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Enhanced machinability of SiC-reinforced metal-matrix composite with hybrid turning

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posted on 2019-02-05, 10:05 authored by Wei Bai, Anish RoyAnish Roy, Ronglei Sun, Vadim SilberschmidtVadim Silberschmidt
Particle-reinforced metal-matrix composites are promising engineering materials thanks to their superior mechanical and thermal properties. However, their poor machinability is a deterrent for use in wider applications, due to the presence of hard ceramic particles, which results in rapid tool wear during machining. Ultrasonically assisted turning (UAT) is a hybrid machining technique, in which the cutting tool is made to vibrate at high frequencies and low amplitudes. In this study, the machinability and tool wear of machining SiCp/Al metal matrix-composite was compared for dry UAT and conventional turning with the use of a cemented carbide (WC) and a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tool. With the use of ultrasonic assistance, a significant reduction in cutting forces was achieved with a slight increase in cutting temperature. Continuous and semi-continuous chips were obtained in UAT, with better surface topography. A chip-formation mechanism in UAT show increased ductility of the workpiece material when subjected to a repeated high-frequency microchipping process. Abrasive and adhesive wear occurred on the WC tool in both conventional turning and UAT. However, the machined surface obtained in UAT with a WC tool was comparable and sometimes even better than that achieved with the PCD tool

Funding

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) grant No. 2013CB035805. The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support by the China Scholarship Council. Funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) through grant EP/P027555/1 is gratefully acknowledged.

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volume

268

Pages

149-161

Citation

BAI, W. ... et al., 2019. Enhanced machinability of SiC-reinforced metal-matrix composite with hybrid turning. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 268, pp. 149-161.

Publisher

© The authors. Published by Elsevier BV

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Acceptance date

2019-01-26

Publication date

2019-01-28

Copyright date

2019

Notes

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

ISSN

0924-0136

Language

  • en