This diploma thesis is aimed on methods of the coating cutting material (cemented carbide, cermets, cutting ceramic, super hard materials) and evalutation individual method regarding technological posibilities of deposition of hard coatings a their mechanical, thermal and che-mical properties. The task of the work is full elaboration obtained technical knowledges and mainly evalutation a comparison of the work conditions (kind of the cutting materials, cutting conditions) that selected producers recomended for effective turning aplications of the coa-tings cutting materials.

This thesis is focused on proposal of production process of assembled crankshaft. It consists of choice of tools, data selection and optimisation for manufacture of individual components and for the assembly. In the assembly are also calculated important parameters for pressing components. Selected cutting conditions are experimentally verified.

The introduction of ceramics into the market of wood cutting tools has failed so far due to the generally low toughness of ceramics which is causing brittle failure of the cutting edge. A feasibility study showed that Si3N4/SiC composites with fine elongated β-Si3N4 grains are a promising material for industrial wood machining and outperform commercial standard tungsten carbide tools in terms of lifetime. However, they were produced by hot pressing followed by very costly diamond cutting and grinding. The costs associated with the above production route are too high for an industrial viability. In this thesis Si3N4/SiC composites suitable for industrial wood milling are produced by a near net shape processing route including gas pressure sintering. These newly developed tools show less abrasive wear and consequently twice as long lifecycles than commercial standard tungsten carbide tools. Microscopic properties determine the performance of the Si3N4/SiC cutting tools. Therefore, an adequate selection of sintering additives is crucial. 12 wt% sintering additives are included in the composite as a combination of Al2O3 and the refractory oxides La2O3 and Y2O3. Important for the production of effective Si3N4/SiC wood cutting tools is the formation of a partly crystalline silicate phase within the multiple grain junctions during the final treatment by hot isostatic pressing. The use of MgO as a sintering additive for facilitating the densification of the Si3N4 ceramics inhibits the formation of the favourable silicate phase and must be avoided for the production of these wood cutting tools.

Hitachi Energy Power transformers in Ludvika wants to investigate the possibilities of developing a cutting tool to streamline one of the many processes for fabrication of windings in transformers. This thesis work at Uppsala University, which has been going on for ten weeks, has thus investigated the possibilities for a cutting tool by studying the basic necessary theories and user requirements that have consequently resulted in the generation of a proposed solution. User requirements were formulated through collection of data in the form of interviews, a questionnaire,and a literature study. Based on the collected user requirements, concepts have been generated for cutting mechanisms, followed by a concept screening for the reason of presenting a concept selection. The remaining problem statements were answered through thematic analysis of all collected information and balancing of developed user requirements. The design of a proposed solution has been done in 3D CAD with a focus on a solution-independent design This study showed that an electric battery-powered and hand-held tool with a focus on user-friendliness is advantageous for the intended application. Theoretically, the tool will improve user safety and time-consuming manual work will be minimized while reducing the risk of accidents. A theoretically functional proposed solution with a basis for all design choices has been presented to act as a basis for continued work. This study has been the first of its kind for this specific area and has thus left much room for further development, but at the same time provided a collection of information that contributes to the possible realization of a cutting tool.

