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Theoretical Model For Cutting Force in Rotary Ultrasonic Milling of Dental Zirconia Ceramics
Theoretical Model For Cutting Force in Rotary Ultrasonic Milling of Dental Zirconia Ceramics
Theoretical Model For Cutting Force in Rotary Ultrasonic Milling of Dental Zirconia Ceramics
DOI 10.1007/s00170-014-6216-6
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Received: 18 December 2013 / Accepted: 29 July 2014 / Published online: 16 August 2014
© Springer-Verlag London 2014
(a) (b)
machining have been conducted both experimentally and and the axial cutting force and feed direction cutting force
theoretically, and most investigations focused on the pro- would become the important index to evaluate the machin-
cess of RUD [27–35]. However, due to the complex shape ability and processing quality. Consequently, it is essential
of dentures, RUD cannot satisfy the machining requirement to develop the cutting force model for RUM (which contains
of zirconia ceramics restorations. RUM is the process which both RUFM and RUSM) of dental zirconia ceramics and to
can be utilized to machine the complex shape due to its flex- reveal the relationships between cutting parameters and the
ible motion of the core tool. Therefore, it is a crucial need to cutting force of axial direction and feed direction.
investigate the process of RUM in dental zirconia ceramics. In this paper, a theoretical model is developed to predict
During the RUM, cutting force is an essential index to the cutting force both in axial direction and feed direc-
reflect the machinability (such as tool wear, cutting tem- tion during RUM in dental zirconia ceramics, based on the
perature, and surface integrity), higher cutting force is apt indentation fracture mechanics under pyramidal indenter.
to induce edge chipping, surface, and subsurface dam- Effective cutting time and material removal volume of sin-
age [26, 30, 36]. Additionally, it is also commonly used gle abrasive particle have been analyzed to assist developing
as a target of machining process to optimize the input the model. Besides, the relationship between active abra-
variables. Therefore, it is significant to predict the cutting sive particles and the length of lateral crack is analyzed,
force before machining. However, there are few reports and then the number of active abrasive particles is calcu-
on predictive model of the cutting force during RUM in lated. The effect of input variables on cutting force will be
brittle materials. Only Zhang et al [37] presented a math- obtained through the model. Finally, pilot experiments will
ematical cutting force model about the rotary ultrasonic be conducted to verify the model.
face milling (RUFM) of brittle materials. The research The paper is organized into five sections. Following this
about rotary ultrasonic side milling (RUSM) has not introduction section, Section 2 describes the dental zirconia
been reported yet. ceramics removal mechanism. The procedure of developing
When the core tool cuts into the workpiece with a large the theoretical model is shown in Section 3. In Section 4,
cutting depth, the abrasive particles on the end face and lat- pilot experiments will be conducted to verify the prediction
eral face would take part in machining. The fracture zone model. Conclusions are drawn up in Section 5.
induced by the end face particles is linked closely to the
axial cutting force, whereas the material removed by lat-
eral face particles is connected to the radial cutting force 2 Mechanism of dental zirconia ceramics removal
(the feed direction cutting force and the cutting force per- during RUM
pendicular to both the axial direction and feed direction).
The dental restoration, such as ceramic crown, is a thin- The mechanism of brittle materials removal in RUM is
wall cavity. In order to machine the ceramic crown, large different from metal removal in grinding. Plastic deforma-
volume of ceramic materials should be removed. The pro- tion was considered as the primary removal mechanism of
cessing efficiency should be improved to meet the clinical metal materials, whereas, for brittle materials, such as zir-
requirement. So the creep-feed and deep grinding assisted conia ceramics, brittle fracture is the main mechanism [38,
with ultrasonic vibration is applied to improve the material 39]. Numerous studies have been done to investigate the
removal rate. In this case, the abrasive particles on the end brittle materials removal mechanism in grinding process.
face and lateral face of the tool would take part in cutting, From the existent papers, ceramic materials mainly have
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three removal mechanisms, including brittle fracture, plas- constant, which is independent of material-indenter system;
tic flow, and powdering removal. The removal mechanism and C2 = 0.226 [41].
varies with input variables [39, 40], for instance, the tran- RUM is a complex process with numerous abrasive par-
sition of ductile-brittle removal is determined by critical ticles. In order to develop the final cutting force model
cutting depth. in RUM of dental zirconia ceramics, single abrasive parti-
In this paper, only brittle fracture, the dominating cle is analyzed originally. The final model will be derived
removal mechanism in brittle materials machining, is taken by summing up the effects of all active abrasive parti-
into consideration to simplify the theoretical model. This cles. To develop the model, the following assumptions and
simplified method has also been used in many other simplifications are used:
papers [34, 37]. According to the characteristics of grinding
1. The diamond abrasive particles are assumed to be rigid
process for brittle materials, indentation fracture mechan-
octahedrons of the same size, as shown in Fig. 3. Every
ics approach is introduced to investigate the mechanism of
four adjacent triangles have a common vertex, form-
material removal [34, 37, 41].
