MFG Eng II
MFG Eng II
MFG Eng II
BY G/GIORGIS B.
RAYA UNIVERSITY
MAICHEW-ETHIOPIA
FEBRUARY 2020
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Chapter 1.
Fundamentals of shearing process
• Parts can be manufactured by casting, forming and
shaping processes
• They often require further operations before the product
is ready for use
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Machining Processes and Machine Tools
• Machining is the removal of material and modification of
the surfaces of a workpiece
• Machining involves secondary and finishing operations
Major types of material removal processes:
1. Cutting
2. Abrasive processes
3. Advanced machining processes
Machining operations is a system consisting of the
1. Work-piece
2. Cutting tool
3. Machine tool
4. Production personnel
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1.1. Fundamentals of cutting
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1.1. Fundamentals of cutting/ cont…
• In the turning process, the cutting tool is set at a
certain depth of cut [mm] and travels to the left (with a
certain velocity) as the workpiece rotates
• Feed, or feed rate, is the distance the tool travels
horizontally per unit revolution of the workpiece
[mm/rev]
– This tool movement
produces chips,
which move up the face
of the tool
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1.1. Fundamentals of cutting/ cont…
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1.1. Fundamentals of cutting/ cont…
• Major independent variables in the cutting process:
1. Tool material and coatings
2. Tool shape, surface finish, and sharpness
3. Workpiece material and condition
4. Cutting speed, feed, and depth of cut
5. Cutting fluids
6. Characteristics of the machine tool
7. Work holding and fixturing
• Dependent variables in cutting (influenced by changes
in independent variables):
1. Type of chip produced (studied since early 1940’s)
2. Force and energy dissipated during cutting
3. Temperature rise in the workpiece, the tool and the chip
4. Tool wear and failure
5. Surface finish and surface
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Chip Formation
• Merchant model is known as orthogonal cutting
• It is two dimensional and the forces involved are perpendicular to
each other
• Cutting tool has a rake angle () and a relief or clearance
angle
• Shearing takes place in a shear zone at shear angle ()
Velocity diagram
showing angular
Basic relationship
mechanism among 3 speeds
of chip in cutting zone:
formation by V: cutting speed
shearing Vs: shearing
speed
Vc: chip velocity
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Chip Formation/ cont…
• Imagine shearing: “deck of cards” sliding along each other
• Below shear plane, workpiece: undeformed
• Above shear plane: chip moves up rake face (tool)
• Dimension d (distance between shear planes, OC)
– highly exaggerated to show mechanism
– It is only in order of 10-2 to 10-3 mm
• Some materials shear in a zone
– e.g. cast iron
– this leads to surface defects in workpiece
Cutting Ratio (or chip-thickness ratio, r )
• The ratio is related to the two angles
– shear angle, r cos t0 sin
rake angle, tan r
–
1 r sin tc cos
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Chip Formation/ cont…
• Chip thickness tc is always > than the depth of cut, to
– ⇒ the value of r is always less than unity (i.e. <1)
• Reciprocal of r (i.e. 1/r ) is known as the
chip-compression ratio or chip-compression factor
– It’s a measure of how thick the chip has become
– Always > 1
• Making use of cutting ratio in evaluating cutting conditions:
• depth of cut, to: machine setting (i.e. indep. variable)
• chip thickness, tc can be measured using micrometer
• cutting ratio, r can then easily be calculated
• rake angle, is also known for cutting operation
– It is function of tool and workpiece geometry
• Cutting ratio and rake angle can be used to find shear
angle,
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Chip Formation/ cont…
Shear Strain
• The shear strain (i.e. deformation relative to original
size) that the material undergoes can be expressed as
cot tan
AB AO OB
OC OC OC
• Large shear strains (≥5) are associated with low shear
angles or with low or negative rake angles
