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Evaluation of Tool Life in the Dry Machining of Inconel 718 Parts from Additive Manufacturing (AM)

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The need for developing sustainable manufacturing processes are more and more increasing due to environmental regulations that are introduced worldwide. In the field of manufacturing metallic parts, the dry machining process is the effective way to reduce the costs of production and to avoid harm in environment and human health. Especially, Inconel 718 parts, which is very popular in aerospace, chemical, and nuclear industries, produced with additive manufacturing require a finishing process for quality assurance to rough and porous surfaces after printing process. Generally, machining of difficult-to cut materials such as Inconel 718 need the cutting fluids to improve the surface integrity and tool life. The present work investigates the effect of microstructure life of the Inconel 718 part produced by additive manufacturing on the tool compared with the wrought Inconel 718 part during the dry machining. The experimental findings show that the tool life of the Inconel 718 from AM is increased due to the melt pool microstructure formed by the laser irradiation though the hardness is higher than the wrought Inconel 718. Abrasive wear is strongly affected to tool life of the Inconel 718 from AM while adhesive and fracture wear is mostly found in the tool of wrought Inconel 718.

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Abbreviations

V :

Velocity (m/min)

s :

Surface

f :

Feed rate (mm/rev)

dp :

Radial depth (mm)

ap :

Axial depth (mm)

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This work was supported by Korea Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (Project: Core Technology Development for 3D Printing Based Small Gas Turbine Engine of Unmanned Vehicles) and Ulsan Metropolitan City and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Project: AM-based eco-friendly auto parts R&BD).

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    Eunju Park, Hyung Wook Park, Young-Bin Park & Namhun Kim

  2. Dongnam Regional Division, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 25, Yeonkkot-ro 165 beon-gil, Jeongchon-myeon, Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 52845, Republic of Korea

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Park, E., Kim, D.M., Park, H.W. et al. Evaluation of Tool Life in the Dry Machining of Inconel 718 Parts from Additive Manufacturing (AM). Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 21, 57–65 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-019-00275-x

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