Effects of cryogenic cooling on the surface integrity in hard turning of AISI D6 steel

Methods able to enhance surface integrity of machined components have been one of the emerging areas in manufacturing engineering, and a technique that has been providing satisfying results in the last years is cryogenic machining. Besides promoting surface integrity improvement, it is considered an...

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Autores: Melo, Anderson Clayton Alves de, Leadebal Júnior, Welber Vasconcelos, Oliveira, Adilson José de, Castro, Nicolau Apoena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRN
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/31920
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31920
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cryogenic cooling
Hard turning
AISI D6 steel
Surface integrity
PCBN tools
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Sumario:Methods able to enhance surface integrity of machined components have been one of the emerging areas in manufacturing engineering, and a technique that has been providing satisfying results in the last years is cryogenic machining. Besides promoting surface integrity improvement, it is considered an alternative to the use of conventional cutting fluids, which is in accordance with the latest global trends for sustainable means of production. In this sense, replacing grinding operation, which uses large volumes of conventional cutting fluids, by hard turning assisted by liquid nitrogen, for example, could be a good choice. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of cryogenic cooling on the surface integrity of quenched and tempered AISI D6 tool steel after turning operation. Dry and cryogenic turning trials with polycrystalline cubic boron nitride tools were performed and the results of surface integrity (surface roughness and topography, microhardness and residual stresses, as well as the modified microstructure of the deformed layer) were analyzed for comparison. The results showed that cryogenic cooling played an important role in modifying the workpiece surface integrity, providing low values of surface roughness (similar to those obtained in grinding operations), as well as higher values of surface microhardness and compressive residual stresses as compared to the dry condition