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CH 6
CH 6
Module II
THEORY OF METAL
CUTTING
Thermal aspects of Machining,
Tool materials, Tool wear
Cutting fluids and Machinability.
Cutting Temperatures
Of the total energy consumed in machining, nearly all of it is
converted into heat. The heat generated can cause
temperatures to be as high as 6000C at tool chip interface.
From 10 to 20% of the total heat goes into the tool and some heat is
absorbed in the blank.
With the progress of grinding the depth, hi gradually decreases after each
grinding pass and the value of temperature, θm also rises as has been
indicated in Fig.
For getting the temperature exactly at the surface i.e., grinding zone, hi
has to be zero, which is not possible. So the θm vs hi curve has to be
extrapolated up to hi = 0 to get the actual grinding zone temperature. Log
– log plot helps such extrapolation more easily and accurately.
Embedded thermocouple technique
Infra-red photographic technique
This modern and powerful method is based on taking
infra-red photograph of the hot surfaces of the tool, chip,
and/or job and get temperature distribution at those
surfaces.
Proper calibration is to be done before that. This way the
temperature profiles can be recorded as indicated in Fig.
The fringe pattern readily changes with the change in any
machining parameter which affect cutting temperature.
Infra-red photographic technique
Tool wear and failure
The usefulness of tool cutting edge is lost through
Wear
Breakage
Chipping
Deformation
Tool failure implies that the tool has reached a point
beyond which it will not function satisfactorily until it is
re-sharpened.
Three Modes of Tool Failure
Fracture failure
When the Cutting force at tool point becomes excessive, it
leads to failure by brittle fracture.
Temperature failure
Cutting temperature is too high for the tool material, which
makes the tool point to soften, and leads to plastic
deformation along with a loss of sharp edge.
Gradual wear
Gradual wearing of the cutting edge causes loss of tool
shape, reduction in cutting efficiency and finally tool failure.
Preferred Mode of Tool Failure:
Gradual Wear
Fracture and temperature failures are premature failures
Gradual wear is preferred because it leads to the longest
possible use of the tool
Gradual wear occurs at two locations on a tool:
Crater wear – occurs on top rake face
Flank wear – occurs on flank (side of tool)
Figure: Diagram of worn cutting tool, showing the principal
locations and types of wear that occur
Crater wear
It consists of a concave section on the tool face formed by the
action of the chip sliding on the surface.
At the same time, the crater wear weakens the tool wedge and
increases the possibility for tool breakage.
(b)flank wear on a
cemented carbide tool,
as seen through a
toolmaker's microscope
Tool Wear: Mechanisms
Adhesion wear:
Fragments of the work-piece get welded to the tool surface at high
temperatures; eventually, they break off, tearing small parts of the
tool with them.
Abrasion:
Hard particles, microscopic variations on the bottom surface of the
chips rub against the tool surface and break away a fraction of tool
with them.
Diffusion wear:
At high temperatures, atoms from tool diffuse across to the chip; the
rate of diffusion increases exponentially with temperature; this
reduces the fracture strength of the crystals.
Tool Wear vs. Time
Figure: Effect of cutting speed on tool flank wear (FW) for three
cutting speeds, using a tool life criterion of 0.50 mm flank wear
Figure: Natural log-log plot of cutting speed vs tool life
Tool Life
Tool wear is a time dependent process. As cutting
proceeds, the amount of tool wear increases gradually.
Vm = .. . 3/ in
D = dia of workpiece, mm
t = depth of cut, mm
f = feed, mm/rev
N = RPM
Tool Life
If T be the time for tool failure in mins, The total volume
removed up to Tool Failure
= . . . .
Cutting Speed,
V = DN/ 000 m/min
1. Tool material
Developing materials that can withstand the forces,
temperatures and wearing in machining process.
2. Tool geometry
Optimizing the geometry of the cutting tool for the
tool material and for a given operation.
CUTTING TOOL MATERIALS
The cutting tool materials must possess a number of important
properties to avoid excessive wear, fracture failure and high
temperatures in cutting.
The following characteristics are essential for cutting materials to
withstand the heavy conditions of the cutting process and to produce
high quality and economical parts:
Tool failure modes identify the important properties that a tool
material should possess:
Toughness - to avoid fracture failure.
Hot hardness - ability to retain hardness at high temperatures.
Wear resistance - hardness is the most important property to
resist abrasive wear.
CUTTING TOOL MATERIALS
hardness at elevated temperatures (so-called hot hardness) so
that hardness and strength of the tool edge are maintained in high
cutting temperatures.
