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Tribology International: J. Rech, C. Claudin, E. D'Eramo
Tribology International: J. Rech, C. Claudin, E. D'Eramo
Tribology International
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Article history: The characterization of friction coefficients at the tool-chip-workpiece interface remains an issue. This
Received 12 April 2008 paper aims to identify a friction model able to describe the friction coefficient at this interface during
Received in revised form the dry cutting of an AISI1045 with TiN coated carbide tools. A new tribometer has been designed in
11 September 2008
order to reach relevant values of pressures and sliding velocities. This set-up is based on a modified pin-
Accepted 12 October 2008
on-ring system. Additionally a numerical model simulating the frictional test has been associated in
Available online 22 October 2008
order to quantify average friction coefficients around the spherical pin, from the standard macroscopic
Keywords: data provided by the experimental system. A range of cutting speeds has been investigated. It has been
Friction shown that the friction coefficient is very much dependant on the sliding velocity. A new friction model
Numerical modelling
has been identified based on the average local sliding velocity.
Cutting
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1. Introduction velocities in the rubbing zone and in the secondary shear zone are
very much different as shown in Fig. 1. As a consequence, the
In the context of a global competition, companies are range of temperature is very large as shown by infrared
compelled to improve their productivities. As a consequence, measurements at the tool-chip-workpiece interface [2]. The
they have to optimize their production processes including pressure along the interface is also very much different as
cutting processes. In order to achieve this aim, industry adopts reported by Trent [3]. Both temperature and pressure are well
very high cutting levels (high cutting speeds and feed rates). known as having a great influence on frictional behaviour, so the
Under severe conditions, caused by a high cutting levels, the assumption of a constant coefficient along the interface is not
mechanical stresses and temperatures at tool-chip interface and consistent.
around the cutting edge can be critically high, resulting in an Moreover the value of the Coulomb model is never predeter-
excessive tool wear or even a premature tool failure. Therefore, it mined by any frictional investigations, but is used as a variable
is necessary to develop an accurate cutting process simulation to parameter allowing the adjustment of the numerical results in
identify optimum cutting conditions in terms of tool material, tool order to fit the experimental data, especially the cutting force.
geometry and coating method in order to sustain the productivity However, it is now generally accepted that a constant Coulomb
improvement of machining operations. Nevertheless, the ‘cutting’ friction coefficient cannot represent the contact at the tool-chip-
scientific community regrets an important lack of fundamental workpiece interfaces during the cutting operation because of
understanding of the defects occurring at the tool-chip interface exceptional mechanical and thermal loadings. In the case of steel
(‘secondary shear zone’ in Fig. 1) and at the tool-workpiece machining, usual cutting conditions lead to severe tribological
interface (‘rubbing zone’ in Fig. 1) in order to achieve an accurate conditions: high velocities (60–600 m/min), high temperatures
modelling by means of finite element methods [1]. So far, the (up to 1000 1C), high pressures (up to 2 GPa) since Trent [3].
Coulomb model with a constant coefficient, irrespective of In order to investigate the tribological phenomena at these
temperature and pressure, is usually used to simulate the friction interfaces, scientists use two approaches. The first approach
phenomena at these interfaces. However, in metal cutting, a wide consists in using the cutting process itself [4–11]. The second one
range of cutting speed is used. The temperature at interfaces is consists in using frictional laboratory tests.
directly influenced by the friction velocity. Moreover the sliding The first approach has been used by several researchers. The
investigations are usually based on turning tests of a tube made of
the investigated material, with a cutting tool made of the relevant
Corresponding author. Tel.: +33 677098123; fax: +33 477437539. substrate and coating. During tests, cutting forces and tempera-
E-mail address: joel.rech@enise.fr (J. Rech). tures are measured. After tests, scientists analyze the geometry
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doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2008.10.007
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f
Vc : Cutting speed
f : feed
Workmaterial Vc
h Chip
Rubbing
zone
Vc Vchip ~ Vc.f
h
Cutting tool
and the microstructure of chips, in parallel to the traces left by the provides a very wide range of sliding velocities. However sliding
tool/chip/workpiece interfaces remained on the cutting tools. Of velocities must be chosen in accordance with the frictional
course, this kind of tests is the best way to provide the relevant velocity of the workmaterial around the cutting tool (along the
friction conditions for cutting applications. However, it is rake face and along the flank face) as shown in Fig. 1.
impossible to have detailed information about the local contact After each friction test, a cutting tool refreshes the surface
pressure or temperature since it varies very significantly along the ploughed by the pin. A belt finishing operation is also performed
tool-chip-workpiece contact as shown by [2]. Moreover it is very in order to obtain a very low surface roughness Ra0.1 mm. After
difficult to discriminate information about friction from the this regeneration, the surface remains in the same condition
macroscopic data (cutting, force, feed force, etc.) since the chip irrespective of the testing conditions.
formation plays the major role. In deed, as shown by [6], the The pin is a cylinder having a spherical geometry at its
influence of friction on the macroscopic measurements plays a extremity + 9 mm. It is made of cemented carbide with a similar
secondary role. As a consequence the macroscopic parameters grade to the one used for cutting tools. Pins have been polished in
analyzed are inadequate to provide local information about order to reach a low surface roughness Rao0.3 mm. Then pins
friction. In order to overcome this problem, authors introduce have been coated with a TiN layer obtained by physical vapour
analytical models based on a lot of assumptions about the deposition (PVD). This sphere-plane contact configuration has
variation of the frictional behaviour along the contact and about been chosen in order to reach relevant contact pressures.