• Based on the assumption that the shear angle adjusts
itself to minimize the cutting force,
β = friction angle, related to μ :
45 μ = tanβ coefficient of –dynamic – friction
2 2
μ usually: 0.5 – 2
45 Note, first form is more generally used
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Chip Formation/ cont…
• Chip encounters friction as it moves up the rake face
• Large variations in contact pressure and temperature are
encountered at the tool-chip interface (rake face)
• This causes big changes in μ and it is thus called “apparent
mean coefficient of friction”
• Equation thus indicates:
– As rake angle ↓ or friction at rake face ↑
⇒ shear angle ↓ and chip becomes thicker
– Thicker chip ⇒ more energy lost because shear strain is
higher
– Because work done during cutting is converted into heat ⇒
temperature rise is higher
Velocities in the Cutting Zone
• Since tc > to ⇒ Vc (velocity of chip) < V (cutting speed)
• Since mass continuity is maintained,
V sin
Vt 0 Vc tc or Vc Vr Vc
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Chip Formation/ cont…
• From Velocity diagram, obtain equations from trigonometric
relationships (Vs velocity at shearing plane):
V Vs Vc
cos cos sin
• Note also that
t0 Vc
r
tc V
Figure: More realistic
view of chip
formation, showing
shear zone rather
than shear plane.
Also shown is the
secondary shear
zone resulting from
tool-chip friction.
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1.2. Types of Chips Produced in Metal Cutting
All Chips
• Chip has two surfaces:
• Surface in contact with rake face
– Shiny and polished
– Caused by rubbing of the chip on the tool
surface
• Outer surface from the original surface of the
workpiece
– Jagged, rough appearance
– Caused by shearing mechanism
– Note, this surface remains exposed to the
environment, and does not come into contact
with any other surface
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A. Discontinuous Chip
• Brittle work materials
• Low cutting speeds
• Large feed and depth of cut
• High tool-chip friction
B.Continuous Chip
• Ductile work materials
• High cutting speeds
• Small feeds and depths
• Sharp cutting edge
• Low tool-chip friction
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C. Continuous with BUE
• Ductile materials
• Low-to-medium cutting speeds
• Tool-chip friction causes portions of
chip to adhere to rake face
• BUE forms, then breaks off, cyclically
D. Serrated Chip
• Semicontinuous - saw-tooth
appearance
• Cyclical chip forms with alternating
high shear strain then low shear
strain
• Associated with difficult-to-
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1.2. Types of Chips Produced in...
Chip Breakers
• Long, continuous chips are undesirable since:
– become entangled and greatly interfere with machining
– potential safety hazard action of chip breaker
• chip-breaker: breaks
chips intermittently clamped chip breaker
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1.2. Types of Chips Produced in...
Chip Breakers/ cont…
• Chips can also be broken by changing the tool
geometry to control chip flow
Chips produced in turning
Tightly curled chip Chips hits workpiece Continuous chip Chip hits tool
and breaks moving radially shank (body) and
away from the breaks off
workpiece
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1.3. Tool Geometry
Single Point Cutting Tool
Chip breaker
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1.3. Tool Geometry/ cont…
Multi-Point Cutting Tool
• The "business end" of a twist drill has two cutting edges The
included angle of the point on a conventional twist drill is 118°
• Margins are the outside tip of the flutes and are always
ground to the drill diameter
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1.3. Tool Geometry/cont…
Twist Drills
• An essential feature of drilling is the variation in cutting speed along the
cutting edge. The speed is maximum at the periphery, which generates
the cylindrical surface, and approaches zero near the center-line of the
drill where the cutting edge is blended to a chisel shape.
• Drills are slender, highly stressed tools, the flutes of which have to be
carefully designed to permit chip flow while maintaining adequate
strength.
