Influence of Coolant Flow Rate on Tool Life and Wear Development in Cryogenic and Wet Milling of Ti-6Al-4V
Paper in proceeding, 2016

The use of cryogenic coolants has emerged as a way to improve productivity in machining Ti-alloys. In this study, liquid carbon dioxide is used as coolant in face milling of Ti-6Al-4 V with PVD coated inserts. The influence of coolant flow rate on tool life is studied by means of controlled experiments. Tool life is shown to improve with higher flow rates of coolant, the effect being stronger in cryogenic compared to wet milling due to the fact that the cryogenic coolant delays the wear development. The tool life is determined by notch wear irrespective of coolant nature in titanium milling. Different analyses were used to understand the mechanism behind the delay of notch wear development when using carbon dioxide coolant.

Milling

Carbon dioxide

Wear

Cryogenic machining

Titanium

Author

Ibrahim Sadik

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Surface and Microstructure Engineering

Simon Isakson

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Surface and Microstructure Engineering

Amir Malakizadi

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Technology

Lars Nyborg

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology

Procedia CIRP

22128271 (eISSN)

Vol. 46 91-94

Areas of Advance

Production

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology

DOI

10.1016/j.procir.2016.02.014

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Created

10/7/2017