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Surface Texturing and Laser Shock Peening Processes on High-Speed Steel Tool for Sustainable Machining

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Surface texturing is one of the emerging sustainable methods to improve the cutting tool performance. Wire cut EDM (electro discharge machining) is one of the most widely used methods to fabricate the micro-textures on the tool’s rake face. This method involves surface re-melting which soften the surface, reduces the surface hardness and generates tensile residual stresses on the surface. Although textured tool gives better performance in comparison with conventional tool, the lower surface hardness and tensile residual stresses in textured tool result in higher tool wear. In the present work, an attempt has been made by using laser shock peening without coating process (LSPWC) on the textured surface to induce compressive residual stresses and improve the surface hardness by grain refinement. The tool performance was studied for different HSS cutting tools such as un-textured, textured, only shock peened and textured with shock peened. The considered tool performance parameters in the present analysis are cutting forces, friction co-efficient, tool wear, machined surface quality and tool life. Results show that surface-modified HSS tools significantly improved the tool performance as compared to un-textured tools. The textured shock peened tool exhibits higher tool life compared to other tools (i.e., textured and only shock peened) due to higher surface hardness and by reduction of the chip contact area.

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Acknowledgements

Authors would like to acknowledge DEVA Engineering work, Balanagar, Hyderabad, India, for arranging the micro-EDM to fabricate micro-groove textures on HSS tool and Dr. Indradev S. Samajdar, IIT Bombay, India, for helping in EBSD analysis and residual stresses measurement. Authors also would like to thank Dr. Adepu Kumar, NIT Warangal, India for his invaluable support.

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Prasad, K.N., Syed, I. Surface Texturing and Laser Shock Peening Processes on High-Speed Steel Tool for Sustainable Machining. Arab J Sci Eng 47, 8589–8600 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-06367-z

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