Twist Drill Operation - Problems
• Chip removal
– Flutes must provide sufficient clearance to allow chips to be extracted
from bottom of hole during the cutting operation
• Friction makes matters worse
– Rubbing between outside diameter of drill bit and newly formed hole
– Delivery of cutting fluid to drill point to reduce friction and heat is
difficult because chips are flowing in opposite direction
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1.4. Cutting Forces and Power
Forces Acting on Chip
• Friction force F and Normal
force to friction N
• Shear force Fs and Normal
force to shear Fn
Resultant Forces
• Vector addition of F and N = resultant R
• Vector addition of Fs and Fn = resultant R'
• Forces acting on the chip must be in balance:
– R' must be equal in magnitude to R
– R’ must be opposite in direction to R
– R’ must be collinear with R
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1.4. Cutting Forces and Power/ cont…
Coefficient of Friction
F
Coefficient of friction between tool and chip:
N
Friction angle related to coefficient of friction
as follows: tan
Shear Stress
Fs
Shear stress acting along the shear plane: S
As
where As = area of the shear plane
t ow
As
sin
Shear stress = shear strength of work material
during cutting
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Cutting Force and Thrust Force
• F, N, Fs, and Fn cannot be directly
measured
• Forces acting on the tool that can be
measured:
– Cutting force Fc and Thrust force Ft
• Equations can be derived to relate the
forces that cannot be measured to the
forces that can be measured:
F = Fc sin + Ft cos
N = Fc cos - Ft sin
Fs = Fc cos - Ft sin
Fn = Fc sin + Ft cos
• Based on these calculated force, shear stress and
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The Merchant Equation
• Of all the possible angles at which shear deformation can occur,
the work material will select a shear plane angle that minimizes
energy, given by
45
2 2
• Derived by Eugene Merchant
• Based on orthogonal cutting, but validity extends to 3-D
machining
What the Merchant Equation Tells Us
• To increase shear plane angle
– Increase the rake angle
– Reduce the friction angle (or
coefficient of friction)
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Effect of Higher Shear Plane Angle
• Higher shear plane angle means smaller shear plane which
means lower shear force, cutting forces, power, and
temperature
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1.4. Cutting Forces and Power/ cont…
Power
• The power input in cutting is Power FcV
• Power is dissipated in
– shear plane/zone (due to energy required to shear material)
– Rake face (due to tool-chip interface friction)
• Power dissipated in shearing is Power for shearing FsVs
• Denoting the width of cut as w, (i.e. area of cut: wt0), the
specific energy for shearing, is FsVs
us
wt 0V
• The power dissipated in friction is Power for friction FVc
• The specific energy for friction, uf is
FVc Fr
uf
wt 0V wt 0
• Total specific energy, ut is
ut us u f
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1.4. Cutting Forces and Power/ cont…
Power
Prediction of forces is
based largely on
experimental data
(right)
Wide ranges of
values is due to
differences in
material strengths
Sharpness of the tool
tip also influences
forces and power
Duller tools require
higher forces and
power
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1.4. Cutting Forces and Power/ cont…
Measuring Cutting Forces and Power
• Cutting forces can be measured using a force
transducer, a dynamometer or a load cell mounted on
the cutting-tool holder
• It is also possible to calculate the cutting force from the
power consumption during cutting (provided mechanical
efficiency of the tool can be determined)
• The specific energy (u, last slide) in cutting can be used
to calculate cutting forces
EXAMPLE1
Relative Energies in Cutting
In an orthogonal cutting operation, to=0.13 mm, V=120 m/min, α=10° and
the width of cut 6 mm. It is observed that tc=0.23 mm, Fc=500 N and
Ft=200 N. Calculate the percentage of the total energy that goes into
overcoming friction at the tool–chip interface.
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1.4. Cutting Forces and Power/ cont…
Solution
Relative Energies in Cutting
The percentage of the energy
Friction Energy FVc Fr
can be expressed as
Total Energy FcV Fc
t0 0.13
where r 0.565
tc 0.23
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1.5. Tool Life, Wear and Failure/ cont…
Three Modes of Tool Failure
1. Fracture failure
– Cutting force becomes excessive at the tool point, leading
to brittle fracture
2. Temperature failure
– Cutting temperature is too high for the tool material
causing softening of tool point. This leads to plastic
deformation and loss of sharp edge.