Toughness: ability of the material to absorb energy without
failing. Cutting is often accompanied by impact forces especially if
cutting is interrupted, and cutting tool may fail very soon if it is
not strong enough.
wear resistance: although there is a strong correlation between
hot hardness and wear resistance, latter depends on more than
just hot hardness. Other important characteristics include surface
finish on the tool, chemical inertness of the tool material with
respect to the work material, and thermal conductivity of the tool
material, which affects the maximum value of the cutting
temperature at tool-chip interface.
Fig: Typical hot hardness relationships for selected tool materials.
T-series (18-4-1):
Contains 18 % tungsten, 4% chromium, 1% vanadium
& cobalt
undergoes less distortion during heat treating
Cemented Carbides
Introduced in the 1930s. These are the most important
tool materials today because of their high hot hardness
and wear resistance.
Act as disposable
heat sink
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Characteristics of a Good
Cutting Fluid
Characteristics of a Good
Cutting Fluid
1. Good cooling capacity
2. Good lubricating qualities
3. Resistance to rancidity
4. Relatively low viscosity
5. Stability (long life)
6. Rust resistance
7. Nontoxic
8. Transparent
9. Non inflammable
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Economic Advantages to Using
Cutting Fluids
Reduction of tool costs.
– Reduce tool wear, tools last longer
Other functions
– Prolong cutting-tool life
– Provide rust control
– Resist rancidity
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Functions of a Cutting Fluid:
Cooling
• Most effective at high cutting speeds where heat generation
and high temperatures are problems.
• Most effective on tool materials that are most susceptible to
temperature failures. (e.g., HSS)
• Two sources of heat during cutting action
– Plastic deformation of metal
• Occurs immediately ahead of cutting tool
• Accounts for 2/3 to 3/4 of heat
– Friction from chip sliding along cutting-tool face.
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Functions of a Cutting Fluid:
Cooling
• Water used as base in coolant - type cutting fluids.
• Water most effective for reducing heat by will promote
oxidation (rust).
• Heat has definite bearing on cutting-tool wear
– Small reduction will greatly extend tool life
• Decrease the temperature at the chip-tool interface by 50
degrees F, and it will increase tool life by up to 5 times.
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Functions of a Cutting Fluid:
Lubrication
• Usually oil based fluids and are most effective at lower
cutting speeds.
• Also reduces temperature in the operation.
• Reduces friction between chip and tool face
– Shear plane becomes shorter
– i.e., the area where plastic deformation occurs is smaller
• Extreme-pressure lubricants reduce amount of heat produced
by friction.
• EP chemicals of synthetic fluids combine chemically with
sheared metal of chip to form solid compounds (allows chip
to slide) 87
Cutting fluid reduces friction and
produces a shorter shear plane.
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Cutting-Tool Life
• Heat and friction are prime causes of cutting-tool
breakdown
• Reduce temperature by as little as 500F, life of cutting
tool increases fivefold
• Built-up edge
– Pieces of metal weld themselves to tool face
– Becomes large and flat along tool face, effective rake
angle of cutting tool decreased
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Built-up
Edge
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Rust Control
• Water is the best and most economical coolant
– Causes parts to rust
• Rust is oxidized iron
• Chemical cutting fluids contain rust inhibitors
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Rancidity Control
Rancidity caused by bacteria and other microscopic
organisms, growing and eventually causing bad odours
to form.
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Application of Cutting Fluids
• Cutting-tool life and machining operations influenced
by way cutting fluid applied
• Copious stream under low pressure so work and tool
well covered
– Inside diameter of supply nozzle ¾ width of cutting
tool
– Applied to where chip being formed
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Refrigerated Air System
• Another way to cool chip-tool interface
• Effective, inexpensive and readily available
• Used where dry machining is necessary
• Uses compressed air that enters vortex generation
chamber
– Cooled 1000F below incoming air
• Air directed to interface and blow chips away
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Types of Cutting Fluids
• Most commonly used cutting fluids
– Either aqueous based solutions or cutting oils
• Fall into three categories
– Straight Cutting oils
– Emulsifiable oils or Water Soluble oils
– Chemical (synthetic) cutting fluids
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Straight Cutting Oils
• Derived from petroleum, animal, marine or vegetable
substances and may be used straight or in combination.
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Emulsifiable (Water Soluble) Oils
• About 90% of all metal cutting and grinding operations
make use of emulsions due to their high sp. Heat, high
thermal conductivity and high heat of vapourisation.
