Some considerations on tool wear and workpiece surface quality of holes finished by reaming or milling in a nickel base superalloy

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 591-603

  Axinte, D A ^a   Andrews, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High strength Ni superalloy; Hole finishing; Specific cutting energy; Surface quality; Tool wear

Indexed keywords

GAS TURBINES; MACHINABILITY; MILLING (MACHINING); NICKEL ALLOYS; REAMING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

HOLE FINISHING; POWDER ROUTES; SPECIFIC CUTTING ENERGY; TOOL WEAR;

SUPERALLOYS;

EID: 34250223028     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM704     Document Type: Article

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