3. Gradual wear
– Gradual wearing of the cutting edge causes loss of tool
shape, reduction in cutting efficiency. Finally tool fails in a
manner similar to temp failure
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1.5. Tool Life, Wear and Failure/ cont…
Preferred Mode: Gradual Wear
• Fracture and temperature failures are premature failures (how
can u avoid these failures to occur?)
• Gradual wear is preferred because it leads to the longest possible
use of the tool
• Gradual wear occurs at two locations on a tool:
– Crater wear – occurs on top rake face
– Flank wear – occurs on flank (side of tool)
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1.5. Tool Life, Wear and Failure/ cont…
Tool Wear
Notch wear occurs
Crater wear occurs because because of tool rubbing
of tool chip flow on top against original work
rake face. High friction, surface, which is harder
temp and stresses at the than machined one
face/chip interface are
responsible. Measured as
area or depth of dip
Flank wear results from
rubbing of flank (& or relief)
face to the newly generated
surface. Measured by width
of wear band called wear
land.
Diagram of worn cutting tool, showing the principal locations and types of wear that occur.
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Mechanisms of Tool Wear
Abrasion: This is a mechanical wearing action due to hard
particles in w/p. These hard particles cause gouging and
remove small portions of the tool. It occurs in both crater and
flank wear.
Adhesion: When 02 metals Crater wear
are forced into contact
under high pressure & temp,
adhesion or welding occurs
b/w them. This mechanism
occurs in crater wear. The
chip material welds on rake
face and later this welded
mass is removed due to
subsequent chip flow, hence
producing dips into the rake
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Mechanisms of Tool Wear/ cont…
Diffusion: This is a process in which an exchange of atoms
take place across a close contact boundary (like chip-rake
face) . At high temp, the atoms responsible for tool hardness
diffuse from tool into chip, thus softening top surface of tool.
Later this promotes both abrasion and adhesion at rake face.
Diffusion causes crate wear.
Chemical Reactions: At high speeds, due to high temp at
the chip-rake interface, oxidation layer form. This layer is
sheared down and a new layer is formed. This process
continues and causes crater wear.
Plastic Deformation: At high Flank wear
temp, the plastic deformation of
tool nose and cutting edge takes
place. This further promotes
abrasion. This is major reason for
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Tool Wear vs. Time
-The tool performance
is dictated by uniform
wear rate (or slop of
steady state region).
-The slop of steady state
region changes with
change in cutting
conditions.
- Speed is the major
influential parameter
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Effect of Cutting Speed on Wear
Effect of cutting speed on tool flank wear (FW) for three cutting
speeds
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Tool Life
• Length of cutting time that the tool can be used.
- Time till tool fracture?
- If so, tool needs to re-sharp again and again. This is not so easy in
production. Also, re-sharpening will affect surface finish
- Better to define a level of tool wear ( say 0.5)
- Tool life against each
curve is shown in Fig.