ing a pyramid. Only one pyramid of each octahedral
The indentation fracture mechanics approach likens
particle takes in cutting, the anther is buried in metal
abrasive-workpiece interactions for grinding of dental zir-
bond.
conia ceramics to small-scale indentation events [39]. The
2. The angle between two opposite edges of an abrasive
cracks and deformation induced by indentation of an abra-
particle is α (α = 90◦ ), and the wear of abrasive parti-
sive particle are illustrated in Fig. 2. Plastic deformation
cles is not taken into account. The edge lengths of the
zone is directly under the abrasive particle. Two principal
single abrasive particle are assumed to be the same b.
crack systems emanating from the plastic zone are medial-
3. Brittle fracture is the primary removal mechanism for
radial cracks and lateral cracks. Medial-radial cracks are
RUM of dental zirconia ceramics.
usually associated with strength degradation, while lateral
4. Only the stable machining process is taken into consid-
cracks are with material removal [39]. Shown from the
eration during the development of cutting force model
direction of spindle axis, the cracks generated by single
in RUM, i.e., the cutting in and out process of the core
abrasive particle are illustrated as Fig. 2. The initiation and
tool are neglected.
propagation of these lateral cracks, at the end, lead to the
removal of the dental zirconia ceramic. The length of the
lateral crack CL and the depth of the lateral crack Ch can be
3 Procedure of modeling cutting force during RUM
obtained by the following equations [41]
5 3 12 The material volume removed during RUM consists of
1 12 E4 5
CL = C2 · 1
· Fn8 (1) fracture zones generated by abrasive particles on the end
tanα HV KI C (1 − v 2 ) 2 face and abrasive particles on the lateral face. Assuming
1 1 that these two material removal processes are indepen-
1 3 E2 1
dent, the fracture zone induced by end face particles is
Ch = C2 · · Fn2 (2)
tanα HV linked closely to the axial cutting force, whereas the frac-
Where HV is the hardness of workpiece material, MPa; E ture induced by lateral particles is connected to the radial
is the Youngs modulus of the workpiece material, MPa; v is cutting force tightly. Accordingly, the modeling of axial
the Poissons ratio of the workpiece material; Fn is the load cutting force and radial cutting force should be conducted
applied to the abrasive particle, N; C2 is a dimensionless respectively.
Fig. 3 Dimension of an
abrasive particle [34]
In the machining process, the motion of tool has an effect Where r is the rotational radius of the abrasive particle,
on the cutting force to some extent [35]. Especially for com- mm; ω is the angular velocity of the abrasive particle, rad/s;
plicated motion, such as RUM, the kinematic characteristic vf is the feed rate, mm/s; t is the processing time, s; fV
directly decides the effective cutting time. Therefore, kine- is the ultrasonic vibration frequency, Hz; and A denotes the
matic analysis is conductive to develop the model of cutting ultrasonic vibration amplitude, μm. Figure 4 displays the
force and should be analyzed before modeling. trajectory of an abrasive particle during RUM.