• Mineral oils containing soap like material that makes them
soluble in water and causes them to adhere to work piece.
• Emulsifiers break oil into minute particles and keep them
separated in water.
– Water blend is in the ratio of 1 part oil to 15~20 parts water
(for cutting) and 40 to 60 parts of water (for grinding)
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Machinability
• Ease or difficulty with which metal can be machined
with satisfactory finish at low cost.
• Measured by length of cutting-tool life in minutes or by
rate of stock removal in relation to cutting speed
employed.
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Machinability
Machinability is defined in terms of:
1. Surface finish and surface integrity of machined part
2. Tool life
3. Force and power required
4. The level of difficulty in chip control
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Machinability Index
Machinability:
Machinability of Nonferrous Metals
• Aluminum
– very easy to machine
– but softer grades: form BUE ⇒ poor surface finish
– ⇒ recommend high cutting speeds, high rake and relief angles
• Beryllium
– requires machining in a controlled environment
– this is due to toxicity of fine particles produced in machining
• Cobalt-based alloys
– abrasive and work hardening
– require sharp, abrasion-resistant tool materials, and low feeds and
speeds
• Copper
– can be difficult to machine because of BUE formation 109
Machinability:
Machinability of Nonferrous Metals
• Magnesium
– very easy to machine, good surface finish, prolonged tool life
– Caution: high rate of oxidation and fire danger
• Titanium and its alloys
– have very poor thermal conductivity
– ⇒ high temp. rise and BUE ⇒ difficult to machine
• Tungsten
– brittle, strong, and very abrasive
– ⇒ machinability is low
• Zirconium
– Good machinability
– Requires cooling cutting fluid (danger of explosion, fire)
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Aluminum
• Pure aluminum generally more difficult to machine
than aluminum alloys
– Produces long stringy chips and harder on cutting tool
• Aluminum alloys
– Cut at high speeds, yield good surface finish
– Hardened and tempered alloys easier to machine
– Silicon in alloy makes it difficult to machine
• Chips tear from work (poor surface)
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Copper
• Heavy, soft, reddish-colored metal refined from copper
ore (copper sulfide)
– High electrical and thermal conductivity
– Very ductile
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Copper/Beryllium
• Heavy, hard, reddish-colored copper metal with Beryllium
added
– High electrical and thermal conductivity.
– Good corrosion resistance and strength.
– Can be welded.
– Somewhat ductile.
– Withstands high temperature.
• Machines well
– Highly abrasive to HSS Tooling.
– Coolant should be used to lubricate and minimize tool wear.
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Copper-Based Alloys: Brass
• Alloy of copper and zinc with good corrosion
resistance, easily formed, machines, and cast.
• Several forms of brass.
– Alpha brasses: up to 36% zinc, suitable for cold working.
– Alpha 1 beta brasses: Contain 54%-62% copper and used
in hot working.
• Phosphor-bronze
– 90% copper, 10% tin, and very small amount of phosphorus
– High strength, toughness, corrosion resistance
– Used for lock washers, cotter pins, springs and clutch discs
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Copper-Based Alloys: Bronze
• Silicon-bronze (copper-silicon alloy)
– Contains less than 5% silicon
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Copper-Based Alloys: Bronze
• Aluminum-bronze (copper-aluminum alloy)
– Contains between 4% and 11% aluminum
– Other elements added
Iron and nickel (both up to 5%) increases strength
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Effects of
Temperature and Friction
• Heat created
– Plastic deformation occurring in metal during process of
forming chip
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Effects of
Temperature and Friction
• Temperature of metal immediately ahead of cutting tool
comes close to melting temperature of metal being cut.
• Greatest heat generated when ductile material of high
tensile strength is cut.
• Lowest heat generated when soft material of low tensile
strength is cut.
• Maximum temperature attained during cutting action.
– affects cutting-tool life, quality of surface finish, rate of
production and accuracy of work piece.
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Friction
• Kept low as possible for efficient cutting action
• Increasing coefficient of friction gives greater
possibility of built-up edge forming
– Larger built-up edge, more friction
– Results in breakdown of cutting edge and poor surface finish
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Factors Affecting Surface Finish
• Feed rate
• Nose radius of tool
• Cutting speed
• Rigidity of machining operation
• Temperature generated during machining process
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Surface Finish
• Direct relationship between temperature of work piece
and quality of surface finish
– High temperature yields rough surface finish
– Metal particles tend to adhere to cutting tool and form built-
up edge
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