Phase Dependent Tool Wear in Turning Ti-6Al-4V Using Polycrystalline Diamond and Carbide Inserts

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Schrock ◽  
Di Kang ◽  
Thomas R. Bieler ◽  
Patrick Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Alpha Phase ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Phase Transformation Temperature ◽  
Rake Face ◽  
Work Material ◽  
Pcd Tools

Tool wear of polycrystalline diamond inserts was analyzed in turning experiments on Ti-6Al-4V. Evidence of phase transformation in turning titanium work material is presented and its impact on tool wear is discussed. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to analyze the rake face of the turning inserts. At cutting speed of 61 m/min, the rake face exhibited scalloped-shaped, fractured wear, characteristic of typical attrition wear. At cutting speed of 122 m/min, a smooth crater was observed, which is a typical characteristic of diffusion/dissolution wear. At the cutting speed of 91 m/min, the wear features were a combination of those observed at speeds of 61 m/min and 122 m/min. A comparison of the wear on the polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools to that of WC-6Co from our earlier work is also discussed. Microstructural analysis of the of both the undeformed work material and the chip using electron-backscatter diffraction provided evidence to support the phase transformation. Temperature estimates on the rake face of the tool previously extracted from Finite Element Method (FEM) support the possibility of phase transformation at the high cutting speed tested. The difference in the wear pattern was also linked to the extent of recrystallization in the titanium work material. At 61 m/min there was more alpha phase in the work material without much recrystallization, which generated uneven scalloped wear. At 122 m/min, phase transformation of the existing alpha phase to the beta phase in the work material and recrystallization increased the dissolution/diffusion wear process.

Evidence of Phase Dependent Tool Wear in Ti-6Al-4V Turning Experiments Using PCD and Carbide Inserts

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Schrock ◽  
Patrick Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Confocal Laser ◽  
Rake Face ◽  
Work Material ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Pcd Tools ◽  
Cutting Speeds

This paper presents evidence of phase transformation in turning titanium work material and discusses its impact on tool wear. Tool wear of polycrystalline diamond inserts was studied in turning experiments on Ti-6Al-4V. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was conducted to analyze the rake face of the turning inserts. At cutting speeds of 61m/min, the rake face exhibited scalloped-shaped, fractured, uneven, and rough wear. This is characteristic of attrition wear. At cutting speeds of 122m/min, wear was smooth and even in nature, which is a typical characteristic of diffusion/dissolution wear. At a cutting speed of 91m/min, the wear was a combination of those observed at speeds of 61m/m and 122m/m. A comparison of the wear on the PCD tools to that of WC-6Co from earlier work is also discussed. A significant difference in wear existed between the two different cutting tool materials at the low cutting speed. This difference in wear was linked to a transition from alpha to beta phase in the titanium work material. Temperature estimates on the rake face of the tool previously extracted from FEM support the possibility of phase transformation at the cutting data tested.

An Analysis of the Wear of Tungsten Carbide and Polycrystalline Diamond Inserts Turning Ti-6Al-4V

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Schrock ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Patrick Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Flank Wear ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Rake Face ◽  
Crater Wear ◽  
Pcd Tools ◽  
Face Temperature

Dry turning experiments on Ti-6Al-4V were conducted using two grades (finer and coarser) of carbides and polycrystalline diamond (PCD) inserts to study tool wear. Despite of minor compositional difference between two carbide grades, both grades contain 6% Co. Crater wear and flank wear were measured using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM). Three dimensional rake surface topographies were reconstructed from the CLSM data and wear profiles were extracted. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was conducted to study the effects of cutting conditions and thermal properties on rake face temperature. Flank wear on the carbide tools indicated that the inserts with the finer grain size exhibited smaller flank wear than the insert of the coarser grain size. This was attributed to reduced abrasive wear in the finer grained inserts as a result of a higher hardness. The carbide grade with a coarser grain size had an enhanced ability to resist crater wear, likely from lower rake face temperatures and the differences in the compositions. It is known that coarser grain carbides have a higher thermal conductivity resulting from increased grain contiguity. FEA was used to study the temperature difference between the two grain-sizes and the effect of thermal conductivity on temperature gradients. Tool wear of the PCD inserts was also studied. The PCD tools showed significant adhesive wear at the 200sfm cutting speed, transitioning to crater wear at 400sfm. With a high thermal conductivity, it is possible that rake face temperatures were low enough to alter the wear mechanism. FEA supports this hypothesis, as the maximum rake face temperature for the PCD inserts were only around 900°C at 200sfm.

Experimental Investigation on Surface Roughness in Precision Cutting Ti6Al4V Alloy Using Diamond Tools

2014 ◽  
Vol 800-801 ◽  
pp. 576-579
Author(s):  
Lin Hua Hu ◽  
Ming Zhou ◽  
Yu Liang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Cutting Parameters ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Nose Radius ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Machined Surface Roughness ◽  
Titanium Alloy Ti6al4v ◽  
Pcd Tools

In this work, cutting experiments were carried out on titanium alloy Ti6Al4V by using polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools to investigate the effects of the tool geometries and cutting parameters on machined surface roughness. Experimental results show machined surface roughness decreases with increases in the flank angle, tool nose radius and cutting speed within a limited range respectively, and begins to increase as the factors reaches to certain values respectively. And machined surface roughness decreases with increases in feed rate and cutting depth respectively.