In this section, kinematic analysis of abrasive particles on The velocity of three directions of abrasive particles can
the core tool will be presented in Section 3.1. Section 3.2 be obtained by differentiating Eq. 3, which is shown as
describes the modeling of axial cutting force step by step. follows
The developing of the feed direction cutting force model ⎧
⎨ vx = −r · ωsin(ωt)
will be shown in Section 3.3. vy = r · ωcos(ωt) + vf (4)
⎩
vz = 2πfV A · cos(2πfV t)
3.1 Kinematic analysis of an abrasive particle on the end
face in RUM According to Eq. 4, the acceleration of abrasive particles
can be derived as:
The kinematic relationships for RUM can be viewed as ⎧
the relative position between the diamond metal-bonded ⎨ ax = −r · ω2 cos(ωt)
ay = −r · ω2 sin(ωt) (5)
core tool and the workpiece. The motion of the individ- ⎩
ual abrasive particle in RUM is a combination of spindle az = −4π 2 fV2 A · sin(2πfV t)
rotation, spindle ultrasonic vibration, and horizontal feed
3.2 Development of axial cutting force model during RUM
motion of the tool, as shown in Fig. 1b. Therefore, the
motion trajectory of abrasive particles during RUM can be
3.2.1 Effective cutting time of single particle on the end
expressed as
face during RUM
⎧
⎨ Sx = r · cos(ωt) When the core tool feeds into the workpiece, besides the
Sy = r · sin(ωt) + vf · t (3) feed motion, abrasive particles on the end face would pene-
⎩
Sz = A · sin(2πfV t) trate ultrasonically into the workpiece at the same time. The
e
rat
Feed
in)
/m
X Ax mm
is (m
m) xis (
YA
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ultrasonic vibration is illustrated in Fig. 5. As shown in this The actual axial cutting force Fa measured in RUM
figure, the abrasive particles do not take part in cutting con- experiments has a certain relationship with the axial cutting
tinuously during the entire machining due to the periodic force F1m . It can be derived by equaling the impulse in terms
vibration. Effective cutting time t1e is defined as the time of of Fa to the impulse in terms of F1m during each vibration
taking part in cutting for abrasive particles on end face dur- cycle. It can be described as [18, 31]
ing a vibration cycle. As illustrated in the Fig. 5, it takes an
abrasive particle half of effective cutting time to move from 1
F1m t1e = Fa (9)
(A − δ) to A. The effective cutting time can be calculated fV
using the following equation
3.2.3 Material removal volume of an abrasive particle
1 π δ on the end face in a vibration cycle
t1e = − arcsin 1 − (6)
πfV 2 A
Where δ is the maximum penetration depth of an abrasive As abrasive particles rotate and vibrate along with the core
particle on the end face, mm. tool during RUM, cracks initiate under the indentation, the
material on workpiece surface will be removed due to the
3.2.2 Relation between the axial impact force propagation and intersection of cracks.
and maximum penetration depth The shape of cracks induced by single abrasive parti-
cle has been discussed, as shown in Fig. 2. The fracture
During RUM process, the penetration depth of single par- zone induced by an abrasive particle on the end face dur-
ticle on the end face increases from zero to maximum ing an ultrasonic vibration cycle is illustrated in Fig. 6. l1e is
and descends to zero thereafter due to ultrasonic vibration. the effective cutting distance that an abrasive particle trav-
When the penetration depth of the single particle reaches els during effective cutting time t1e . It can be calculated
the maximum, the axial impact force between the abrasive approximately by following equation:
particle and the workpiece will ascend to highest level.
2πnr
According to the outcome of Jiao’s study [42], the rela- l1e = t1e (10)
tionship between the axial impact force F1m and the max- 60
imum penetration depth δ can be described through the Where n is the spindle speed, rpm; r is the radius of the
following equation: active abrasive particle, mm.
1 2 α As can be seen from the Fig. 6, the removal process of
F1m = ξ δ tan HV (7) material can be simplified as, a rectangle, whose length and
2 2
width vary with the penetration depth, sweeping along with
Where F1m is the axial impact force, N; ξ is the geometrical
factor of the indentor (defined as 1.85 in paper [41]); α is the trajectory of an abrasive particle on the end face in an
the apex angle of single particle, α = 90◦ ; HV denotes the ultrasonic vibration cycle. So the volume of fracture zone
produced in an ultrasonic vibration cycle V1t can be con-
hardness of the workpiece, MPa.
sidered as the octahedron illustrated in Fig. 6 and can be
According to the Eq. 7, by taking the number of active
calculated approximately through the following equation
abrasive particles into consideration, the axial impact force
between the core tool and workpiece can be expressed as 2
V1t = CL CH l1e (11)
F1m = N1a · F1m (8) 3
Where N1a is the number of the active particles on the end When the number of active abrasive particles on the end
face. face is taken into account, the material removal volume of
Fig. 5 Schematic illustration of ultrasonic vibration [34] Fig. 6 Volume removed by an end face abrasive particle during RUM
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(a) (b)
Fig. 7 Relationship between material removal volume and input variables during RUM
active abrasive particles on the end face in an ultrasonic of removed volume in radial direction will be counteracted
vibration cycle V1t can be obtained as by calculating the number of active abrasive particles, and it
will be discussed specifically in Section 3.2.4.
