The process of taking a solid model and producing a machined part requires the time and skillset of a range of professionals, and several hours of part review, process planning, and production. Much of this time is spent creating a methodical step-by-step process plan for creating the part from stock. The work presented here is part of a software package that performs automated process planning for a solid model. This software is capable of not only greatly decreasing the planning time for part production, but also give valuable feedback about the part to the designer, as a time and cost associated with manufacturing the part. In order to generate these parameters, we must simulate all aspects of creating the part. Presented here are models that replicate these aspects. For milling, an automatic tool selection method is presented. Given this tooling, another model uses specific information about the part to generate a tool path length. A machining simulation model calculates relevant parameters, and estimates a time for machining given the tool and tool path determined previously. This time value, along with the machining parameters, is used to estimate the wear to the tooling used in the process. Using the machining time and the tool wear a cost for the process can be determined. Other models capture the time of non-machining production times, and all times are combined with billing rates of machines and operators to present an overall cost for machining a feature on a part. If several such features are required to create the part, these models are applied to each feature, until a complete process plan has been created. Further post processing of the process plan is required. Using a list of available machines, this work considers creating the part on all machines, or any combination of these machines. Candidates for creating the part on specific machines are generated and filtered based on time and cost to keep only the best candidates. These candidates can be returned to the user, who can evaluate, and choose, one candidate. Results are presented for several example parts. / text

Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is a strong focus on the use of titanium and its alloys in the aerospace industry due to the high ultimate tensile strength and high strength-to-weight ratio of the material. The high performance nature of the material also makes it difficult and costly to machine. South Africa has the second most abundant titanium resources in the world in the form of rutile and ilmenite but no value chain to produce titanium parts from the ore. Currently, the ore is sold overseas at low prices. There exists an initiative to create a full titanium value chain in South Africa by the Department of Science and Technology. This project forms part of this initiative, where local industry is equipped with knowledge and skills to produce and machine titanium parts. The focus of this study is to determine whether it is possible to machine titanium aerospace parts at a local industry partner and equip the industry partner with knowledge and skills in order to facilitate effective and economical machining of these parts. Daliff Precision Engineering was selected as the local industry partner and specific demonstrator parts were selected on which to base the study. The process the industry partner currently uses to machine aerospace parts from difficult-to-machine alloys was studied and evaluated. It was found that about 70% of the machining time was spent on a single roughing process, hence the decision to study the roughing process in an attempt to establish whether improvement was possible. Pilot tests were done at the facilities of the industry partner and time savings of 95% were realised on the roughing process. A 2-level 3-factor Design of Experiments methodology was followed for experimentation and analysis of titanium machining at the industry partner. The roughing process of the demonstrator part was simulated on the CNC machining centre and the depth of cut, cutting speed and feed per tooth were selected as the factors, and the response was tool wear. A statistical analysis was done using Modde 9.1 design of experiments software and an optimisation model was created in order to determine a feasible set of cutting parameters, maximise material removal rate and have a target amount of tool wear. The findings show that it is possible to economically machine titanium aerospace parts with a selected geometry at the industry partner without the need for significant capital investments. The industry partner can use the knowledge generated in this project to validate their titanium machining capabilities and form part of the titanium value chain that is being developed in South Africa. