Experimental Research on Grinding Surface-Quality of Dental Zirconia

The properties and cutting performance of Y_2O_3-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal( Y-TZP) used widely for dental restoration have been introduced. The surface roughness of denture made by the ceramics plays an important role in product quality. In order to enhance the surface quality of denture processing,the effect of grinding parameters such as spindle speed,feed rate and the depth of cut with different levels on denture surface roughness were deeply studied to look for reasonable grinding parameters. The experiment was arranged in the orthogonal method. A new dental bur used only for dentistry was employed to carry out the experiment in a high accuracy machining center which was developed by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The experimental results demonstrated that the depth of cut was the major parameter on surface roughness. With scanning electron microscope( SEM),it was found that the ceramics debris and its surfaces damage were mainly affected by depth of cut. The surface formation mechanism of zirconia ceramics was revealed by the morphology of machined surface. The topographies of the grinded ceramics surfaces demonstrated that zirconia ceramics was removed by its brittle fracture and plastic deformation. The plastic deformation region at grinded ceramic surface was larger with the smaller grinding depth.Finally, an example for grinding molar crown using zirconia ceramics was provided. After processing,the surface morphology of the molar crown was measured. The results showed that its quality was high and met the requirements of dental restoration. The research results of this paper provide useful and theoretical basis for denture processing.

Finite Element Analysis and Experiment Research on Surface Residual Stress of Ceramics Grinding

The theoretical model of residual stress of ceramics grinding has been established applying thermal elastoplastic mechanics theory. While grinding at the course of grinding wheel moved along workpiece surface the distributing regulation of residual stress can be simplified into thermal elastioplastic mechanical issue, under the action of the both moving centralized force and heat source. Calculating and evaluating of surface residual stress using current procedure of finite element analysis which has been reformed is successful. Comparing with X-ray diffraction experiment method, satisfactory precision has been acquired. The results of experiment show the changing regularity of residual stresses after grinding Al 2O 3 using diamond wheel, on condition that alter grinding parameters. The values of residual compress stress are taken place changing at key certain critical point on their figure as follow: When grinding depth a p is lower than 50 μm, the residual compress stresses are increased with grinding depth increasing, on the contrary as a p>50 μm. At V w<8 m/min, the residual compress stresses increased rapidly with feed speed of workpiece increasing, on the contrary at V w>8 m/min.When V s<25 m/s the residual stress increased with wheel speed increasing and keep stable in value at V s>25 m/s.According to grinding mechanism the cause of residual stress transform has been explained.

COMPUTER ANALOG OF GRAPHITE GRINDING

With the assistance of grinding dynamic model, this paper studied she dynamic parameters of single size ball grinding of single grade size material and mixed materials as well as multi-size ball grinding of single-grade material, and analog-calculated the product size distribution of multi-size ball grinding of mixed materials. The study showed: in a certain grinding timet the analog-calculation achieved the same result as the experiment.

Effect of creep feed grinding on surface integrity and fatigue life of Ni3Al based superalloy IC10

Ni3Al-based superalloy IC10 is widely used in high temperature components of aeroengines because of its superior mechanical properties.In this paper,the creep feed grinding properties of IC10 were investigated experimentally.The effects of grinding parameters on the grinding forces and temperature were examined.Moreover,the influences of surface roughness and hardening on the high-cycle fatigue life of IC10 specimens were studied.To control the creep feed grinding parameters and enhance the fatigue life of IC10 components,the experimental results were summarized to offer a useful reference point.It is concluded that,the grinding depth is the most important factor which influencing the grinding forces and temperature;the surface roughness is the main and unfavorable factor on the fatigue life of IC10,while the surface hardening has a positive influence on the fatigue life;to obtain a better surface quality and improve the fatigue life of IC 10,the recommended grinding parameter domain involves wheel speed 2[15,20]m/s,feed rate∈[150,200]mm/min,and grinding depth∈[0.4,0.5]mm.