chip formation, which does not ensure the reliability of the The pin is maintained by an instrumented pin-holder able
results. to provide data about the instantaneous heat flux entering into
On the contrary, laboratory tribological tests enable to master the pin. This equipment enables to evaluate the percentage of
much more accurately the contact conditions. The modification of frictional heat transmitted to pins.
these conditions is rather easy. Several frictional set-ups already The pin-holder is fixed onto a dynamometer in order to provide
exist or have been developed. The most widely known set-up the apparent normal and tangential force (macroscopic forces).
is the pin-on-disc system, which is unfortunately not able to So the first objective of this paper is to characterize the
simulate the contact conditions in cutting, since the conditions influence of the sliding velocity on the friction coefficient at
(temperature, pressure) are not relevant to those observed in the tool-chip-workpiece interface during the dry cutting of an
cutting as shown by [13]. The contact pressures allowed using AISI1045 in its annealed state (180 HB) with a TiN coated carbide.
these systems hardly reach 1 GPa due to a lack of rigidity. The new experimental set-up, previously described, has been
Moreover, during a cutting operation, the chip flows on the rake applied in order to bring these original data.
face and never comes back. In parallel, the cut surface rubs the The second objective of the paper is to apply a numerical
flank face and is never more in contact with the tool (Fig. 1). scratching model simulating the same conditions as the experi-
Specialists in tribology use the terminology ‘‘open tribo-system’’ mental tests. Based on the experimental data recorded during
since [14]. On the contrary, in pin-on-disc systems, the pin always friction tests and based on the local data provided by the
rubs on the same track. This configuration is a so-called ‘‘closed numerical scratching model, it becomes possible to identify an
tribo-system’’. Both configurations lead to fully different tribolo- analytical friction model describing the frictional behaviour of
gical results. So it does not make sense to use ‘closed tribo-system’ these two materials for a large range of sliding velocities.
in order to investigate the tribological phenomena at tool/chip/
workpiece interfaces as shown by [15,16].
Based on this statement, a new tribometer, based on 2. Testing conditions
Hedenqvist’s work [17], has been developed in order to reach
relevant contact conditions in pressure and temperature. Its Testing conditions have to be chosen in accordance with the
design is presented in [18]. The principle of this experimental frictional conditions estimated along the tool/chip/workpiece
set-up is illustrated in Fig. 2. A cylindrical bar, made of AISI 1045 interfaces. For instance, the machining of a AISI 1045 annealed
annealed steel (180HB), is fixed onto a lathe’s chuck. A pin, having steel (180 HB) with a TiN coated carbide tool in dry cutting
a spherical geometry is pressed onto the cylindrical surface by conditions is commonly performed at a cutting speed around
means of a jack. An axial movement combined with the rotation of Vc150 m/min in the concerned industrial application. Based on
the bar leads to a helical movement. The kinematic of a lathe Fig. 1, it is of evidence that the macroscopic sliding velocity at the
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3. Experimental results
The first output data provided by this set-up is the ratio increases with the velocity, which is coherent with the fact that
between the tangential and the normal force. This coefficient can more energy is produced and has to be dissipated.
be defined as an apparent friction coefficient mapp: As summary, this section has shown the large influence of the
sliding velocity on the apparent friction coefficient and on the
Ft
mapp ¼ (1) heat flux transmitted to pins. However it is not possible to identify
Fn
friction models based on macroscopic parameters such as the
The evolution of mapp versus sliding velocity Vs is plotted in macroscopic sliding velocity, since it is not usable in any
Fig. 3. Experiments have been conducted on a larger range of numerical cutting models. In deed numerical models only
sliding velocities Vs in order to explore frictional phenomena at consider friction models depending on local parameters such as
higher and lower values than the ones necessary during the present temperature, pressure, stress, local sliding velocity, etcy So it is
industrial application. Each test configuration has been replicated now necessary to develop a methodology in order to identify a
2 times. The maximum deviation observed in the whole range friction model based on local parameters at the interface.
of testing conditions is lower than 5%. Fig. 3 shows that friction is
strongly influenced by sliding velocity Vs. This confirms that it is
not relevant to consider the friction coefficient as independent
from sliding velocity. It is also clear that over 200 m/min, the slope 4. Numerical post-treatment methods
becomes horizontal which reveals a modification of the frictional
behavior. The reason for this different behavior is not understood The results provided by the experimental set-up are macro-
for the time being and necessitates further investigations. scopic data: apparent friction coefficient and heat flux jpin. The
The second output data provided by the set-up is the heat flux characterization of the frictional phenomena at the tool/chip/
transmitted to the pin jpin. The evolution of heat flux jpin versus workpiece interface necessitates focusing the analysis on the
sliding velocity Vs is plotted in Fig. 4. It appears that heat flux phenomena occurring at the pin/workpiece interface. Macroscopic
the ploughing effect (plastic deformation) induced by the pin Parameter Temperature (1C) Value
under such high pressures: mplast
the adhesive phenomena: madh Specific heat (J kg1 1C1) 20 423
Thermal conductivity (W m1 1C1) 20 47
Density (kg m3) 20 7800
It is assumed since Bowden and Tabor [20] that Coef. thermal expansion (mm/m 1C) 20 11
Poisson’s ratio 20 0.3
mapp ¼ mplast þ madh (2) Young’s modulus (GPa) 20 200
Fig. 7. Evolution of contact temperature with the sliding velocity. Fig. 10. Evolution of adhesive friction coefficient versus local sliding velocity.
Fig. 8. Example of reparation of the local sliding velocity and calculation of its average value.
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