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Research on cryogenic high-speed drilling performance of metal matrix composite materials (Al/SiC) using cryogenically treated drills

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Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are a novel class of materials with the benefits of both the metallic materials acting as matrix and the reinforcements. Due to their difficult-to-machine and abrasive nature, the machining of MMCs is a problematic area that limits their widespread applications. Unlike traditional methods, a novel drilling process is proposed in which MMCs are machined using cryogenically treated drills (CTD) in the presence of cryogenic cooling. This novel approach improves the drills hardness, wear resistance, and overall durability, leading to improved drilling performance. Specifically, the machinability performance of CTD in cryogenic drilling of aluminum silicon carbide (Al/SiC) MMC is investigated and compared with untreated drills. The influence of drill treatment conditions and machinability parameters on the thrust force, hole diameter, surface roughness, chip morphology and drill wear has been investigated. The hardness values of drills were considerably improved by 6.28% after the cryogenic treatment which in turn affected the machinability. Surface roughness was observed to be improved by 22% for higher spindle speed rates by using CTD. Moreover, the chip morphology although the same as the size of the chips was observed to be reduced for CTD. Despite the abrasive nature of the workpiece material, abrasive wear was not observed to be the dominant drill wear mechanism and adhesion was the prominent cause of drill wear. The proposed research results can provide fundamental guidelines for the machining of MMCs under proposed cryogenic-assisted drilling.

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Abbreviations

Al/SiC:

Aluminum silicon carbide

MMCs:

Metal matrix composites materials

LN2 :

Liquid nitrogen

°C:

Degree celsius

n :

Spindle speed

rpm:

Revolution per minute

f :

Feed

mm/rev:

Millimeter per revolution

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

EDS:

Energy-dispersive spectrometer

UTD:

Untreated drill

CTD:

Cryogenically treated drill

F z :

Thrust force

R a :

Surface roughness

BUE:

Built-up edge

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This work is financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (52275464 and 52075300), Scientific Research Project for National High-level Innovative Talents of Hebei Province Full-time Introduction (2021HBQZYCXY004).

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    Ch Asad Abbas, Li Binghao & Liu Hanlian

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    Chuanzhen Huang

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Abbas, C.A., Huang, C., Binghao, L. et al. Research on cryogenic high-speed drilling performance of metal matrix composite materials (Al/SiC) using cryogenically treated drills. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 46, 448 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-024-05007-5

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