Improvements of machinability of aerospace-grade Inconel alloys with ultrasonically assisted hybrid machining

Bai, Wei and Bisht, Anuj and Roy, Anish and Suwas, Satyam and Sun, Ronglei and Silberschmidt, Vadim V (2019) Improvements of machinability of aerospace-grade Inconel alloys with ultrasonically assisted hybrid machining. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, 101 (5-8). pp. 1143-1156.

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Abstract

Aerospace-grade Ni-based alloys such as Inconel 718 and 625 are widely used in the airspace industry thanks to their excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures. However, these materials are classified as difficult-to-machine' because of their high shear strength, low thermal conductivity, tendency to work-harden and presence of carbide particles in their microstructure, which lead to rapid tool wear. Machining-induced residual stresses in a machined part is an important parameter which is assessed since it can be used to evaluate overall structural resilience of the component and its propensity to fatigue failure in-service. Ultrasonically assisted turning (UAT) is a hybrid machining technique, in which tool-workpiece contact conditions are altered by imposing ultrasonic vibration (typical frequency similar to 20kHz) on a tool's movement in a cutting process. Several studies demonstrated successfully the resulting improvements in cutting forces and surface topography. However, a thorough study of UAT-induced residual stresses is missing. In this study, experimental results are presented for machining Inconel 718 and 625 using both conventional turning (CT) and UAT with different machining parameters to investigate the effect on cutting forces, surface roughness and residual stresses in the machined parts. The study indicates that UAT leads to significant cutting force reductions and improved surface roughness in comparison to CT for cutting speeds below a critical level. The residual stresses in machined workpiece show that UAT generates more compressive stresses when compared to those in CT. Thus, UAT demonstrates an overall improvement in machinability of Inconel alloys.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Publisher:	SPRINGER LONDON LTD
Additional Information:	Copyrigt of this article belongs to INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Keywords:	Ultrasonically assisted turning; Machinability; Residual stress; Structural integrity; Inconel alloys
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	20 May 2019 10:28
Last Modified:	20 May 2019 10:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/62328

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