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Tool Life vs. Cutting Speed
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1.5. Tool Life, Wear and Failure/ cont…
Cutting Fluids
Any liquid or gas applied directly to machining operation to
improve cutting performance
• Two main problems addressed by cutting fluids:
1. Heat generation at shear and friction zones
2. Friction at tool-chip and tool-work interfaces
• Other functions and benefits:
– Wash away chips (e.g.,
grinding and milling)
– Reduce temperature of
workpart for easier
handling
– Improve dimensional
stability of workpart
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1.5. Tool Life, Wear and Failure/ cont…
Classification of Cutting Fluids by Functions
Cutting fluids can be classified according to function:
• Coolants - designed to reduce effects of heat in machining
• Lubricants - designed to reduce tool-chip and tool-work friction
Coolants
• Water is used as base in coolant-type cutting fluids
• Most effective at high cutting speeds where heat generation
and high temperatures are problems
• Most effective on tool materials that are most susceptible to
temperature failures (e.g., HSS)
Lubricants
• Usually oil-based fluids
• Most effective at lower cutting speeds
• Also reduce temperature in the operation
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Tool Life Criteria in Production
Practically, it is not always easy to measure flank wear (0.5mm)
and time to know TOOL LIFE. Therefore, in shops any of these
criterion can be used for changing a tool:
Complete failure of cutting edge
1. Visual inspection of flank wear (or crater wear) by the machine
operator
2. Fingernail test across cutting edge
3. Changes in sound emitted from operation
4. Chips become ribbon-like, stringy, and difficult to dispose off
5. Degradation of surface finish
6. Increased power
7. Work-piece count: Dispose off tool after certain no of pieces
8. Cumulative cutting time
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Taylor Tool Life Equation
Relationship is credited to F. W. Taylor
where v = cutting speed; T =
vT C tool life; n is the slope of the
n
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Typical Values of n and C
Tool material n C (m/min) C (ft/min)
vT n C
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1.5. Tool Life, Wear and Failure/ cont…
Tool-condition Monitoring
• It is v. important to continuously monitor the condition of
the cutting tool to observe wear, chipping, gross failure
• Tool-condition monitoring systems are integrated into
computer numerical control (CNC) and programmable
logic controllers (PLC)
• Classified into 2 categories:
1. Direct method 2. Indirect methods
1. Direct method for observing the condition of a cutting tool
involves optical measurements of wear
– e.g. periodic observation of changes in tool using
microscope
– e.g. programming tool to touch a sensor after every
machining cycle (to detect broken tools)
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1.5. Tool Life, Wear and Failure/ cont…
Tool-condition Monitoring
2. Indirect methods of observing tool conditions involve the
correlation of the tool condition with certain parameters
– Parameters include forces, power, temp. rise,
workpiece surface finish, vibration, chatter
– e.g. transducers which correlate acoustic emissions
(from stress waves in cutting) to tool wear and chipping
– e.g. transducers which continually monitor torque and
forces during cutting, plus measure and compensate for
tool wear
– e.g. sensors which measure temperature during
machining
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1.6. Material Removal Rate
Primary Machining Parameters
• Cutting Speed – (v)
– Primary motion
– Peripheral speed m/s ft/min
• Feed – (f)
– Secondary motion
– Turning: mm/rev
in/rev
– Milling: mm/tooth in/tooth
• Depth of Cut – (d)
– Penetration of tool below original work surface
– Single parameter mm in
• Resulting in Material Removal Rate – (MRR)
MRR = v f d mm3/s in3/min
where v = cutting speed; f = feed; d = depth of cut
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1.6. Material Removal Rate/ cont…
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1.6. Material Removal Rate/ cont…
Cut Types: Roughing & Finishing
Number
Cut Type of Speed Feed Depth of Cut
Passes
Roughing: 1+ Low High High
removes large 0.4 - 1.25 mm/ 2.5 - 20 mm
amounts to get .015 - .050 in/ .100 - .750 in
close to shape
Finishing: 1-2 High Low Low
achieves final 0.125 - 0.4 mm/ 0.75 - 2.0 mm
dimensions, .005 - .015 in/ .030 - .075 in
tolerances, and
finish
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1.6. Material Removal Rate/ cont…
Machining Calculations: Turning
v
• Spindle Speed - N N (rpm)
• v = cutting speed
π Do
• Do = outer diameter
• Feed Rate - fr fr N f (mm/min -
or- in/min)
• f = feed per rev
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1.6. Material Removal Rate/ cont…