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar is ‘n groot fokus op die gebruik van titaan allooie in die lugvaart nywerheid, as gevolg van die material se hoë trek-sterkte en hoë sterkte-tot-gewig verhouding. Die eienskappe wat die material so aantreklik maak, is ook die rede wat dit moeilik en duur maak om te masjineer. Suid-Afrika het die tweede grootste titaan reserwes in die wêreld in die vorm van rutiel en ilmeniet erts, maar geen waarde ketting om titaan onderdele te vervaardig van die erts af nie. Die erts word tans oorsee verkoop teen lae pryse. Daar is tans ‘n inisiatief om ‘n titaan waardeketting in Suid-Afrika te skep deur die Departement van Wetenskap en Tegnologie. Hierdie projek vorm deel van hierdie inisiatief om die plaaslike nywerheid toe te rus met kennis en vaardighede om titaan produkte te vervaardig. The fokus van hierdie studie is om te bepaal of dit moontlik is om titaan lugvaart onderdele te masjineer by ‘n plaaslike industrie-vennoot en om hierdie vennoot met kennis en vaardighede toe te rus om hierdie onderdele effektief en ekonomies te vervaardig. Daliff Precision Engineering is gekies as die plaaslike industrie-vennoot en spesifieke demonstrator onderdele is gekies om die studie op te baseer. Die proses wat die industrie-vennoot tans gebruik om moeilik-om-te-masjineer allooie te masjineer is bestudeer en ge-evalueer. Daar was bevind dat 70% van die masjineringstyd bestee word aan ‘n enkele uitrof-proses. Daar is besluit om vas te stel of die uitrof-proses verbeter kan word. Loods-eksperimente is gedoen by die industrie-vennoot se fasiliteite en ‘n tydsbesparing van 95% is gevind op die uitrof-proses. ‘n 2-Vlak 3-faktor eksperimentele ontwerp metodologie is gevolg om eksperimente by die industrie-vennoot op titaan uit te voer en te analiseer. Die uitrof-proses van die demonstrator onderdeel is gesimuleer op die CNC masjineringsentrum en die diepte van snit, snyspoed en voer per tand is gekies as die faktore en beitel-slytasie is gekies as die respons. ‘n Statistiese analise is gedoen deur Modde 9.1 eksperimentele ontwerp sagteware te gebruik om ‘n moontlike stel van sny-parameters te identifiseer om die materiaal-verwyderingstempo te maksimeer en die teiken waarde vir beitel-slytasie te bereik. Daar is gevind dat dit moontlik is on titaan lugvaart onderdele met ‘n spesifieke geometrie ekonomies te masjineer by die industrie-vennoot, sonder om enige beduidende kapitaal uitgawes aan te gaan. Die industrie-vennoot kan die kennis gebruik wat geskep is deur die projek om hulle titaan masjineringsvaardighede te valideer en om deel te vorm van die titaan waardeketting wat besig is om in Suid-Afrika ontwikkel te word.

Tato práce obsahuje přehled superslitin na bázi niklu, jejich obrábění za vysokého tlaku chladicí kapaliny, týká se také metod optimalizace pro tento typ obrábění a následné analýzy opotřebení nástroje. Tato studie byla vytvořena ve spolupráci se společností Safran, experimentální část byla zrealizována ve výrobním závodě Evry-Corbeil ve Francii. Experimentální část práce se týká optimalizace řezných podmínek pro vnitřní hrubovací soustružení součástí pro letecký průmysl za vysokého tlaku chladicí kapaliny. Cíle práce byly následující: srovnání rozdílných vyměnitelných břitových destiček dodaných společností Safran, návrh hrubovacích strategií a určení optimálních podmínek pro každou z vybraných strategií. Byly uvažovány dvě rozdílné strategie: soustružení s konstantním posuvem a šířkou záběru ostří a tzv. „ramping“. Pro každou ze strategií byla provedena operace čelního a podélného soustružení. Výsledky byly porovnány na základě ekonomického a produktivního kritéria.

