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Effects of cutting conditions on the milling process of titanium alloy Ti6Al4V

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Titanium alloy is a difficult-to-cut material, widely used due to its excellent material and mechanical properties. In this paper, the cutting mechanisms of titanium alloy Ti6Al4V under up-milling and down-milling with different cutting conditions have been theoretically and experimentally discussed. The milling processes were simulated by an orthogonal cutting finite element model. And a series of milling experiments were carried out to verify the simulated results. Significantly, it elaborates the prominent differences of cutting mechanisms of titanium alloy between up-milling and down-milling.

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  1. College of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China

    Hongbing Wu

  2. Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Part Rolling Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315100, China

    Hongbing Wu

  3. Research Institute of Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, Jiangxi, China

    Shaojian Zhang

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Wu, H., Zhang, S. Effects of cutting conditions on the milling process of titanium alloy Ti6Al4V. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 77, 2235–2240 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-6645-2

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