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1.6. Material Removal Rate/ cont…
Power and Energy Relationships
• The Gross machine power (Pg) available is: Pc = Pg• E
where E = mechanical efficiency of machine tool
• Typical E for machine tools = 80 - 90%
Note: Alternate relationships for the same –
Pc HPc
Pg or HPg
E E
Unit Power in Machining
• Useful to convert power into power per unit volume rate of metal
cut called the unit power, Pu or unit horsepower, Hpu
P or HPu HPc
Pu c
MRR MRR
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability
Surface Finish and Integrity
• Surface finish:
– this influences the dimensional accuracy of machined parts, as
well as properties and performance in service
– this refers to geometric features of a surface
• Surface integrity
– this refers to material properties
– e.g. fatigue life, corrosion resistance
– this is greatly affected by the nature of the surface produced
• The following discussion pertains to showing the different
factors that affect surface finish and surface integrity
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Surface Finish and Integrity
• The built-up edge has the greatest influence on surface
finish (due to large effect on tool-tip surface); see below
– Damage shown below is due to BUE
– It appears as “scuffing” (i.e. scratching) marks
– In normal machining: marks would appear as straight grooves
– Note: diamond, ceramic tools have best surface finish (no BUE)
Machined surfaces
produced on steel
(highly magnified)
a) turned surface
b) surface
produced by
shaping
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Surface Finish and Integrity
• A dull tool has a large R along its edges (like dull pencil) ↓
– although tool in orthogonal cutting has +ve rake angle (),
– for small depths of cut: can become –ve
– ⇒ tool overrides workpiece (i.e. no cutting) and burnishes
surface (i.e. rubs on it), and no chips are produced
– ⇒ workpiece temp. ↑ and this causes residual stresses
– ⇒ surface damage: tearing, cracking
– this occurs when tip radius of tool
is large in relation to depth of cut
– solution is to choose:
depth of cut > tip radius
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Surface Finish and Integrity
• In a turning operation, the tool leaves a spiral profile
(feed marks) on the machined surface as it moves
across the workpiece.
– as feed (f ) ↑ + tool nose (R) ↓⇒ marks become more distinct
– typical surface roughness is expressed as
f2
Rt
8R
where, Rt: roughness height
– Feed marks are important to
consider in finish machining
(not rough machining)
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Surface Finish and Integrity
• Vibration and chatter
– adversely affects workpiece surface finish
– tool vibration ⇒ variations in cutting dimensions
– chatter ⇒ chipping, premature failure in brittle tools (e.g.
ceramics, diamond)
• Factors influencing surface integrity (adversely) are:
1. Temperatures generated during processing
2. Surface residual stresses
3. Severe plastic deformation and strain hardening of the
machined surfaces, tearing and cracking
– note, each of these factors can be controlled by carefully
choosing and maintaining cutting tools
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Surface Finish and Integrity
Rough machining vs. Finish machining
• Rough machining
– focus: removing a large amount of material at a high
rate
– surface finish is not emphasized since it will be
improved during finish machining
• Finish machining
– focus is on the surface finish to be produced
– note, it is important that workpiece has developed no
subsurface-damage due to rough machining
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability
• Machinability is defined in terms of:
1. Surface finish and surface integrity of machined part
2. Tool life
3. Force and power required
4. The level of difficulty in chip control
• Good machinability indicates
– good surface finish and surface integrity
– a long tool life
– and low force and power requirements
• Note, continuous chips should be avoided for good
machinability
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability
Machinability ratings (indexes)
• these have been used also to determine machinability
• available for each type of material and its condition
• not used much anymore due to misleading nature
• e.g.: AISI 1112 steel with a rating of 100:
– for a tool life of 60 min,
– choose 30 m/min cutting speed (for machining this
material)
• these are mostly qualitative aspects ⇒ not sufficient to
guide operator to machining parts economically
• Other guides for various materials should include:
cutting speed, feed, depth of cut, cutting tools and shape,
cutting fluids MEng3182 By G/giorgis B. 65
1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability
• Machinability here discussed for the following:
– Ferrous Metals (e.g. steels, stainless steels, cast iron, etc.)