Effect of Cutting Temperature on Phase Transformation in Cutting of NiTi Alloy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yang ◽  
Katsuhiko Sakai ◽  
Hiroo Shizuka ◽  
Kunio Hayakawa ◽  
Tetsuo Nagare
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Phase State ◽  
Niti Alloy ◽  
Cutting Temperature ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Cutting Process ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Speed Condition ◽  
Work Material

Abstract In this study, the effect of cutting temperature on phase transformation in cutting of room temperature austenitic NiTi alloy was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and temperature measurements. Results from XRD reveals that after cutting process, the phase state of work material near the machined surface transformed from austenite to martensite at relatively low cutting speed conditions while the phase state of work material did not undergo any form of transformation at the highest cutting speed condition. Temperature measurement results measured with temperature indicating paint showed that the maximum temperature of work material near the machined surface in cutting process exceeded the Md temperature at the highest cutting speed condition. However, there was no phase transformation observed in cutting chips after cutting at all cutting speed conditions as the temperature of cutting chips was much higher than the Md temperature under all cutting speed conditions.

Wear Mechanism and Modeling of Tribological Behavior of Polycrystalline Diamond Tools When Cutting Ti6Al4V

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangxian Li ◽  
Shuang Yi ◽  
Cuie Wen ◽  
Songlin Ding
Keyword(s):  
Transition Zone ◽  
Wear Mechanisms ◽  
Tribological Behavior ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Workpiece Material ◽  
Pcd Tools ◽  
Sliding Zone

Owing to its outstanding physical and mechanical properties, polycrystalline diamond (PCD) is ideal for cutting titanium alloys. However, the high temperature and stress caused by the interaction of tool surface and chip flow lead to different types of wear. This paper investigates the wear mechanisms of PCD tools in three different tribological regions: sticking zone, transition zone, and sliding zone, when machining titanium alloy Ti6Al4V. The tribological behavior of PCD tools in the wear processes were analyzed through both experiments and theoretical calculations. Analytical models of stresses and temperature distribution were developed and validated by turning experiments. PCD tools, consisting of diamond grains of different sizes: CTB002 (2 μm), CTB010 (10 μm), and CTM302 (2–30 μm), were used to cut Ti6Al4V at the normal cutting speed of 160 m/min and high cutting speed 240 m/min. It was found that adhesion, abrasion and diffusion dominated the wear process of PCD tools in different worn regions. Microscopic characters showed that the wear mechanisms were different in the three tribological regions, which was affected by the distribution of stresses and temperature. “Sticking” of workpiece material was obvious on the cutting edge, abrasion was severe in the transition zone, and adhesion was significant in the sliding zone. The shapes and morphological characters in different worn regions were affected by the stresses distribution and the types of PCD materials.

Experimental Study on Milling of Titanium Matrix Composites

2013 ◽  
Vol 589-590 ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
Hai Xiang Huan ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu ◽  
Hong Hua Su ◽  
Yu Can Fu ◽  
Ying Fei Ge
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Cutting Temperature ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Titanium Matrix ◽  
Titanium Matrix Composites ◽  
Pcd Tool ◽  
Induced Defects ◽  
Pcd Tools

Titanium matrix composites (TMCs) possess many outstanding properties and have increasing and potential application in aerospace, automobile and other industries. However, TMCs are typical difficult-to-machining material due to the rapid tool wear rate and excessive machining induced defects. In this paper, tool wear, cutting forces, cutting temperature and surface roughness were investigated when milling TMCs with Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) and carbide tools. The results showed that the values of surface roughness obtained by carbide tools were higher than that of PCD tools under the same cutting conditions. The value of cutting temperature for PCD tool was about 75% of the carbide tools, and the main cutting force value of PCD tool was about 85% of the carbide tool. Abrasive and adhesive wear were the main wear mechanisms of PCD and carbide tools. In all, PCD tools had a better cutting performance than carbide tools during finishing milling titanium matrix composites.

scholarly journals Effect of Cutting Speed on Shape Recovery of Work Material in Cutting Process of Super-Elastic NiTi Alloy

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Hao Yang ◽  
Katsuhiko Sakai ◽  
Hiroo Shizuka ◽  
Yuji Kurebayashi ◽  
Kunio Hayakawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Shape Recovery ◽  
Niti Alloy ◽  
Orthogonal Cutting ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Cutting Process ◽  
Threshold Temperature ◽  
Work Material ◽  
Stable Part ◽  
Cutting Point