O presente trabalho visa apresentar informações que viabilizem a fabricação de componentes de rolamentos com limites superiores de resistência à fadiga, com a intenção de proporcionar uma vida útil maior ao rolamento, e, também, a otimização da fabricação das peças, dispensando em alguns casos o processo final e usual de retificação, o que implica uma redução de custos. As motivações deste estudo são a geração de altas tensões residuais compressivas no torneamento duro-seco a altas velocidades, a aplicação do RMB como técnica de medição das tensões residuais em aço 100CrMn6 e a otimização da qualidade/custos na fabricação de rolamentos. Para atingir essas metas, será estudada a influência dos parâmetros da usinagem (velocidade de corte (Vc), avanço (a), penetração (p) e desgaste da ferramenta (VB)) na geração das tensões residuais superficiais (sR) e sobre as forças de torneamento (Fc, Fa, Fp), em anéis internos de rolamentos cônicos de aço DIN 100CrMn6 endurecidos termicamente, procurando-se estabelecer uma correlação entre o desgaste da ferramenta e os referidos esforços e tensões residuais. Na etapa experimental, será utilizado um planejamento fatorial completo para executar os ensaios e medições projetadas. No ensaio de torneamento, serão medidas as forças de corte utilizando-se, para isso, um dinamômetro piezoelétrico. Em seguida, serão efetuadas medições de rugosidade. Também será realizado o estudo da microestrutura através da análise metalográfica. As tensões residuais serão medidas utilizando-se o método do furo-cego com extensometria elétrica, e as medidas das alterações microestruturais superficiais serão realizadas pela técnica do Ruído Magnético de Barkhausen (RMB). Serão correlacionados os valores de tensão residual obtidos pela técnica do furo com o RMB. / The present work presents information for the manufacturing of ball bearings components with higher limits of resistance to fatigue, enabling a longer useful life and also the optimization of the production of the pieces, making the usual and final process of grinding unnecessary, which would result in a costs reduction. The motivations of this study are the generation of compressive high residual stress in the hard-dry turning at high speeds, the application of the MBN as technique of measurement of the residual stress in steel 100CrMn6, and the optimization of the quality/costs in the manufacturing of ball bearings. In order to achieve these purpose, the work will study the influence of the machining parameters (cutting speed (Vc), feed rate (a), depth of cut (p), and wear of tool (VB)) in the generation of the superficial residual tensions and also the turning forces (Fc, Fa, Fp), in internal conical rings of ball bearings of steel 100CrMn6 thermally hardened, seeking to find a correlation between the stress of the tool and the referred efforts. In the experimental phase, a complete factorial planning will be used to perform the tests and measurements projected. In the turning tests, the cutting forces will be measured using a piezoelectric dynamometer. After that, measurements of superficial roughness will be performed. Also, the study of the microstructure will be made through the metallographic analysis. The residual tensions will be measured using the strain gage hole-drilling method and the measurement of the superficial microestrutural alterations will be carried out using the technical of the magnetic Barkhausen noise (MBN). The values of residual tension obtained by the hole-drilling will be correlated with the RMB.

Cette étude porte sur l'usinage de l'alliage de titane Ti17 avec une assistance jet d'eau haute pression. Une attention particulière a été portée à l'analyse des mécanismes de dégradation et d'usure des outils lors de l'usinage avec et sans assistance. Le suivi de l'usure est réalisé par des observations régulières au microscope électronique à balayage (MEB) et par des analyses chimiques (technique EDS) afin de déterminer les zones de dépôt de matière sur l'outil. Toutes ces observations ont permis d'expliquer les mécanismes d'usure pour une opération d'ébauche et de finition. Il a été montré que les mécanismes d'usure sont différents entre l'usinage conventionnel et l'usinage assisté. En effet, lors de l'assistance jet d'eau haute pression, certains mécanismes ne sont plus activités mais d'autres mécanismes sont accélérés. Il existe donc une pression de jet d'eau optimale pour minimiser l'usure de l'outil.Afin de mettre en évidence l'effet du jet d'eau sur les