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Comparative investigation on surface integrity for conventional and ultrasonic vibration–assisted cutting of in situ TiB2/7050Al MMCs

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The particle reinforced metal matrix composites have drawn attractive attentions in modern industries due to their excellent properties such as low density, improved strength, and wear resistance. However, due to the existence of hard ceramic particles, it shows poor machinability such as large cutting force and unstable machined surface quality using traditional cutting method. In this study, taking advantage of ultrasonic vibration–assisted cutting method such as reducing cutting force and improving machining quality, the machined surface integrity of a new kind of in situ TiB2/7050Al metal matrix composites was comparatively investigated between conventional milling (CM) and ultrasonic vibration–assisted milling (UVM). It was much important to match appropriate ultrasonic vibration parameters and cutting parameters for achieving a smaller surface roughness and larger surface compressive residual stress in UVM. The depth of compressive residual stress layer in the subsurface was about 90 to 120 μm, which was deeper than that of CM. Besides, ultrasonic vibration did not make obvious impact on the surface hardness and microhardness. In this paper, for ultrasonic vibration–assisted milling in situ TiB2/7050Al MMCs, the vibration parameters and cutting parameters were recommended as frequency of 30 kHz, amplitude of 4 μm, cutting speed of 30 m/min, feed rate of 0.05 mm/z, and cutting depth of 0.5 mm; the surface roughness was 0.34 μm and compressive surface residual stress was − 208 MPa. Therefore, a proper match of ultrasonic parameters and cutting parameters could significantly enhance the surface integrity in ultrasonic vibration–assisted milling in situ TiB2/7050Al MMCs.

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to the ultrasonic vibration equipment support from Xi’an Chao Ke Neng Ultrasonic Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.

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This work is sponsored by the National Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2017-VII-0015–0111), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51775443), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2020M683569).

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  1. Key Laboratory of High Performance Manufacturing for Aero Engine, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Xiao-fen Liu, Wen-hu Wang, Yi-feng Xiong & Chen-wei Shan

  2. Engineering Research Center of Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Aero Engine, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Xiao-fen Liu, Wen-hu Wang, Yi-feng Xiong & Chen-wei Shan

  3. School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

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Xiaofen Liu: guidance and planning of the overall thinking, optimized and guided the experimental process, performed data measurement and analysis, wrote the first draft, and revised the contents of the first draft. Wenhu Wang: provided financial support for materials and equipment, supervision, and reviewing the first draft. Ruisong Jiang: checking and reviewing the first draft. Yifeng Xiong: responsible for the planning of the overall thinking, experimental process and data analysis, revised and reviewed the first draft. Chenwei Shan: funding acquisition and financial support. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Liu, Xf., Wang, Wh., Jiang, Rs. et al. Comparative investigation on surface integrity for conventional and ultrasonic vibration–assisted cutting of in situ TiB2/7050Al MMCs. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 120, 1949–1965 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-08862-5

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