Submerged precision machining of ceramic material
- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Over the last two decades, extensive research has been done in the area of the development of advanced ceramics. Superior properties of advanced ceramics include high heat resistance, wear resistance and corrosion resistance. Industries such as aerospace, automotive and microelectronics have found increasing applications for ceramics materials. This paper will present a new machining technology - submerged machining. A submerged device is designed to place the ceramic material in a bath filled with cutting fluid which is mixed with chemical additives. The device is attached to the CNC machining center. These chemical additives are specifically designed for controlling the tribological effects on the interface between the cutting tool and the ceramic specimen. High penetration capability of these chemicals promotes crack propagation, resulting in a satisfied material removal rate at an affordable cost. High finish quality of the machined surfaces is achieved because of a reduced tool wear rate. This paper also represents an empirical-based mathematical model which is capable of predicting the cutting force as a function of the three cutting parameters, namely, feed, depth of cut, and cutting speed during the machining of two types of ceramic materials, namely, alumina and DICOR. Improvement of 50% - 65% in the roughness measurement using the submerged machining technology is demonstrated. Fracture surfaces constructed from a stereophotogrammetric examination will be presented to illustrate how surface integrity is being assessed quantitatively.
- OSTI ID:
- 175237
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950686-; TRN: 95:006111-0181
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Joint applied mechanics and materials summer meeting, Los Angeles, CA (United States), 28-30 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of AMD - MD `95: Summer conference; PB: 520 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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