phénomènes thermomécaniques dans les zones de formation du copeau, une modélisation par éléments finis est réalisée. Un couplage fluide / structure a dû être mis en place afin de prendre en compte les actions mécaniques et thermiques du jet d'eau sur la zone de coupe. Pour cela, la loi de comportement et le modèle d'endommagement de Johnson-Cook, ont été identifiés pour le Ti17 dans des conditions extrêmes sur une large gamme de températures et de vitesses de déformation. Cette modélisation a permis de mettre en évidence, pour l'usinage assisté haute pression, la diminution de la zone de contact outil/copeau, de retrouver la fragmentation du copeau et de quantifier le refroidissement des différentes zones de cisaillement.En revanche, cette modélisation ne permet pas de connaître l'effet de l'hétérogénéité microstructurale du matériau sur la zone de coupe. Ce constat est d'autant plus important que le matériau étudié présente une taille de grain importante (de l'ordre du millimètre). Pour cela, une nouvelle modélisation (multi-échelle) a été développée afin de prendre en compte la microstructure du matériau. Le matériau est donc modélisé comme un polycristal qui prend en compte des lois de la plasticité cristalline. Cette nouvelle approche permet alors de simuler la formation du copeau en prenant en compte les orientations cristallines des grains et les changements de phase qui apparaissent lors de l'usinage. / This study focuses on the machining of the Ti17 titanium alloy using high-pressure water jet assistance. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of degradation mechanisms and tool wear during machining, with and without assistance. Wear monitoring was achieved by regular observations using both scanning electron microscope (SEM) and chemical analysis (EDS technique) to determine the areas of material deposition on the tool. These observations made it possible to explain the wear mechanisms for roughing and finishing conditions. Wear mechanisms for conventional machining and for assisted machining were found to be significantly different. Indeed, with high-pressure water jet assistance, some tool wear mechanisms are no longer activated, whereas others are accelerated. Hence, there exists an optimum water jet pressure which minimizes tool wear.To highlight the effect of water jet assistance on the thermomechanical phenomena in the chip formation zone, finite-element modeling has been performed. Fluid/structure coupling was developed to take into account the mechanical and thermal effects of the water jet. For this to be possible, the Johnson-Cook constitutive law and damage model have been identified for the Ti17 titanium alloy, under extreme conditions, over a wide range of temperatures and strain rates. This modeling has highlighted the fact that, for high-pressure assisted machining, the tool/chip contact zone is reduced. In addition, the simulation of chip fragmentation as well as the cooling effect on the tool and workpiece is possible.However, this model does not shed light on the effect of the microstructural heterogeneity of the material in the cutting zone. This is an important observation because the material studied has a very large grain size (of the order of a millimeter). For this reason, a new (multi-scale) modeling approach has been developed to take into consideration the microstructure of the material. The material is subsequently modeled as a polycrystal which obeys crystal plasticity constitutive laws. This new approach is then used to simulate chip formation, taking into account the grain orientations and phase changes that occur during the machining process.

Orientador: Anselmo Eduardo Diniz / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T19:18:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ferrer_JorgeAntonioGiles_D.pdf: 4540427 bytes, checksum: 047f6383d5c609fa0233000c16e0843b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A maior parte dos estudos sobre o processo de fresamento frontal aborda a usinagem de superfícies planas sem descontinuidades, o que na prática dificilmente acontece. Normalmente existem superfícies interrompidas com furos, superfícies estreitas que são usinadas com fresas de diâmetro grande, devido a uma pequena porção de largura maior, superfícies com rebaixos de 90o, o que faz com que todas as outras superfícies tenham que ser usinadas com uma fresa com este ângulo de posição, etc. Este trabalho pretende abordar alguns problemas gerados pelo fresamento de superfícies como as