– Nonferrous Metals (e.g. aluminum, copper, magnesium)
– Miscellaneous Materials (e.g. thermoplastics, ceramics)
– Thermally assisted machining
Machinability of Ferrous Metals: Steels
• Carbon steels have a wide range of machinability
– If a carbon steel is too ductile, chip formation can produce
built-up edge, leading to poor surface finish
– If too hard, it can cause abrasive wear of the tool because of
the presence of carbides in the steel
– Cold-worked carbon steels: preferred machinability
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability of Ferrous Metals
Steels (cont)
• Free-machining steels: contain sulfur + phosphorus
Sulfur forms: manganese sulfide inclusions
– Important to choose size, shape, distribution of
inclusions
– These act as stress raisers in primary shear zone
– ⇒ chips are small, break easily (i.e. machinability ↑)
Phosphorus has two major –desirable– effects
1. Strengthens ferrite ⇒ better chip formation, surface
finish ↑
2. Increases hardness ⇒ short (non-continuous chips)
– Note, soft steels have low machinability since have
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Machinability of Ferrous Metals
Steels (cont)
• Leaded steels (e.g. 10L45 steel)
– high percentage of lead solidifies at the tips of manganese
sulfide inclusions
– Lead acts as a solid lubricant (due to low shear strength) at
tool-chip interface during cutting
– It also acts: liquid lubricant when temp. is high in front of
tool
– It also ↓ shear stress at primary shear zone ⇒ ↓ forces and
↓ power consumption
– Lead is, however, dangerous environmental toxin ⇒ there’s
trend to eliminate use of lead in steel: “lead-free steels”
– Good substitutes: bismuth, tin (but performance is lower)
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability of Ferrous Metals
Steels (cont)
• Calcium-deoxidized steels
– they contain oxide flakes of calcium silicates (CaSO)
– these reduce the strength of the secondary shear zone
– they also decrease tool–chip interface friction and wear
– ⇒ temp. increases are lower ⇒ less crater wear (why?)
• Alloy steels
– They have a large variety of compositions and
hardnesses
– ⇒ machinability can’t be generalized
– but they have higher hardness and other properties
– Can be used to produce good surface finish, integrity,
dimensional accuracy
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability of Ferrous Metals
Effects of Various Elements in Steels
• Presence of aluminum and silicon is harmful in steels
– Reason: combine with oxygen to form aluminum
oxide and silicates, which are hard and abrasive
– ⇒ tool wear increases and machinability is reduced
• Note that as machinability↑, other properties may ↓
– e.g. lead causes embrittlement of steel at high temp.
(although has no effect at room temp.)
– e.g. sulfur can reduce hot workability of steel
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability of Ferrous Metals
Stainless Steels
• Austenitic (300 series) steels are difficult to machine
(needs machine tool with high stiffness to avoid chatter)
• Ferritic stainless steels (also 300 series) have good
machinability
• Martensitic (400 series) steels are abrasive, tend to form
BUE
• Precipitation-hardening stainless steels: strong and
abrasive, ⇒ require hard, abrasion-resistant tool
Cast Irons
• Gray irons: machinable, but abrasive (esp. pearlite)
• Nodular, malleable irons: machinable with hard materials
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Machinability of Non-ferrous Metals
• Aluminum
– very easy to machine
– but softer grades: form BUE ⇒ poor surface finish
– ⇒ recommend high cutting speeds, high rake and relief
angles
• Beryllium
– requires machining in a controlled environment
– this is due to toxicity of fine particles produced in machining
• Cobalt-based alloys
– abrasive and work hardening
– require sharp, abrasion-resistant tool materials, and low
feeds and speeds
• Copper
– can be difficult to machine because
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Machinability of Non- Ferrous Metals
• Magnesium
– very easy to machine, good surface finish, prolonged tool
life
– Caution: high rate of oxidation and fire danger
• Titanium and its alloys
– have very poor thermal conductivity
– ⇒ high temp. rise and BUE ⇒ difficult to machine
• Tungsten
– brittle, strong, and very abrasive
– ⇒ machinability is low
• Zirconium
– Good machinability
– Requires cooling cutting fluid (danger of explosion, fire)
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability of Miscellaneous Materials
• Thermoplastics
– Machining requires sharp tools with positive rake angles, large
relief angles, small depths of cut and feed and high speeds
– Cooling also required to keep chips from sticking to tools
• Polymer-matrix composites:
– Very abrasive ⇒ difficult to machine
– Also, requires careful handling; avoid touching, inhaling fibers
• Metal-matrix and ceramic-matrix composites
– can be difficult to machine depending on the properties of the
matrix material and the reinforcing fibers
• Graphite
– Abrasive
– Requires sharp, hard, abrasion-resistant tools
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1.7. Surface Finish and Machinability/ cont…
Machinability of Miscellaneous Materials
• Ceramics
– Have steadily improving machinability (e.g.