2
V1t = N1a · V1t = N1a CL CH l1e (12) As for the overlapping and intersection of removed vol-
3
ume in peripheral direction, the degree of overlapping and
During RUM process, due to the feed motion of dia- intersection between different abrasive particles are deter-
mond metal-bonded core tool, the material is removed not mined by the cutting parameters (spindle speed, feed rate,
only by abrasive particles on the end face but also by abra- and cutting depth). In this subsection, a parameter K1
sive particles on lateral face. The proportion of these two a a
(K1 =c11 · na11 · vf12 · ap13 ) will be introduced to solve the
part removed volumes depends on cutting depth ap of core
problem, so the relationship between V1t and V1a can be
tool. As shown in Fig. 7, the exposed height he of end face
obtained as follows
abrasive particles and their ultrasonic vibration amplitude
A result in material removal directly under the tool. When
ap < he , the material is removed only by abrasive par- V1t = K1 · V1a (14)
ticles on the end face, i.e., in this case, the feed direction
cutting force can be ignored. When ap ≥ he , the abrasive 3.2.4 The number of active abrasive particles
particles on the lateral face will take part in cutting, and the during effective cutting time
feed direction cutting force should be analyzed. So the fol-
lowing modeling of the feed direction cutting force is in the During the RUM, based on the method of calculating mate-
circumstance ap ≥ he . rial removal volume, which has been discussed above, not
The material removed by end face active abrasive parti- all of the abrasive particles on the end face can be consid-
cles in an ultrasonic vibration cycle can also be expressed as ered as active particles, i.e., the number of active particles
N1a is not the number of entire particles on the end face.
(A + ap ) · Do · vf · f1V ap < he According to the Fig. 8, the abrasive particles in these
V1a = (13)
(A + he ) · Do · vf · f1V ap ≥ he two cracks system (ABCDF GH E and F GH EKLI J ) are
not active particles. The fracture zone moved by the two Table 1 Compositions of dental zirconia ceramic material
cracks system has already included the zone removed by the
Composition ZrO2 Y2 O3 Al2 O3 SiO2 F e2 O3 Na2 O
particles between the groove mn and po. Based on this, the
overlapping and intersection of different cracks should be Content (%) < 96 5.30 0.25 ≤ 0.002 ≤ 0.002 ≤ 0.002
taken into consideration. In order to simplify the calculation,
assume that active abrasive particles distribute as shown in
Fig. 9. The distribution of the abrasive particles in periph- 720K1 (A + ap ) · Do · vf · A · b
δ2 = 2
·
1
eral direction is in accordance with the practical condition, ( 12 ξ ) · C0 Ca3 C2 · πn(Ro + Ri )2 (Ro − Ri )
2
while the distribution of abrasive particles in radial direc- 1
tion is determined by the length of lateral crack. Hence, the HV2
(17)
number of active abrasive particles on the end face can be 1
(tan α2 ) 6 · E 2
1
expressed as:
Substituting Eqs. 1, 7, 15, 16, and 17 into Eq. 9, the
2
0.88 × 10−3 Ca 3
Ro − Ri Ro + Ri relation between cutting force and input variables in the
N1a = √ · · ·b condition of ap < he can be derived as the following
2 3 100 2CL 2
3 b ρ equation:
2
Ca3 18
= C0 · Ro2 − Ri2 (15) 7 1 1 − 15 − 18 Ro2 − Ri2
4CL b Fa = K1 · K0 · C0 · Ca
8 8 12
· C2 8 7
·b
· ·
(Ro + Ri ) 8
Where Ca is the abrasive concentration [31]; b is the abra- 7 7 21 1 1
sive size, mm; Ro is the core tool outer radius, mm; Ri is the Do · Vf 8 (A + ap ) 8 HV16 · KI2C · 1 − v 2 4
· 1
· 3
core tool inner radius, mm; ρ is the density of abrasive mate- n A8
13
E 16 · tan α2 16
rial, g/mm3 , ρ = 3.25 × 10−3 g/mm3 ; C0 is a dimensionless
2 (18)
constant, Co = [3 × 0.88 × 10−3/(100 × 20.5 ρ)] 3 = 0.033.
33 7
Where K0 is a dimensionless constant, K0 = 2− 16 ×360 8 ×
1 7
3.2.5 Axial cutting force model ξ 16 × π − 8 = 14.60. When ap ≥ he , the axial cutting force
can be obtained by replacing ap with he in the Eq. 18.