citadas. Assim, os ensaios deste trabalho foram realizados em peças de ferro fundido do meio produtivo (carcaça de compressor do sistema de freio de ônibus), que contém 3 superfícies a serem fresadas com características diferentes umas das outras. No fresamento de desbaste utilizou-se ferramenta de metal duro e cerâmica e analisou-se a influência da velocidade de corte e sentido de usinagem (concordante e discordante) sobre a vida da ferramenta, a produtividade do processo e a potência de corte. No processo de acabamento analisou-se também a influência do desgaste sobre a rugosidade da peça, especialmente usando pastilha alisadora. As principais conclusões deste trabalho foram: a) em operações de superfícies com rebaixo de 90o, em que o corte discordante se inicia com espessura de corte igual a zero, o corte concordante teve melhor desempenho em termos de desgaste da ferramenta; b) superfícies estreitas que são fresadas com fresas de diâmetro grande, devido à existência de uma pequena porção de largura maior, e que não possuem rebaixos para serem usinados, apresentaram melhor desempenho em termos de desgaste de ferramenta quando usinadas no sentido discordante; c) estas superfícies tem maior desgaste quanto maior o número de descontinuidades que possuir; d) no acabamento é possível substituir o processo de desbaste e acabamento por um único passe usando uma pastilha alisadora no jogo de pastilhas de cerâmica / Abstract: Most of the works about face milling are carried out on uninterrupted flat surfaces, which, in industrial practice, rarely occur. Usually what occur are interrupted surfaces with holes, narrow surfaces which are milled with large diameter cutters, due to a small portion of the surface with larger width, surfaces with corners of 90o, which makes mandatory the use of a 90o cutter, etc. This work deals with some problems generated by the milling of surfaces like those. So, the experiments of this work were carried out in parts of gray cast iron used in industrial production (block of compressor of a bus brake system), which contain three surfaces to be milled, with different features. In the rough milling tests, carbide and ceramic tools were used and the input variables were cutting speed and cutting direction (up and down milling). Their influences on tool lives, process productivity and cutting power were analyzed. In the finish milling tests, besides these parameters, workpiece surface roughness was also analyzed. The main conclusions of this work were: a) in the milling of surfaces with 900 corners, in which the up milling initiates with chip thickness equal to zero in each cutting edge, the down milling presented better performance in terms of tool wear; b) narrow surfaces which are milled with large diameter cutter, due to the fact that they present a small portion with larger width and which do not have corners to be machined, presented better performance in terms of tool wear when milled using up milling; c) the higher the number of interruptions of these kind of surfaces, the larger is the tool wear; d) in finish milling it is possible to replace rough and finish pass by just one cutter pass using wiper inserts / Doutorado / Engenharia de Fabricação / Doutor em Engenharia Mecânica

Dissertation thesis is focused on development, design and production of the new milling cutter which is used for roughing operations. High-speed steels, coating technology and milling technology are described in first chapters of dissertation thesis. The main part of this thesis is the design of the new milling cutter that has been designed on the basis of the machining simulation. The milling cutter is designed as a three-flute cylindrical end mill made of high speed steel. The each flute is composed of two special compensation edges. The compensation edges are used for reducing (at best suppression) tensile stress in the heel of the tooth. The milling cutter was made by lost wax technology, followed by grinding and thermal treatment. New designed tools were deposited by PVD coatings (e.g. (Al,Ti)N). Standard catalog milling cutters (producer ZPS - milling tools, Zlín, Czech Republic) were used for comparison the designed milling cutter. Carbon steel CSN 41 2050 (DIN 1.1191) was used for milling, which was carried out with using process liquid. The monitored parameters were force loading, flank wear and tensile stress during milling. The dynamometer Kistler was used for measuring force loading and data obtained during machining was used for stress analysis.