<p>Cemented carbides (WC-Co) are powder metallurgical products produced by liquid phase sintering. WC-Co is widely used for making a large variety of cutting tools, such as drills and inserts turning applications, due to its great mechanical properties, where the hardness of the WC grains is combined with the toughness of the of the Co binder. WC grain size and grain size distribution are the two most important factors to control the mechanical properties of the products.</p><p>This study examined the grain growth dependence of different milling and sintering times. The resulting grain size and grain size distribution were measured using image analysis on scanning electron microscopy images (SEM) and by using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). In addition, the correlation between hardness and coercivity, the most common indirect measures of grain size, and different methods of calculating average grain radius were investigated. An attempt was also made to study the contribution of defects to grain growth. This work also includes an overview of various grain growth equations and a numerical implementation of these.</p><p>Experimental results show that for shorter sintering times, powders milled for short times (15 min and 1 h) have larger average grain radii. There is a crossover after 6 to 8 h of sintering, where the powders milled for a long time (40 h and 200 h), have larger average radii. The measured hardness values correlate well with the average grain radius calculated from the grain surface area and the coercivity correlates with the established equations. EBSD measurements detected boundaries that could not be detected by image analysis, and that were not Sigma 2 boundaries. It is likely that these boundaries are either low energy boundaries or boundaries between grains that are very closely oriented. Comparing heat-treated powder with the untreated resulted in a lower average grain size after sintering for the heat-treated powder. None of the growth equations investigated in this work could fully describe the experimental grain growth.</p><p>Through increased understanding of the grain growth, the growth can be controlled and the end product can have the desired tool properties. The occurrence of abnormal grains in cutting tool applications can cause breakage, which is especially important to avoid in applications such as PCB drills. A correlation between hardness and grain size provides further means for cheap and fast indirect measures of the grain size in production.</p> / <p>Hårdmetall är ett pulvermetallurgiskt material som tillverkas genom smältfassintring och som kännetecknas av hårdhet, styvhet och god slitstyrka. Volframkarbidens (WC) kornstorlek och kornstorleksfördelning är två viktiga faktorer för att kontrollera de mekaniska egenskaperna i hårdmetall.</p><p>I den här studien har korntillväxtens beroende på malning och sintring undersökts. WC-Co maldes och sintrades fyra olika tider och kornstorleksfördelningen mättes med bildanalys på svepelektronmikroskopbilder samt med ``electron backscatter diffraction'' (EBSD). I arbetet har även korrelationen mellan hårdhet, koercivitet och olika sätt att beräkna medelkornstorleken undersökts. Ett försök har också genomförts för att studera hur defekterna i det malda pulvret påverkar korntillväxten. I arbetet har även ett flertal olika tillväxtekvationer modellerats numeriskt och för och nackdelar med de olika tillväxtekvationerna har vägts mot varandra.</p><p>En lång maltid (40 h och 200 h) visade sig ge liten kornstorlek för sintring kortare än 6 h, men för sintringar längre än 8 h gav istället kort malning (15 min och 1 h) den mindre kornstorleken. Det visade sig att uppmätt hårdhet korrelerar bäst med den medelkornstorleksradie som räknats fram från kornytan. I EBSD mätningarna kunde man observera ett flertal korngränser, utöver Sigma 2 korngränser, som inte hade detekterats med bildanalys. Värmebehandlingen av det malda pulvret minskade korntillväxten under efterföljande sintring. Ingen av de undersökta tillväxtekvationerna kunde beskriva de experimentella resultaten fullt ut.</p><p>Genom ökad förståelse för korntillväxt kan man kontrollera tillväxten och slutprodukten kan få önskade egenskaper. Förekomsten av abnorm korntillväxt i skärverktyg i hårdmetall är en av de vanligaste kritiska defekterna och det är speciellt viktigt är undvika korntillväxt i tillverkning av små verktyg, som till exempel kretskortsborrar. Hårdhet och koercivitet är de vanligaste indirekta mätmetoderna för att mäta kornstorlek i produktion. En bra korrelation mellan kornstorlek och indirekta mätmetoder ger utökade verktyg för snabba och billiga mätningar.</p>

Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar as vibrações no processo de torneamento interno utilizando um porta ferramentas com a relação comprimento/diâmetro alta. Ferramentas com alto comprimento em balanço são susceptíveis a ocorrência de vibrações regenerativas durante a usinagem, alterando a estabilidade dinâmica do processo e gerando um acabamento superficial indesejado. Testes realizados para a obtenção de dados foram feitos utilizando equipamentos de medição como microfone e plataforma para medição das forças. A proposta foi de analisar a influência de parâmetros de usinagem como rotação e profundidade de corte na estabilidade dinâmica do processo de torneamento interno da liga de alumínio 6351-T6. Para isso utilizou-se os dados gerados na elaboração de uma carta de estabilidade do processo. Simultaneamente efetuou-se as simulações no software Matlab utilizando um modelo pré-estabelecido e comparando com os resultados experimentais obtidos. Para a análise dos dados coletados pelo microfone utilizou-se uma placa de aquisição de sinais, um microcomputador e um software para análise, o ITA-Toolbox. Baixas velocidades de corte propiciam maiores profundidades de corte limite devido ao efeito de amortecimento. Os resultados mostraram que este fenômeno começa a ser significativo quando a relação entre a frequência de vibração e a frequência de rotação é de aproximadamente 30 e aumenta consideravelmente para uma relação de 60. Os resultados também mostraram que para profundidades de corte abaixo do raio de ponta da ferramenta tem-se cortes instáveis porém de acordo com os modelos existentes na literatura, para um valor suficientemente abaixo da profundidade de corte o processo é sempre estável. / This work aims to analyze the vibrations in the boring process using a tool holder with high overhang. Tools with high overhang are susceptible to the occurrence of regenerative vibrations during machining, altering the dynamic stability of the process and generating an undesired surface finish. Tests performed to obtain data were made using measuring equipment such as microphone and platform for measuring forces. The proposal was to analyze the influence of machining parameters such as cutting speed and depth of cut in the dynamic stability of the aluminium alloy 6351-T6 boring process. For this purpose, the data generated in the process stability chart was used. Simulations were performed in the Matlab software using a previous model and compared with the experimental results. For the analysis of the data collected were used a microphone, a signal acquisition board, a microcomputer and a software for analysis, the ITA-Toolbox .In the end, the results showed that the depth of cut and the cutting speed have great influence on the vibration and on the stability of the boring process. Low cutting speeds provide greater cut depth of cut due to the damping effect. The results showed that this phenomenon begins to be significant when the relation between the frequency of vibration and the frequency of rotation is of approximately 30 and increases considerably to a ratio of 60. The results also showed that for depths of cut below the tool nose radius has unstable cuts but according to the models in the literature, for a value sufficiently below the depth of cut the process is always stable.