Increasing use of NiTi alloy products makes it very important to improve the cutting performance of this material. This study presents the effect of cutting speed on radial shape recovery of work material which is supposed to deteriorate the dimension accuracy in cutting process of super-elastic NiTi alloy. The shape recovery of work material was investigated at the beginning of cutting process, during the stable part of cutting process and after feed stops respectively utilizing a high-speed camera and a cutting force dynamometer in orthogonal cutting experiments at various cutting speeds. The mechanism of the shape recovery was investigated by analyzing the crystallization phase state of work material before and after cutting using XRD and measuring the temperature distributions on the end surface of work material during orthogonal cutting experiments using non-reversible temperature indicating paints correspondingly. Results show that at relatively low cutting speed, the temperature of work material near the cutting point did not exceed the threshold temperature of phase transformation, and thus work material generated obvious shape recovery throughout the whole cutting process due to the phase transformation. Increasing cutting speed could increase the temperature of work material; when cutting speed increased to 100 m/min, the temperature of work material near the cutting point exceeded the threshold temperature of phase transformation, thus work material did not generate obvious shape recovery because it could not undergo any form of phase transformation during the stable part of cutting process and after feed stops. Consequently, increasing cutting speed could be proposed as an approach to improve dimension accuracy by inhibiting shape recovery of work material in cutting process of NiTi alloy.

scholarly journals Study of cutting force and tool wear during turning of aluminium with WC, PCD and HFCVD coated MCD tools

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Sisira Kanta Pattnaik ◽  
Minaketan Behera ◽  
Sachidananda Padhi ◽  
Pusparaj Dash ◽  
Saroj Kumar Sarangi
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Cutting Force ◽  
Cutting Tools ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Pcd Tool ◽  
Rolled Aluminum ◽  
Pcd Tools

Enormous developmental work has been made in synthesis of metastable diamond by hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) method. In this paper, micro-crystalline diamond (MCD) was deposited on WC–6 wt.% Co cutting tool inserts by HFCVD technique. The MCD coated tool was characterized by the scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and micro Raman spectroscopy (μ-RS). A comparison was made among the MCD tool, uncoated tungsten carbide (WC) tool and polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tool during the dry turning of rolled aluminum. The various major tests were conducted such as surface roughness, cutting force and tool wear, which were taken into consideration to establish a proper comparison among the advanced cutting tools. Surface roughness was measured during machining by Talysurf. The tool wear was studied by SEM after machining. The cutting forces were measured by Kistler 3D-dynamometer during the machining process. The test results indicate that, the CVD coated MCD tool and PCD tool produced almost similar results. But, the price of PCD tools are five times costlier than MCD tools. So, MCD tool would be a better alternative for machining of aluminium.

Study on the Wear Mechanism of PCD Tools in High-Speed Milling of Al-Si Alloy

2011 ◽  
Vol 381 ◽  
pp. 16-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Guo Wang ◽  
Biao Liu ◽  
Jiong Yi Song ◽  
Xiang Ping Yan ◽  
Kang Mei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Wear Mechanism ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Energy Dispersive Spectrometer ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Polycrystalline Diamond ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Diffusion Wear ◽  
Milling Tool ◽  
Pcd Tools ◽  
And Diffusion

Polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools have been obtained increasing application in aluminum alloy processing industry due to the excellent surface finish and tool life comparing with other traditional tools. Investigation of the wear mechanism of PCD milling tool for machining Al-Si alloy at cutting speed of 5000m/min (n=12732r/min) has been performed. The wear morphology of tool has been studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Results show that PCD milling tool suffers from abrasive wear and diffusion wear on the flank face and adhesive wear on the rake face in the machining process.

Investigating the impact of tool inertia on machinability of a β-titanium alloy using tool deflection and acoustic emission

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (7) ◽  
pp. 1745-1760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asif Iqbal ◽  
Dirk Biermann ◽  
Hussein M Ali ◽  
Juliana Zaini ◽  
Maximilian Metzger
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Tool Wear ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Material Strength ◽  
Tool Deflection ◽  
Cutting Energy ◽  
Work Material

Finding sustainable ways of machining exotic materials is gaining more and more importance in the manufacturing industry. Application of advanced measuring instruments for quantifying performance measures is a crucial requirement for making machining processes viable. The presented work aims to ameliorate machining of a high-strength β-titanium alloy using information from measurements of key responses, such as cutting energy consumption, tool deflection, and tool damage. Acoustic emission data and tool’s acceleration data are utilized to work out the magnitudes of energy consumed and deflection undergone by the tool, respectively. The article focuses on quantifying the effects of tool’s inertia, strength of work material, and two cutting parameters on the aforementioned responses. A total of 54 continuous cutting experiments are performed in which a fixed volume of material per experimental run is removed. Tool deflection method helped to determine the significant effects of varying tool inertia, work material strength, and cutting speed on the machining process. Likewise, acoustic emission method highlighted the strong effects of material strength and cutting speed caused on the cutting energy consumption. The effect of feed rate is found to be significant regarding tool wear only. Finally, the tool wear data are tested for correlation against the corresponding data sets of the other two responses. It is found that both tool deflection and cutting energy possess strong uphill relationships with tool wear.

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