Dmytro Ostroushko and Karel Saksl and Carsten Siemers and Zuzana Rihova
Chips of Ti6Al2Sn4Zr6Mo Alloy – A Detailed Geometry Study
714 - 717
2012
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International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13393
https://publications.waset.org/vol/68
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Titanium alloys like Ti6Al2Sn4Zr6Mo (Ti
6246) are widely used in aerospace applications. Component
manufacturing, however, is difficult and expensive as their
machinability is extremely poor. A thorough understanding of the
chip formation process is needed to improve related metal cutting
operations.In the current study, orthogonal cutting experiments have
been performed and theresulting chips were analyzed by optical
microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.Chips from aTi
6246ingot were produced at different cutting speeds and cutting
depths. During the experiments, depending of the cutting conditions,
continuous or segmented chips were formed. Narrow, highly
deformed and grain oriented zones, the socalled shear zone,
separated individual segments. Different material properties have
been measured in the shear zones and the segments.
Open Science Index 68, 2012