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Analyzing the effect of cutting parameters on surface roughness
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Analyzing the effect of cutting parameters on surface roughness
and tool wear when machining nickel based hastelloy 276.
Basim A. Khidhir1 and Bashir Mohamed1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering,
University Tenaga Nasional, 43009 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Email:
[email protected]
Abstract Machining parameters has an important factor on tool
wear and surface finish, for that the manufacturers need to obtain
optimal operating parameters with a minimum set of experiments as
well as minimizing the simulations in order to reduce machining set
up costs. The cutting speed is one of the most important cutting
parameter to evaluate, it clearly most influences on one hand, tool
life, tool stability, and cutting process quality, and on the other
hand controls production flow. Due to more demanding manufacturing
systems, the requirements for reliable technological information
have increased. For a reliable analysis in cutting, the cutting
zone (tip insertworkpiecechip system) as the mechanics of cutting
in this area are very complicated, the chip is formed in the shear
plane (entrance the shear zone) and is shape in the sliding plane.
The temperature contributed in the primary shear, chamfer and
sticking, sliding zones are expressed as a function of unknown
shear angle on the rake face and temperature modified flow stress
in each zone. The experiments were carried out on a CNC lathe and
surface finish and tool tip wear are measured in process. Machining
experiments are conducted. Reasonable agreement is observed under
turning with high depth of cut. Results of this research help to
guide the design of new cutting tool materials and the studies on
evaluation of machining parameters to further advance the
productivity of nickel based alloy Hastelloy - 276 machining.
1. Introduction Increasing the productivity and the quality of
the machined parts are the main challenges of manufacturing
industry. Modern cutting tools allow cutting at high speeds, thus
increasing the volume of chips removed per unit time and this
objective requires better management of the machining system
corresponding to cutting tool-machine tool-workpiece combination to
go towards more rapid metal removal rate. Exploring higher cutting
speed depends to a greater extend on the cutting tool materials
[1]. General information on operating parameters employed when
turning Nickel based alloys are available in both academic [2-5]
and industrial literatures [6, 7]. From the very beginning,
development of an adequate predictive theory of the process was of
a major concern for all researchers. In relation to machining
operations with defined cutting edges, workpiece surface integrity
aspects when turning Inconel 718 with coated carbide cutting tools
[8, 9]. Due to their high temperature strength and high corrosion
resistance, nickel based alloys are used for engines for commercial
and military aircraft and space engines. Is considered by
machinists one of the most challenging areas. This is due to a
complex of material properties [10,11] namely: low thermal
conductivity leading to increased temperatures at the tool point
rake face, work-hardening tendency during machining, high thermal
affinity to tool
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materials resulting in welding-adhesion of workpiece material to
the cutting edge, presence of hard abrasive particles (e.g.
carbides, oxides) resulting in intense tool wear [12]. The heat
generated during a cutting operation is the summation of plastic
deformation involved in chip formation and the friction between
tool and workpiece and between the tool and the chip [13].
Metallurgical changes that have improved superalloys making the
metal stronger, tougher or more resistant to oxidation or
corrosion, have also made these metals more difficult to machine.
For the nickel based superalloys, high temperature characteristics
translate directly to machining challenges. The combination of high
cutting force and high temperature when machining these materials
leads to edge breakdown of the tool through chipping or
deformation. In addition, for the majority of these metals, work
hardening takes place rapidly. A hardened surface created during
machining can result in depth-of-cut-line notching of the tool and
may also compromise the fatigue strength and geometric accuracy of
the part [14]. Many nickel alloys are age hardenable, meaning that
the hardness of the alloy increases dramatically upon heat
treatment. As second phase particles form, the alloy becomes
stronger and more abrasive, thus more difficult to machine [15].
The geometry of the tool plays a big part in controlling wear. The
geometry of the cutting tool must allow for chip removal in order
to take the heat out with the chip. Tool geometry should allow for
smoother cutting and less vibration and better chip evacuation. In
addition, higher rpm and feed rates with shallow depth-of-cut are
typically required to maintain chip flow and heat [16-17]. This
study intend to investigate the effect of insert geometries on
cutting performance in terms of tool life and tool wear when
machining of nickel-based alloys - 276. 2. Experimental procedure
The machining tests were performed by single point. A CNC turning
machine OKUMA CNC turning machine supported with Spindle Drive
motor 11 KW and 6000 Rpm maximum speed. Z- axis Simens AC Servo
motor 8 Nm and X- axis Simens motor 6 Nm as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. CNC machine used in experiments
The workpiece of nickel based Hastelloy 276 specimens were 300
mm long and 50 mm diameter. The chemical compositions of the
workpiece materials as [Ni:57%; Co:1.62%; Cr:15.44%; Mo:15.34%;
Fe:5.43%; W3.67%; V:0.41%; Mn:0.52%; C:0.004%; Others (Si
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Table 2. Insert tools and holders used during experiments.
