Micro-grinding of titanium
Licentiate thesis, 2018
In this study, experimental and analytical investigations on 2D micro-grinding of titanium are presented. The run-out of micro-tools can be affected by the relatively high forces induces by mechanical dressing, meaning that the dressing and tool-conditioning possibilities are limited. Therefore, a proper set of dressing parameters is obtained for dressing of micro-grinding tools. An analytical model, which considers grits interaction, heat transfer and actual micro-grinding tool topography is developed which is able to predict the surface roughness and cutting forces for a given set of dressing and grinding parameters. It is shown that the topography of the tool varies with changing the dressing parameter which affects the grinding forces and surface roughness. In the analytical model the actual topography of the tool is considered in the simulation for the first time. Additionally, the model is able to determine grinding parameters that generate minimum surface roughness with minimizing the grinding forces. To determine the correct chip thickness with the maximum material removal rate, an appropriate grinding tool and optimum process parameters to generate highly accurate contours in a micron scale will be further analyzed.
Using the analytical model, the effects of process parameters and tool surface topography are mapped to the process outputs, i.e. surface roughness and grinding forces. The results show that the analytical model enables the prediction of micro-grinding forces with a total error of 13.5% and surface roughness with the total error of 16%. The simulation results match with the experimental results to a greater degree in the low cutting speed range, rather than at higher cutting speeds. The results also indicate that the dressing parameters, such as the dressing overlap ratio and the speed ratio are influential factors, affecting surface roughness and grinding forces. Using higher values of dressing overlap ratio (Ud up to 1830) reduced the surface roughness, however, leads to approximately 70% higher cutting forces. The observed 40% reduction in the grinding forces is achieved by increasing the cutting speed from 6 to 14 m/s, but this increases the surface roughness. Higher values of the dressing overlap ratio reduce the chip cold-welding on the abrasive grains and causes less loading of the tool in form of chip nests. Welded clogging of the grinding pin at lower Ud values deteriorates the surface quality resulting in increased surface roughness. Using the up-dressing method leads to lower chip loading over the surface of the grinding tool, which improves the ground surface. Moreover, the down-dressing of micro-grinding pins results in higher value of surface roughness and lower grinding forces compared with up-dressing.
dressing
grinding
tool topography.
modelling
Micro machining
Author
Mohammadali Kadivar
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture
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Mohammadali Kadivar, Ali Zahedi, Bahman Azarhoushang, Peter Krajnik Modelling of the micro-grinding process considering the grinding tool topography
Mohammadali Kadivar, Heike Kitzig-Frank, Bahman Azarhoushang The effect of dressing parameters on the chip loading and ground surface quality by using grinding pins and grinding wheels with very fine grits
Subject Categories
Mechanical Engineering
Other Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Advance
Production
Materials Science
Infrastructure
Chalmers Materials Analysis Laboratory
Publisher
Chalmers
M-room Delta, Hörsalsvägen 7B, SE-412 96 Gothenburg.
Opponent: Dr. Fukuo Hashimoto, President and Chief Scientist at Advanced Finishing Technology Ltd., Canton, Ohio, U.S.A