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Serrated chip characteristics and formation mechanism in high-speed machining of selective laser melted Ti6Al4V alloys

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Serrated chips, consisting of extremely uneven plastic deformation, are a prominent feature of high-speed machining of difficult-to-machine materials. This paper focuses on the evolution of chip form, chip morphology features (chip free surface, tool-chip contact surface, and chip edge), and chip segment parameters in subsequent high-speed (vc=50 and 150 m min−1) machining of selective laser melted (SLMed) Ti6Al4V alloys, which are significantly different from conventional Ti6Al4V alloy in microstructure, mechanical properties and machinability. The effect of laser beam scanning schemes (0°, 67.5°, and 90°), machined surfaces (top and front), and cutting speeds on serrated chip characteristics of SLMed Ti6Al4Valloys was investigated. Based on the Johnson-Cook constitutive model of SLMed Ti6Al4V alloys, an orthogonal cutting model was developed to better understand the effect of physical-mechanical properties on the shear localization, which dominates the formation mechanism of serrated chips in post-machining of SLMed Ti6Al4V alloy. The results showed that the critical cutting speed (CCS) for chip serration of SLMed Ti6Al4V alloy is lower than that for serrated chips of conventional Ti6Al4V alloy, and the serrated profile of SLMed Ti6Al4V chips was more regular and pronounced. Besides, due to anisotropic microstructure and mechanical properties of SLMed Ti6Al4V alloys, the serration degree of chips produced on the top surfaces of SLMed Ti6Al4V alloys is more prominent than that of chips generated on the front surfaces. In addition, because of the poor deformation coordination and high plastic flow stresses of needle-like martensite α′, the plastic flow and grain distortion in the adiabatic shear band (ASB) of SLMed Ti6Al4V chips are significantly smaller than those in the ASB of conventional Ti6Al4V with equiaxed grains.

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  1. School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266520, China

    DeJian Liu, YouQiang Wang & ChenBing Ni

  2. Key Lab of Industrial Fluid Energy Conservation and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Qingdao, 266520, China

    YouQiang Wang & ChenBing Ni

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    LiDa Zhu

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    ZhongPeng Zheng

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51975112 and 51575289). The authors are very grateful to Prof. LU WenFeng and Prof. WANG Hao from the National University of Singapore (NUS) for their guidance and assistance in the experiment.

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Liu, D., Wang, Y., Ni, C. et al. Serrated chip characteristics and formation mechanism in high-speed machining of selective laser melted Ti6Al4V alloys. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 66, 1435–1450 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-022-2304-1

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