Comparing the Effectiveness of Coatings on Carbide andCermet Cutting Tool Inserts

A series of metal cutting experiments was performed on a CNC lathe to evaluate the performance of various coatings on different tool substrates. The workpiece material was plain medium carbon steel and the cutting tool materials were carbide and cermet inserts coated with various single as well as multilayer coatings. Machining was done under various cutting conditions of speed and feed-rate, and for various durations of Cutting. The output parameters studied were the cutting forces (axial, radial and tangential), the surface roughness of the workpiece, as well as the tool wear (crater and flank wear). From these results, the performances of the various cutting inserts are evaluated and compared. Results show that cutting forces are significantly lower when using coated cermets than when using coated carbides although different coatings on the same substrate also result in different cutting forces. However, there is less difference in the surface roughness of the finished workpiece for the various coatings and substrates.

Approach for Polishing Diamond Coated Complicated Cutting Tool: Abrasive Flow Machining(AFM)

Lower surface roughness and sharper cutting edge are beneficial for improving the machining quality of the cut?ting tool, while coatings often deteriorate them. Focusing on the diamond coated WC?Co milling cutter, the abrasive flow machining(AFM) is selected for reducing the surface roughness and sharpening the cutting edge. Comparative cutting tests are conducted on di erent types of coated cutters before and after AFM, as well as uncoated WC?Co one, demonstrating that the boron?doped microcrystalline and undoped fine?grained composite diamond coated cutter after the AFM(AFM?BDM?UFGCD) is a good choice for the finish milling of the 6063 Al alloy in the present case, because it shows favorable machining quality close to the uncoated one, but much prolonged tool lifetime. Besides, compared with the micro?sized diamond films, it is much more convenient and e cient to finish the BDM?UFGCD coated cutter covered by nano?sized diamond grains, and resharpen its cutting edge by the AFM, owing to the lower initial surface roughness and hardness. Moreover, the boron incorporation and micro?sized grains in the underly?ing layer can enhance the film?substrate adhesion, avoid the rapid film removal in the machining process, and thus maximize the tool life(1040 m, four times more than the uncoated one). In general, the AFM is firstly proposed and discussed for post?processing the diamond coated complicated cutting tools, which is proved to be feasible for improving the cutting performance

Synthesis and characterization of amorphous Al-Mg-B prepared by various deposition temperatures

Amorphous A1MgB thin films were synthesized via a combinatorial sputtering approach. The properties of AIMgB films with the varying deposition temperature was investigated. The deposition temperature was found to dominate the hardness of the amorphous asdeposited film. The hardness increases with increasing deposition tempera ture and may even exceed that of crystalline A1MgB14 mate rial. The high hardness may be attributed to the existence of randomly distributed B 12 icosahedra structure. Therefore, the thin film that was deposited on cemented carbide shows well cutting performances in turning Ti alloy bar. At the same time, an appropriate method of pretreatment is the key to ensure the coating tool with the excellent adhesion by impact fracture test.

Research on C_3N_4 Superhard Compound Thin Film and Its Application

By combination of DC reactive magnetron sputter i ng with multiple arcplating, the alternating C 3 N 4 /TiN compo und film is deposited onto HSS. The core level binding energy and the contents o f carbon and nitrogen are characterized by X\|ray photoelectron spectrum. X\|ray diffraction(XRD) shows that compound thin film contains hard crystalline phases of α \|C 3 N 4 and β \|C 3 N 4 . The Knoop microhardne ss in the load range of 50.5\|54.1 GPa is measured. According to acoustic emissi on scratch test, the critical load values for the coatings on HSS substrates are in the range of 40\|80 N. The metal coated with C 3 N 4 /TiN compound f ilms has a great improvement in the resistance against corrosion. Many tests sho w that such a coating has a very high wearability. Compared with the uncoated an d TiN coated tools, the C 3 N 4 /TiN coated tools have a much longer cut ting life.