Investigation of lubrication strategies in Ti6Al4V milling operations

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dc.contributor.advisorTreurnicht, N. F.
dc.contributor.authorJoubert, H. J.
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Industrial Engineering.
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-27T08:43:05Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:36:56Z
dc.date.available2009-02-27T08:43:05Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.descriptionThesis (MScEng (Industrial Engineering))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing global demand for titanium. The aircraft industry is the driving force behind the demand for titanium. The reason for this is that titanium has attractive properties that justify its use both economically and environmentally. Titanium alloys have superior strength-to-weight ratios. This implies that by substituting components manufactured from other metals in the aircraft with titanium components, a substantial reduction in structural weight can be achieved. From an economical point of view a lower mass implies lower fuel consumption. From an environmental point of view lower fuel consumption implies less harmful greenhouse emissions. Ti6Al4V components are the most widely used titanium alloy products in aircraft components. Ti6Al4V is known as a difficult-to-machine material. This is due to its low thermal conductivity and small contact area between the tool and the chips causing higher temperatures to be generated closer to the cutting edge of the insert. This will subsequently increase the rate at which the cutting tool wears. For this reason relatively low cutting speeds and feed rates are employed for the machining of Ti6Al4V compared to the machining of steels. Ti6Al4V is an exceptionally high cost material. The low cutting speeds and feed rates used in Ti6Al4V machining raises the machining cost of parts and contributes to an increase in the price of Ti6Al4V parts. By employing higher cutting speeds and feed rates machining times on Ti6Al4V products could be decreased, subsequently lowering the price for Ti6Al4V components. An increase in cutting speeds and feed rates will subsequently cause an increase in generated cutting temperatures, resulting in an increase in tool wear. This stresses the importance of controlling the cutting temperature during machining of Ti6Al4V in order to prolong tool life. The focus of this work was to investigate different lubrication strategies for polycrystalline diamond (PCD) and tungsten carbide inserts for Ti6Al4V milling operations in the quest to develop improved feasible cutting parameters. The results of this study showed that flood lubrication should be utilized for PCD inserts, while a “softer” 60 bar high pressure through spindle lubrication worked best for the tungsten carbide inserts. By utilizing these lubrication strategies, cutting speeds of 100 m/min and feeds per tooth of 0.05 mm/rev for both the PCD and tungsten carbide grades could be attained with satisfactory tool life.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1936
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subjectTi6Al4V componentsen
dc.subjectDissertations -- Industrial engineeringen
dc.subjectTheses -- Industrial engineeringen
dc.subject.lcshTitanium industryen
dc.subject.lcshMilling (Metal-work)en
dc.titleInvestigation of lubrication strategies in Ti6Al4V milling operationsen
dc.typeThesis
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