Orientador: Anselmo Eduardo Diniz / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T19:57:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pivetta_CarlosSergio_M.pdf: 2572259 bytes, checksum: d75f09a259545ac56a46ecc1d5870ba0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O fresamento de cavidades de moldes e matrizes em material endurecido usando ferramenta de topo esférico tem limitações em termos de profundidades das cavidades, da taxa de remoção de cavaco e da vida da ferramenta. Algumas operações de fresamento em cavidades profundas não podem ser realizadas, devido à necessidade de se ter ferramenta com alto balanço, o que gera vibração e, em conseqüência, danos à rugosidade da peça e à vida da ferramenta. Outro ponto ainda não totalmente compreendido é a influência da rugosidade deixada na peça pela operação anterior, na rugosidade da operação de acabamento, já que, devido às baixas profundidades utilizadas nesta operação, a rugosidade da operação anterior pode influenciar a profundidade real removida. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é verificar a influência da relação comprimento/diâmetro da ferramenta (balanço), da rugosidade da operação anterior e da velocidade de corte na rugosidade da peça e na vida da ferramenta de fresamento em acabamento. Para isto foram realizados ensaios de fresamento em aço endurecido AISI D2 (58 HRC) com ferramenta de ponta esférica de metal duro recoberto, variando-se os citados parâmetros de influência. Dentre as conclusões deste trabalho, pode-se destacar: nem a rugosidade da operação anterior, nem o balanço da ferramenta influenciaram a rugosidade da peça, pelo menos nos níveis utilizados neste trabalho; com balanço da ferramenta pequeno, consegue-se baixos valores de desgaste e, com isso, longa vida da ferramenta, mas quando se utiliza conjuntamente balanço da ferramenta e velocidades de corte altas, a vida da ferramenta é bastante reduzida / Abstract: The milling of molds and dies cavities carried out on hardened steel using ball end mill presents limitations in terms of cavity depth, metal removal rates and tool life. Some milling operations on deep cavities are not possible due to the require of long tool overhang, what generates vibrations and, consequently, resulted in poor surface roughness and short tool life. Other point which is not totally understood up to the present is the influence of the surface roughness obtained in the previous operation on the results of finishing operation because on finishing operations, the actual depth of cut is not much larger than the height of roughness left on the surface by the previous operation. The main objective of this work is to verify the influence of the ratio tool overhang/ tool diameter, the roughness of the previous operation and cutting speed on the tool wear in finishing operations. Besides, it also intends to verify the influence of tool wear on the tool vibration, measured through the real time tool deflection. Milling experiments on AISI D2 hardened steel (58 HRC) were carried out using coated (TiNAl) carbide ball end mills with the input variables already mentioned. The main conclusions of this experiments, for the used conditions, were: the previous surface roughness neither the tool overhang have influence on the resulting surface roughness; when the tool overhang was the lowest one, cutting speed did not influence so much tool wear, but when the highest tool overhang was used, cutting speed presented a strong influence on tool wear / Mestrado / Materiais e Processos de Fabricação / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

This diploma thesis is aimed on cutting tools made of cemented carbides. It characterizes marking, production and properties of non-coating and coating cemented carbides and describes the latest trends in coating. Target of this diploma thesis is comparison of assortment of two important world’s producers and one Czech producer in term of used productive technologies, products microstructure, coatings types, coatings methods and possibilities of their usage. Cutting data were evaluated and compared from obtained technical knowledge, which were recommended by chosen producers for effective turning application of their cutting tools. Recommended cutting speeds were found out for specific type of cutting material according to ISO, width depth of cut and for specific values of feeds per revolution.

