surface topography of hardened steel is fitted by means of NURBS surface reconstruction. In that manner, the effects of surface characteristics on the machined surface topography can be accurately predicted.     

复杂轮廓棱边倒圆角的加工

数控铣削加工中常常会遇到一些复杂轮廓棱边倒圆角的加工。针对使用软件自动编程的加工方法的缺陷问题,建立了倒圆角数学模型,讨论了复杂轮廓的宏程序实现及变半径补偿的编程方法,提出了一类复杂轮廓的倒圆角的加工程序编制方法,并举例说明了编程方法。该倒圆角方法可提高产品的加工效率和产品圆角表面质量。