Heat generated in a machining process is a common and critical obstacle faced in today's machining industries. The heat generated in the cutting zone has a direct negative influence on the tool life which, in turn contributes to increase the manufacturing costs. Especially, in machining of Heat Resistant Super Alloys, HRSA this is a very limiting factor. HRSA are capable of retaining their mechanical strength and hardness at elevated temperatures. This property is advantageous in the application in e.g. aero-engines but also a disadvantage, since it also lowers the machinability significantly. This work is an attempt to improve the heat transfer from the cutting zone, which would lead to an increase in the tool life. To achieve this goal, the cutting tool has been modified to create an improved interface between the coolant and tool in the high-temperature areas. Two generations of inserts have been designed and investigated. Firstly, an insert with surface texture features has been created with the purpose of increasing the available surface area for heat dissipation: First generation, Gen I. Secondly, a GenII was designed as a further improvement of Gen I. Here, several channel features on the rake face were added, reaching out from the contact zone to the near proximity of the cutting edge. This with the purpose of improving access of the coolant closer to the cutting edge. The experiments were conducted in facing operations of Alloy 718 with uncoated round carbide inserts. All experiments were carried out with high-pressure coolant assistance, with a pressure of 16 MPa on the rake face and 8 MPa on the flankface, respectively.The two generations of inserts, Gen I and Gen II, were experimentally evaluated by tool wear analysis in comparison with a regular insert. The results shows that the tool life increased significantly for the Gen I insert, compared to a catastrophic failure of the regular insert at the same conditions. Regarding the Gen II insert,an increase in tool life by approximately 30 to 40 percent compared to Gen I insert was observed.

Den ökande efterfrågan på högre produktkvalitet inom tillverkningsindustrin kräver hög stabilitet och lång livslängd på borrverktyg under borrningbearbetningsprocessen. En metod för att öka produktkvaliteten och därmed förlänga livslängden på borrverktyg är skäreggpreparering. Skäreggpreparering används för att skapa en kantgeometri som ger borrverktyget både en bättre styrka och högre tålighet mot slitage. Det mest förekommande slitaget på borrverktyg är fasförslitning och det utvecklas snabbt under den initiala slitningsperioden under borrens livslängd. Syftet med det här examensarbetet var att genom flerfaktorförsök undersöka hur skäreggprepareringsprocessen kan förbättras för att minska fasförslitning under den initiala slitningsperioden på belagda hårdmetallborrar. Skäreggprepareringsprocessen studerades som en fallstudie på Scania Motorbearbetning. Fallstudien genomfördes efter problemlösningsmetodiken DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve och Control) som inkorporerade försöksplanering, vilket medförde att två ytterligare faser tillkom: Pre-analyze och Experiment. Datainsamlingen bestod av både kvalitativ och kvantitativ data. Den kvalitativa datan erhölls från intervjuer under Measure-fasen och den kvantitativa datan erhölls från det genomförda experimentet under Experiment-fasen, som sedan analyserades i Analyze-fasen. Baserat på litteraturstudien, nulägesbeskrivningen och intervjuerna bestämdes försöksfaktorerna till processtid, borrens djup i slipmedel, rotationsriktning på rotor och rotationshastighet på spindel samt responsvariablerna till skäreggradie och total fasförslitning. Försöksfaktorerna testades i ett fullständigt tvånivåers faktorförsök med 4 faktorer och 4 centrumpunkter. Analysen av resultaten från experimentet visade att korrelationen mellan responsvariablerna var försumbar under den initiala slitningsperioden. Vidare identifierades inte några signifikanta effekter baserade på responsvariabeln total fasförslitning. Däremot kunde det konstateras att de försöksfaktorer som påverkade responsvariabeln skäreggradie var processtid, borrens djup i slipmedel och rotationsriktning på rotor. En optimeringsmodell togs fram i Improve-fasen för att optimera skäreggprepareringsprocessen med avseende på skäreggradie. Optimeringen utgick från att ha en stor skäreggradie under förutsättningen att den nuvarande processtiden halveras. Optimeringsmodellen kunde inte bekräftas, därför togs en rekommendation fram som beskriver stegen för att bekräfta den framtagna optimeringsmodellen. Vidare togs två ytterligare rekommendationer fram med syfte att undersöka skäreggprepareringsprocessen med avseende på andra typer av slitage samt undersöka verktygsslitage under verktygets fulla livslängd. I Control-fasen togs en kontrollplan fram som stöd för att kontrollera