No Insert material Tool insert code Tool holder code
3 RNGN 120400E CRSNR 2525M 12-ID
4 SNGN 120412E SNGN 120412E
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Ceramic
CNGN 120408 E CCLNR 2525M 12-4 Surface roughness measurement was
carried out on the machined surfaces using a Hand held Roughness
Tester TR200 instrument. Three measurements were made on the each
surface. The worn cutting tools were also examined under a Philips
XL 30 ESEM type scanning electron microscope (SEM). 2.1. Design of
experiment Response surface methodology (RSM) is used to find a
combination of factors which gives the optimal response. RSM is
actually a collection of mathematical and statistical technique
that is useful for the modeling and analysis of problems in which a
response of interest is influenced by several variables and the
objectives is to optimize the response [18]. There are essentially
two main types of designs experiments which are based on response
surface analysis as follows: 1. Central Composite Design (CCD). 2.
Box-Behnken Design (BBD). Both of these methodologies require a
quadratic relationship between the experimental factor and the
responses. In this paper the BBD has been chosen as shown in Figure
2.
Figure 2. The 3N full factorial
The levels of independent variables and coding identifications
used in this design are presented in Table 3.
Table 3. Variables coding identifications
Code -1 0 +1
Cutting speed (m/min) 150 200 250
Feed rate (mm/rev) 0.15 0.2 0.25
Depth of cut (mm) 0.5 1 1.5
Nose radius (deg.) 0.8 1.2 12
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Table 5 shows the experimental conditions and results obtained
using ceramic inserts. All of the turning tests were run dry. Box-
Behnken Design is normally used when performing non-sequential
experiments. That is, performing the experiment only once. These
designs allow efficient estimation of the firstorder coefficients.
Because Box-Behnken Design has fewer design points, they are less
expensive to run than central composite designs with the same
number of factors. Box-Behnken Design do not have axial points,
thus can be sure that all design points fall within the safe
operating. Box- Behnken Design also ensures that all factors are
never set at their high levels simultaneously [19]. Figure 3 shows
the 3N full factors Box-Behnken. Preliminary tests were carried out
to find the suitable cutting speed V, feed rate f, depth of cut d
and approach angle K as shown in Table 4. Every one passes (one
pass is equal to 20mm), the cutting test was stopped. The same
experiment has been repeated for 3 times to get more accurate
result.
Table 4. Experimental conditions and results obtained using
ceramic inserts
Run order
Cutting speed,
V (m/min)
Feed rate, f (mm/rev)
Depth of cut, d (mm)
Nose radius, r (mm)
Exp. Surf. Rogh. Ra (um)
1 0 -1 0 -1 0,184 2 1 1 0 0 0,25 3 0 0 -1 -1 0,382 4 0 -1 -1 0
0,555 5 1 0 0 1 1,045 6 1 0 -1 0 0,8 7 0 0 -1 1 1,04 8 0 1 0 -1
0,378 9 -1 0 1 0 2,373 10 -1 0 0 1 1,404 11 0 -1 0 1 1,162 12 0 1
-1 0 1,349 13 1 0 1 0 1,436 14 0 1 1 0 1,771 15 0 1 0 1 1,076 16 1
-1 0 0 0,844 17 1 0 0 -1 0,466 18 -1 -1 0 0 0,423 19 0 -1 1 0 5,216
20 0 0 0 0 0,78 21 0 0 1 -1 3,532 22 0 0 1 1 1,064 23 -1 0 -1 0
1,327 24 0 0 0 0 0,78 25 -1 0 0 -1 2,333
26 0 0 0 0 0,78
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2.2. Regression model
The surface roughness (Linear + interaction) regression model
is: SR = - 27,3 + 0,105 V + 141 f + 9,16 d - 0,069 r - 0,536 Vf-
0,0023 Vd - 0,00119 Vr - 38,2 fd + 0,52 fr + 0,177 dr
---------------(1) Where SR is Surface roughness (Ra um), V is
cutting speed (m/min), f is feed rate (mm/rev), d is depth of cut
(mm), r is nose radius (mm).
Table 5. Analysis of Variance
Source DF Seq SS Adj SS Adj MSFP Regression 10 23 23.4096
2.34096 3.24 0.018
Linear 4 11 10.8013 2.70033 3.74 0.025 Interaction 6 11 11.9106
1.98511 2.75 0.050 Residual Error 16 11 11.5659 0.72287
The p-value for lack of fit is 0.095 suggesting that this model
adequately fits the data.
Table 6. P- value for the terms of surface roughness Ra
Term T P Constant 7.021 0.000 V -1.852 0.083 f -0.073 0.943 d
3.291 0.005 r -0.718 0.483 V * f -2.995 0.009 V* d -0.195 0.848 V*
r -0.988 0.338 f *d -2.637 0.018 f * r 0.341 0.737 d * r 1.548
0.141
Table 6 gives the results of the ANOVA of surface roughness of
machined specimen. It can be seen from table 7, that the most
significant parameters influencing the surface roughness is the
cutting speed, see the main effects plots for SN ratio in Fig. 3.
