Experimental and finite element simulation based investigations on micro-milling Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy: Effects of cBN coating on tool wear

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-542

  Thepsonthi, Thanongsak ^a   Özel, Tuǧrul ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

CBN coating; Finite element method; Micro end milling; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

CARBIDE TOOLS; COATINGS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; CUTTING; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROMACHINING; MILLING (MACHINING); MILLING MACHINES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COATED CARBIDE TOOLS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE (CBN); CUTTING TEMPERATURE; FABRICATION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MICRO END MILLING; MICRO-CUTTING TOOLS; TI-6AL-4V TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

EID: 84870980695     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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