Cemented carbides (WC-Co) are powder metallurgical products produced by liquid phase sintering. WC-Co is widely used for making a large variety of cutting tools, such as drills and inserts turning applications, due to its great mechanical properties, where the hardness of the WC grains is combined with the toughness of the of the Co binder. WC grain size and grain size distribution are the two most important factors to control the mechanical properties of the products. This study examined the grain growth dependence of different milling and sintering times. The resulting grain size and grain size distribution were measured using image analysis on scanning electron microscopy images (SEM) and by using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). In addition, the correlation between hardness and coercivity, the most common indirect measures of grain size, and different methods of calculating average grain radius were investigated. An attempt was also made to study the contribution of defects to grain growth. This work also includes an overview of various grain growth equations and a numerical implementation of these. Experimental results show that for shorter sintering times, powders milled for short times (15 min and 1 h) have larger average grain radii. There is a crossover after 6 to 8 h of sintering, where the powders milled for a long time (40 h and 200 h), have larger average radii. The measured hardness values correlate well with the average grain radius calculated from the grain surface area and the coercivity correlates with the established equations. EBSD measurements detected boundaries that could not be detected by image analysis, and that were not Sigma 2 boundaries. It is likely that these boundaries are either low energy boundaries or boundaries between grains that are very closely oriented. Comparing heat-treated powder with the untreated resulted in a lower average grain size after sintering for the heat-treated powder. None of the growth equations investigated in this work could fully describe the experimental grain growth. Through increased understanding of the grain growth, the growth can be controlled and the end product can have the desired tool properties. The occurrence of abnormal grains in cutting tool applications can cause breakage, which is especially important to avoid in applications such as PCB drills. A correlation between hardness and grain size provides further means for cheap and fast indirect measures of the grain size in production. / Hårdmetall är ett pulvermetallurgiskt material som tillverkas genom smältfassintring och som kännetecknas av hårdhet, styvhet och god slitstyrka. Volframkarbidens (WC) kornstorlek och kornstorleksfördelning är två viktiga faktorer för att kontrollera de mekaniska egenskaperna i hårdmetall. I den här studien har korntillväxtens beroende på malning och sintring undersökts. WC-Co maldes och sintrades fyra olika tider och kornstorleksfördelningen mättes med bildanalys på svepelektronmikroskopbilder samt med ``electron backscatter diffraction'' (EBSD). I arbetet har även korrelationen mellan hårdhet, koercivitet och olika sätt att beräkna medelkornstorleken undersökts. Ett försök har också genomförts för att studera hur defekterna i det malda pulvret påverkar korntillväxten. I arbetet har även ett flertal olika tillväxtekvationer modellerats numeriskt och för och nackdelar med de olika tillväxtekvationerna har vägts mot varandra. En lång maltid (40 h och 200 h) visade sig ge liten kornstorlek för sintring kortare än 6 h, men för sintringar längre än 8 h gav istället kort malning (15 min och 1 h) den mindre kornstorleken. Det visade sig att uppmätt hårdhet korrelerar bäst med den medelkornstorleksradie som räknats fram från kornytan. I EBSD mätningarna kunde man observera ett flertal korngränser, utöver Sigma 2 korngränser, som inte hade detekterats med bildanalys. Värmebehandlingen av det malda pulvret minskade korntillväxten under efterföljande sintring. Ingen av de undersökta tillväxtekvationerna kunde beskriva de experimentella resultaten fullt ut. Genom ökad förståelse för korntillväxt kan man kontrollera tillväxten och slutprodukten kan få önskade egenskaper. Förekomsten av abnorm korntillväxt i skärverktyg i hårdmetall är en av de vanligaste kritiska defekterna och det är speciellt viktigt är undvika korntillväxt i tillverkning av små verktyg, som till exempel kretskortsborrar. Hårdhet och koercivitet är de vanligaste indirekta mätmetoderna för att mäta kornstorlek i produktion. En bra korrelation mellan kornstorlek och indirekta mätmetoder ger utökade verktyg för snabba och billiga mätningar.

The diploma thesis is concerned with evaluation of actual production technology of part “hydraulics cover” and with design of new, progressive variation machining of this part. Solution is focused at first on rationalization of cutting tools and choice of suitable cutting tools. An effort is to achieve shorter production time and decrease costs on production of component. With this problem is related alteration of technological documentation and technical economic evaluation for determination return rate of investments into progressive cutting tools.