It is known from the fundamental theory of machining that the feed
rate and nose radius play an important role in roughness of the
machined surface when the cutting edge is sharp [20]. However, when
the cutting edge is not sharp or modified as in this case, the
cutting edge is chamfered, then other factors come into effect and
influence the surface roughness. It is observed that the surface
roughness is higher (poor surface finish) at the lower cutting
speed. The surface roughness is lower (good surface finish) as the
cutting speed increases to its highest level. Thus, at higher MRR,
the volume of the accumulated material is more, thereby suppress
the effect of cutting edge radius and feed rate more effectively.
Consequently, the surface finish is better [21]. Generally, the
increase of cutting speed will improve of the surface finish while
increasing depth of cut will increase the value of surface
roughness to become larger. On the other hand, the changing in feed
rate will take no effect on surface roughness as shown in Figure
3.
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Figure 3. Main Effects Plot (data means) for Exp. surface
roughness Ra (um) The proposed linear equation is valid only for
cutting ceramic tools with a (-6) rake angle within the cutting
conditions range used in the experimentation. Figure 4 shows the
plot of experimental surface roughness versus predicted surface
roughness from eq. (1) it is clear that the predicted values are in
good agreement with the experimental readings. This indicates that
the obtained linear model is useful to be the empirical modal for
selecting cutting speed values.
Figure 4. Prediction of cutting force with experimental cutting
force.
3. Results and discussions Generally, cutting tool materials are
exposed to high mechanical stresses and thermal disturbances when
machining nickel based Hastelloy C-276 resulting in low surface
roughness, cutting tool wear and short tool life. Results showed
That the most dependent parameter affected the surface finish is
cutting speed followed by depth of cut and the interaction of
cutting speed versus depth of cut, nose radius and feed rate as
shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 respectively.
(No. of Exp.)
Surface roughness (m)
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Figure 5. Surface roughness in the cutting speeds - depth of cut
plane.
Figure 6. Surface roughness in the cutting speeds - nose radius
plane.
Figure 7. Surface roughness in the cutting speeds - feed rates
plane.
Different type of tool wears appears during experiments as flank
wear and chipping as shown in Figures 8 and 9. Built up edge (BUE)
was the factor appears during experiments as shown in Figures
10.
Feed rate (mm/rev) Cutting speed (m/min)
Surface roughness (m)
Depth of cut (mm)
Cutting speed (m/min)
Nose radius (mm) Cutting speed (m/min)
Surface roughness (m)
Surface roughness (m)
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Figure 8. Flank wear in the cutting speed feed rate plane for
0.5 mm depth of cut and 0.8 mm nose radius.
Figure 9. Chipping wear in the cutting speed feed rate plane for
1 mm depth of cut and 1.2 mm nose radius.
Figure 10. BUE in the cutting speed depth of cut plane for 0.15
mm feed rate and 0.8 mm nose radius. Tool wear type while cutting
the Hastelloy - 276 is chipping wear at the line depth of cut due
to high thermal, high work hardness, high strength of the
work-piece and abrasive particles. Furthermore; flank wear,
chipping and severe damages are the causes of tool wear. The
inserts were tested by cutting Hastelloy - 276 under different
cutting parameters as listed in Table 3. For each experiment,
Reference flank wear value VBB = 0.3 mm is chosen as wear criterion
according to International Standard Organization. A cutting tool
was rejected and further machining was stopped based on one or a
combination of the following rejection criteria in relation to ISO
Standard 3685 for tool life testing:
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Average flank wear P0.3 mm. Maximum flank wear P0.4 mm. Nose
wear P0.5 mm. Notching at the depth of cut line P0.6 mm. Excessive
chipping (flaking) or catastrophic fracture of the cutting
edge.
Ceramic tool tips used to machine the nickel based Hastelloy-276
workpiece material were examined by The SEM images of the worn
cutting edges. It is seen from these images that wear predominantly
occurred in two regions during the tests: at the depth of cut line
and the nose. However, wear at the nose radius of cutting edge
directly influences the machined surface finish since the nose edge
is in direct contact with the newly machined surface. However,
further increasing in the depth of cut increases the extent of tool
wear.
In this study, flank wear and excessive chipping wear, which are
important problems reducing tool life, are mainly observed in the
machining experiments ceramic tools. It is considered that the
tools having negative and larger approach angle with bigger nose
radius must be used in order to solve chipping wear problem. 4.
Conclusion Turning tests were performed on Nickel based Hastelloy
C-276 using two different inserts of ceramic cutting tools. The
influences of cutting speed, tool inserts type and workpiece
material were investigated on the machined surface roughness. Based
on the results obtained, the following conclusions can be drawn: 1.
Cutting speed was found to have a significant effect on the
machined surface roughness values. 2. Influence of Depth of cut was
found to affect the surface roughness when it increased from
medium to high value. 3. Interaction of cutting speed and depth
of cut influence the surface roughness and tool wear and
generating BUE in the low to medium speed. 4. Nose radius wear,
evidenced by the SEM examinations, were found to be responsible for
the
surface roughness values. 5. Round insert found to produce
better surface roughness associated with decreasing the depth
of
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