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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (9): 2230-2240.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0306

• Material Engineering and Mechanical Manufacturing • Previous Articles     Next Articles

FEM Estimation of Tool Wear in High Speed Cutting of Ti6Al4V Alloy

CHEN Yan1, YANG Shubao2, FU Yucan1, XU Jiuhua1, SU Honghua1   

  1. 1. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China;
    2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243032, China
  • Received:2013-04-12 Revised:2013-06-13 Online:2013-09-25 Published:2013-06-21
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (50775115

Abstract:

By adopting the finite element method (FEM), the tool wear is simulated during the cutting of titanium alloy with a carbide tool. First, a wear rate model, which includes the abrasive wear, diffusion wear and adhesion wear, is built according to the tool wear mechanism during the cutting. Then a series of problems in tool wear simulation are solved such as the simulation of the cutting temperature field, adjustment of internal mesh, and the smoothing of tool geometry. Subsequently, an FEM wear prediction model is built and computed in combination with a wear subroutine. The validity of the finite element model is confirmed by cutting tests, which show that the tool rake face wear and wear morphology can be accurately predicted by the finite element model. Finally, tool life is predicted under the conditions of high-speed cutting of titanium alloys. The prediction results show that the cutting tools wear rapidly with the increase of the cutting speed. For example, the tool life with a cutting speed of 300 m/min is only one third of that with a speed of 130 m/min. Therefore, it is important to consider both cutting efficiency and tool life simultaneously in the selection of a cutting speed.

Key words: high speed cutting, titanium alloys, tool wear, FEM, wear rate model

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