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Effect of different machining processes on the tool surface integrity and fatigue life

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Ultra-precision grinding, wire-cut electro discharge machining and lapping are often used to machine the tools in fine blanking industry. And the surface integrity from these machining processes causes great concerns in the research field. To study the effect of processing surface integrity on the fine blanking tool life, the surface integrity of different tool materials under different processing conditions and its influence on fatigue life were thoroughly analyzed in the present study. The result shows that the surface integrity of different materials was quite different on the same processing condition. For the same tool material, the surface integrity on varying processing conditions was quite different too and deeply influenced the fatigue life.

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  1. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

    Chuanliang Cao

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    Xianglin Zhang

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XiangLin Zhang is a Professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Processing Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China in 1995. His research interests include fine blanking and biological bone tissue engineering.

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Cao, C., Zhang, X. Effect of different machining processes on the tool surface integrity and fatigue life. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 3785–3792 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-016-0740-2

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