In order to simplify calculation, Eq. 6 can be simply
expressed as [18, 37] 3.3 Modeling of cutting force in feed direction during
RUM (ap ≥ he )
δ
t1e = (16)
2AfV In terms of the abrasive particle on the lateral face, the
Substituting Eqs. 1, 2, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 into Eq. 14, width of workpiece is larger than the diameter of core tool.
the maximum penetration depth in the condition of ap < he Besides, the cutting depth ap is equal or larger than the
can be obtained as: exposed height he of the abrasive particles on the end face,
i.e., ap ≥ he . As explained in Section 3.2.3, when ap < he ,
the abrasive particles on the lateral face of the core tool do
not take part in cutting during RUM. So when it comes to the
Fig. 9 Distribution of end face abrasive particles of core tool Fig. 10 Schematic illustration of RUM
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Table 2 Properties of dental zirconia ceramic material (the uncharted When the core tool takes part in cutting during RUM, due
value is the sintered zirconia ceramics) to the feed motion, part of materials is removed by abrasive
Property Unit Value particles on the lateral face. Although ultrasonic vibration
also has influence on lateral particles, the mechanism of
Bending strength MPa 800-1000 material removal is same to conventional diamond grinding
Fracture strength MPa 1200 of brittle materials. Because the feed rate is much lower than
Fracture toughness MPa·m1/2 6 the rotation speed of lateral particles, the effect of feed rate
Vickers hardness GPa 12 (sintered) on penetration depth of the lateral particles can be ignored
0.7 (pre-sintering) during a rotation cycle. More specifically, the penetration
Elastic modulus Gpa 210 depth of lateral particles is constant, only the trajectory of
Density g/cm3 6.05 (sintered) particles turns into a fluctuant circular arc. Consequently,
3.10 (pre-sintering) the machining process of the lateral face of diamond core
tool can be simplified as conventional diamond grinding.
In stable cutting condition, i.e., except the process of cut-
modeling of the feed direction cutting force, only the con- ting in and out, the contact area between the lateral face of
dition ap ≥ he is taken into consideration. The schematic core tool and workpiece is constant. More exactly, the num-
illustration of RUM is shown in Fig. 10. Therefore, the ber of active abrasive particles taking in cutting is constant.
effective cutting time in a rotation cycle is half of the cycle, Adopting the similar analysis method that used to calculate
i.e. the active particles number on the tool end face, the num-
1 60 30 ber of active abrasive particles on the lateral face N2a can
t2e = · = (19) be expressed as
2 n n
Where n is the spindle speed, rpm.
0.88 × 10−3 Ca 2 ap − he √ πDo
N2a = [ √ · ]3 · · 2b · (20)
2 3 100 2CL 2
3 b ρ
Fig. 11 Force analysis of lateral abrasive particles during RUM Fig. 12 Volume removed by a lateral abrasive particle during RUM
Experiment Spindle speed (rpm) Feed rate (mm/min) Cutting depth (μm)
Experiment Spindle speed (rpm) Feed rate (mm/min) Cutting depth (μm)
3 1 1 1 3
K24 · K3 · C02
4
· Ca6 (ap − he ) · Do4 · vf4
Ff = 7
· 1 3
·
C24 b4 · n4
2 5 1 1
(tan α2 ) 3 · HV4 · KI2C · (1 − v 2 ) 4
3
(28)
E4
3
Where K3 = 2 × 15 4 /π = 4.85; C02 = (3 × 0.88 ×
2
10−3 /(100 × 20.5 ρ)) 3 = 0.033.
4 Experiments verification
Fig. 15 Predicted relationship between the axial cutting force and input variables
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the rise of spindle speed. The axial cutting force is non- steadily while the feed direction cutting force ascends
linear proportional to ultrasonic vibration amplitude, and originally and then decreases slightly.
the ultrasonic frequency has no influence on axial cutting 3. The trends of input variables on the cutting force ana-
force through the theoretical model. It is consistent with lyzed through theoretical model are consistent well with
the Zhangs research [37]. When it comes to the feed direc- the trends obtained from experiments. Therefore, the
tion cutting force, the spindle speed and feed rate show theoretical cutting force model can be used to pre-
the similar effect on the theoretical feed direction cutting dict the cutting force during RUM of dental zirconia
force. The feed direction cutting force increases with the ceramics.
rise of the cutting depth initially, but then it experiences a
In this paper, it is innovative to propose a cutting force
slight downward trend. Besides, the vibration amplitude has
model for RUM of dental zirconia ceramics in predicting
no influence on the feed direction cutting force. Compared
cutting force both in axial direction and feed direction. The
with machining variables, the properties of the tool have lit-
model can serve as a reference for efficient manufacturing
tle effect on both the axial cutting force and feed direction
of dental zirconia ceramics during RUM.
cutting force.
Acknowledgments This research was financially supported by the
4.4 Comparison of predictive values and experimental National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51305206)
values and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant
No.BK2012402).
The verification experiments are designed as the same of the
experiments for obtaining K1 and K2 , the specifical values
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