Cubic boron nitride(cBN)superabrasive grinding wheels exhibit unique advantages in the grinding of difficult-to-cut materials with high strength and toughness,such as titanium alloys and superalloys.However,grinding w...Cubic boron nitride(cBN)superabrasive grinding wheels exhibit unique advantages in the grinding of difficult-to-cut materials with high strength and toughness,such as titanium alloys and superalloys.However,grinding with multilayered metallic cBN superabrasive wheels faces problems in terms of grain wear resistance,the chip storage capability of the working layers and the stability and controllability of the dressing process.Therefore,in this work,novel metallic cBN superabrasive wheels with aggregated cBN(AcBN)grains and open pore structures were fabricated to improve machining efficiency and surface quality.Prior to the grinding trials,the airborne abrasive blasting process was conducted and the abrasive blasting parameters were optimized in view of wear properties of cBN grains and metallic matrix materials.Subsequently,the comparative experiments were performed and then the variations in grinding force and force ratio,grinding temperature,tool wear morphology and ground surface quality of the multilayered AcBN grinding wheels were investigated during machining Ti-6Al-4V alloys.In consideration of the variations of grain erosion wear volume and material removal rate per unit of pure metallic matrix materials as the abrasive blasting parameters changes,the optimal abrasive blasting parameters were identified as the SiC abrasive mesh size of 60#and the abrasive blasting distance and time of 60 mm and 15 s,respectively.The as-developed AcBN grains exhibited better fracture toughness and impact resistance than monocrystalline cBN(McBN)grains because of the existence of metal-bonded materials amongst multiple cBN particles that decreased crack propagation inside whole grains.The metallic porous AcBN wheels had lower grinding forces and temperature and better ground surface quality than vitrified McBN wheels due to the constant layer-by-layer exposure of cBN particles in the working layer of AcBN wheels.展开更多
CBN (Cubic Boron Nitride) is a highly efficient abrasive and has unique properties (highhardness, high thermal stability and high chemical inertia). As early as 1969 CBN Wheels had al-ready been made and showed excell...CBN (Cubic Boron Nitride) is a highly efficient abrasive and has unique properties (highhardness, high thermal stability and high chemical inertia). As early as 1969 CBN Wheels had al-ready been made and showed excellent performance for grainding high speed steels and othermaterials hard to be ground. So far, however, CBN Wheels are still not popularly utilized in theindustry, the writer considers the main reason being the inadequate study for practical applica-tions and especially the suitable dressing technique. The dressing of resinoid CBN Wheels discussed in the paper, is different from that ofconventional ones. It has to be divided into two operations, truing and sharpening, each of whichhas its specific and independent functions. A simple dressing method with a lot of informationsuitable for production is studied; finally, the grain height protruding from the bond is taken asan index for evaluating the dressing results, and the effect of grain height on the grinding per-formance is discussed. By selecting proper conditions according to the workpiece requirements, abetter technical and economical benifit can be obtained.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51921003,92160301 and 52175415)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University(No.NP2022441)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20210295)the Open Foundation State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions(No.SKLMT-MSKFKT-202101).
文摘Cubic boron nitride(cBN)superabrasive grinding wheels exhibit unique advantages in the grinding of difficult-to-cut materials with high strength and toughness,such as titanium alloys and superalloys.However,grinding with multilayered metallic cBN superabrasive wheels faces problems in terms of grain wear resistance,the chip storage capability of the working layers and the stability and controllability of the dressing process.Therefore,in this work,novel metallic cBN superabrasive wheels with aggregated cBN(AcBN)grains and open pore structures were fabricated to improve machining efficiency and surface quality.Prior to the grinding trials,the airborne abrasive blasting process was conducted and the abrasive blasting parameters were optimized in view of wear properties of cBN grains and metallic matrix materials.Subsequently,the comparative experiments were performed and then the variations in grinding force and force ratio,grinding temperature,tool wear morphology and ground surface quality of the multilayered AcBN grinding wheels were investigated during machining Ti-6Al-4V alloys.In consideration of the variations of grain erosion wear volume and material removal rate per unit of pure metallic matrix materials as the abrasive blasting parameters changes,the optimal abrasive blasting parameters were identified as the SiC abrasive mesh size of 60#and the abrasive blasting distance and time of 60 mm and 15 s,respectively.The as-developed AcBN grains exhibited better fracture toughness and impact resistance than monocrystalline cBN(McBN)grains because of the existence of metal-bonded materials amongst multiple cBN particles that decreased crack propagation inside whole grains.The metallic porous AcBN wheels had lower grinding forces and temperature and better ground surface quality than vitrified McBN wheels due to the constant layer-by-layer exposure of cBN particles in the working layer of AcBN wheels.
文摘CBN (Cubic Boron Nitride) is a highly efficient abrasive and has unique properties (highhardness, high thermal stability and high chemical inertia). As early as 1969 CBN Wheels had al-ready been made and showed excellent performance for grainding high speed steels and othermaterials hard to be ground. So far, however, CBN Wheels are still not popularly utilized in theindustry, the writer considers the main reason being the inadequate study for practical applica-tions and especially the suitable dressing technique. The dressing of resinoid CBN Wheels discussed in the paper, is different from that ofconventional ones. It has to be divided into two operations, truing and sharpening, each of whichhas its specific and independent functions. A simple dressing method with a lot of informationsuitable for production is studied; finally, the grain height protruding from the bond is taken asan index for evaluating the dressing results, and the effect of grain height on the grinding per-formance is discussed. By selecting proper conditions according to the workpiece requirements, abetter technical and economical benifit can be obtained.
