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Effects of ultrasonic vibrations on brazing mechanism and evaluating grinding performance of CBN tools

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Currently, high-frequency induction brazing methods are commonly used to prepare high-performance brazed cubic boron nitride (CBN) tools. However, there are often problems such as nonuniform thickness of the brazing layer, poor brazing solidity, and low exposed height of the abrasive grains when using the conventional induction brazing (CIB) method to prepare finger-shaped abrasive tools, resulting in short service life of the tools and poor machining quality. In this paper, CBN grinding tools were prepared by ultrasonic vibration–assisted induction brazing (UVAIB) process in order to improve the performance of tools for grinding of difficult-to-cut materials. The surface morphology of the abrasives and the bond strength of the brazed joints were investigated. Meanwhile, the machining performance of the abrasive tools was evaluated by comparing the grinding force, grinding temperature, and machining quality of the tools under the two processes. Results show that the brazing alloy of the abrasive tools prepared by the UVAIB process spreads more uniformly and has a higher holding force on the grains than the CIB, and the grains are highly exposed with good consistency. In addition, the UVAIB grinding tools have reduced normal grinding force by 19.6–4.1%, tangential grinding force by 26.4–8.3%, and grinding temperature by 17.9–5.3% and provide superior machined surface quality.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 92160301, 92060203, 52175415 and 52205475), the Science Center for Gas Turbine Project (Nos. P2022-AB-IV-002–001 and P2023-B-IV-003–001), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20210295), the Superior Postdoctoral Project of Jiangsu Province (No. 2022ZB215), the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Helicopter Transmission (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) (No. HTL-A-22G12), and the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No. SJCX22-0098).

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    Xiaowei Wang, Kaida Cai, Biao Zhao, Wenfeng Ding & Jiuhua Xu

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Xiaowei Wang: experimentation, data curation, and writing the original draft. Kaida Cai: data collection and manuscript revision. Biao Zhao: experimentation and methodology. Wenfeng Ding: supervision, conceptualization, and methodology. Jiuhua Xu: resources.

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Wang, X., Cai, K., Zhao, B. et al. Effects of ultrasonic vibrations on brazing mechanism and evaluating grinding performance of CBN tools. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 129, 1213–1225 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12357-2

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