Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V

Numerous studies on machinability of titanium and its alloys have been conducted in the past few decades with the main objective of reducing cost of machining especially of aerospace alloys. Though classified as "difficult-to-cut" materials, titanium and its alloys are attractive materials...

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Main Author: Kamdani, Kamaruddin
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spelling my-uthm-ep.32492022-02-03T01:52:53Z Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V 2005-11 Kamdani, Kamaruddin TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials Numerous studies on machinability of titanium and its alloys have been conducted in the past few decades with the main objective of reducing cost of machining especially of aerospace alloys. Though classified as "difficult-to-cut" materials, titanium and its alloys are attractive materials due to their unique high strength-weight ratio, which is maintained up to elevated temperatures and their exceptional corrosion resistance. In this work, an experimental investigation of the influence of workpiece preheating using induction heating has been conducted for improvements of machinability of titanium alloy Ti-6A1-4V ASTM B348. The inserts used were uncoated cemented carbide filled into a 16 mm diameter end mill tool. The cutting speeds used in these experiments were 40, 80, 120 and 160 m/min; the depths of cut were 1 and 1.5 mm and the feed rates were 0.1 and 0.15 mm/rev. Thermo-couples were used in measuring the surface temperature of work material during machining. The experiments of end milling operation conducted on Vertical Machining Center (VMC) were designed to look into the effect of preheating on chip serration and chatter, cutting force and torque, tool wear and surface finish. A comparison of the above criteria for room temperature and preheated machining was made. The results show that preheating machining improves the machinability of titanium alloy. Increased plasticity of the work material during preheating reduces the frictional forces on the tool face and the fluctuation of cutting force and also contributes to improved damping capacity of the system. As a result preheated machining results in reduction in vibration amplitudes at resonance frequencies up to 67%. An increase in cutting force and torque mean value leads to the formation of relatively thicker chips, which in turn leads to an increase in chip-tool contact length. The hottest spot on the tool is thus shifted away from the cutting edge leading to a more favourable temperature distribution in the tool. More stable cutting, longer chip-tool contact length and favourable temperature distribution in the tool helps in reducing the dynamic stresses acting on the tool. This in turn reduces the enhances of micro and macro chipping of the tool. This leads to uniform and much lower tool wear up to three times reduction in flank wear has been achieved. Lower tools wear, helps in maintaining a sharp cutting edge at the nose section and the flank areas of the tool resulting in smoother surface roughness values during preheated machining. 2005-11 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3249/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3249/1/KAMARUDDIN%20KAMDANI%20-%2024p.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Faculty of Engineering Technology
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topic TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction
Mechanics of materials
spellingShingle TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction
Mechanics of materials
Kamdani, Kamaruddin
Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V
description Numerous studies on machinability of titanium and its alloys have been conducted in the past few decades with the main objective of reducing cost of machining especially of aerospace alloys. Though classified as "difficult-to-cut" materials, titanium and its alloys are attractive materials due to their unique high strength-weight ratio, which is maintained up to elevated temperatures and their exceptional corrosion resistance. In this work, an experimental investigation of the influence of workpiece preheating using induction heating has been conducted for improvements of machinability of titanium alloy Ti-6A1-4V ASTM B348. The inserts used were uncoated cemented carbide filled into a 16 mm diameter end mill tool. The cutting speeds used in these experiments were 40, 80, 120 and 160 m/min; the depths of cut were 1 and 1.5 mm and the feed rates were 0.1 and 0.15 mm/rev. Thermo-couples were used in measuring the surface temperature of work material during machining. The experiments of end milling operation conducted on Vertical Machining Center (VMC) were designed to look into the effect of preheating on chip serration and chatter, cutting force and torque, tool wear and surface finish. A comparison of the above criteria for room temperature and preheated machining was made. The results show that preheating machining improves the machinability of titanium alloy. Increased plasticity of the work material during preheating reduces the frictional forces on the tool face and the fluctuation of cutting force and also contributes to improved damping capacity of the system. As a result preheated machining results in reduction in vibration amplitudes at resonance frequencies up to 67%. An increase in cutting force and torque mean value leads to the formation of relatively thicker chips, which in turn leads to an increase in chip-tool contact length. The hottest spot on the tool is thus shifted away from the cutting edge leading to a more favourable temperature distribution in the tool. More stable cutting, longer chip-tool contact length and favourable temperature distribution in the tool helps in reducing the dynamic stresses acting on the tool. This in turn reduces the enhances of micro and macro chipping of the tool. This leads to uniform and much lower tool wear up to three times reduction in flank wear has been achieved. Lower tools wear, helps in maintaining a sharp cutting edge at the nose section and the flank areas of the tool resulting in smoother surface roughness values during preheated machining.
format Thesis
qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level Master's degree
author Kamdani, Kamaruddin
author_facet Kamdani, Kamaruddin
author_sort Kamdani, Kamaruddin
title Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V
title_short Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V
title_full Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V
title_fullStr Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V
title_full_unstemmed Influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - Ti6A14V
title_sort influence of preheating on chatter and machinability of titanium alloy - ti6a14v
granting_institution Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Engineering Technology
publishDate 2005
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3249/1/KAMARUDDIN%20KAMDANI%20-%2024p.pdf
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