nanoceramics)
– Require appropriate processing parameters
• Wood
– Properties vary with grain direction
– ⇒ type of chips and surfaces vary significantly
depending on the type of wood and its condition
– Basic requirements: sharp tools, high cutting speeds
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Chapter 2
• Given as assignment
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Chapter 3
Fundamentals of metal-forming process
3.1. Forming and Shaping Processes and
Equipment
Metal forming:
• A large group of manufacturing processes in which
plastic deformation is used to change the shape of
metal work-pieces
• The tool, usually called a die, applies stresses that
exceed the yield strength of the metal
• The metal takes a shape determined by the geometry
of the die
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3.1. Forming and Shaping Processes and
Equipment /cont…
Stresses in Metal forming:
• Stresses to plastically deform the metal are usually
compressive
– Examples: rolling, forging, extrusion
• However, some forming processes
– Stretch the metal (tensile stresses)
– Others bend the metal (tensile and compressive)
– Still others apply shear stresses (shear spinning)
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Equipment /cont…
Material Properties in Metal Forming
• Desirable material properties:
– Low yield strength
– High ductility
• These properties are affected by
temperature:
– Ductility increases and yield strength decreases
when work temperature is raised
• Other factors:
– Strain rate and friction
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Processes/ cont…
3.2.1. Bulk Deformation Processes
• Characterized by significant deformations
and massive shape changes
• "Bulk" refers to work-parts with relatively
low surface area to volume ratios
• Starting work shapes include cylindrical
billets and rectangular bars
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/cont…
Rolling
Forging
Extrusion
Processes/ cont…
3.2.2. Sheet Metalworking
• Forming and related operations performed
on metal sheets, strips, and coils
• High surface area to volume ratio of
starting metal, which distinguishes these
from bulk deformation
• Often called press-working because
presses perform these operations
– Parts are called stampings
– Usual tooling: punch and die
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Deep Drawing
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3.3. Material Behavior in Metal 90
Forming
• Plastic region of stress-strain curve is primary focuss
of interest because material is plastically deformed
• In plastic region, metal's behavior is expressed by
the flow curve:
Y f K n
where K = strength
coefficient; and n =
strain hardening
exponent
Flow curve based on true
stress and true strain
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Flow Stress 91
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Temperature in Metal Forming 92
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1. Cold Working
• Performed at room temperature or slightly above
• Many cold forming processes are important mass
production operations
• Minimum or no machining usually required
Advantages of Cold Forming
• Better accuracy, closer tolerances
• Better surface finish
• Strain hardening increases strength and
hardness
• No heating of work required
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Disadvantages of Cold Forming 94
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2. Warm Working 95
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Why Hot Working? 97
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Advantages of Hot Working 98
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4.1. Introduction/ cont…