rekommendationerna. Avslutningsvis bidrog det här examensarbetet med nya insikter och slutsatser om utveckling av fasförslitningen under den initiala slitningsperioden under en borrs livslängd. / The increasing demand for higher product quality in the manufacturing industry requires high stability and long service life of drilling tools during the drilling process. One method of increasing product quality and thus extending the tool life for drills is cutting edge preparation. Cutting edge preparation is used to create an edge geometry that gives the drilling tool both better strength and higher resistance to wear. The most common wear on drill tools is flank wear that develops rapidly during the initial wear period of the drill's life. The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how the cutting edge preparation process can be improved by factorial design in order to reduce flank wear during the initial wear period on coated solid carbide drills. The cutting edge preparation process was studied as a case study at Scania's motor processing department. The case study followed problem-solving methodology DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) incorporating design of experiments. This resulted in two additional phases: Pre-Analyze and Experiment. Data collection consisted of both qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained from interviews during the Measure phase and the quantitative data was obtained from the experiment conducted during the Experiment phase, which was later analyzed in the Analyze phase.     Based on a literature study, current description, and interviews, the identified experimental factors were process time, depth in the grinding granulate, rotational direction of the rotor, and rotational speed of spindle. The identified response variables were cutting edge radius and total flank wear. The experimental factors were tested in a full two-level factorial design with 4 factors and 4 center points. The analysis of the results from the experiment showed that the correlation between the response variables was negligible during the initial wear period. Furthermore, no significant effects could be found based on the response variable total flank wear. However, it was found that the experimental factors that influenced the response variable cutting edge radius were process time, depth in grinding granulate, and direction of rotation of the rotor. An optimization model was developed during the Improve phase to optimize the cutting edge preparation process in regards to the cutting edge radius. The optimization was based on generating a large cutting edge radius and at the same time reducing the current process time by half. The optimization model could not be confirmed; therefore, a recommendation was developed outlining the steps to confirm the optimization model. Furthermore, two additional recommendations were made to investigate the cutting edge preparation process concerning other types of wear and to examine tool wear during the tool’s full life. A control plan was developed in the Control phase to help to control the recommendations. In conclusion, this thesis contributed new insights and conclusions on the development of flank wear during the initial wear period during the tool life.

Orientador: Marcos Valerio Ribeiro / Resumo: A superliga de ferro-níquel VAT 32® foi desenvolvida como um substituto da liga de níquel 751 (UNS N07751) usada na fabricação de válvulas automotivas para motores de combustão interna de alto desempenho. A formação de carbonetos de nióbio confere a esta liga elevada resistência ao desgaste, desejada na aplicação em válvulas automotivas, criando-se, porém, uma maior dificuldade na usinagem deste material. Este trabalho estudou o torneamento da liga VAT 32® com dois tipos de ferramentas cerâmicas, sendo pastilhas de materiais cerâmicos experimentais, a primeira de Al2O3 + MgO e a segunda de Al2O3 + Cr2O3. Por meio do método de Taguchi de planejamento experimental, foram obtidas as combinações e os efeitos principais dos parâmetros de entrada: velocidade de corte, avanço, profundidade de corte para avaliar cada uma das variáveis respostas, sendo elas potência de usinagem, desgaste das ferramentas, qualidade superficial das peças usinadas, e os sinais de emissão acústica e vibração do processo. Foi obtida também, através da análise da razão sinal ruído (S/N) de Taguchi, a composição dos parâmetros de corte em que o processo apresentou menor variabilidade das características de qualidade, o chamado processo robusto. Os tipos de desgaste e tipos de cavaco também foram observados, e foi evidenciado que a pastilha contendo óxido de cromo teve um resultado melhor que a pastilha com óxido de magnésio, sendo superior nos parâmetros de desgaste de flanco (Vb), rugosidade (Ra), apresenta... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Mestre