Investigation of grindability and surface integrity in creep feed grinding of GH738 alloy using different grinding wheels

GH738 superalloy offers exceptional material properties at elevated temperature and is widely applied to the critical components of aero-engines and gas turbine. However, high strength and poor thermal conductivity bring significant challenges for the machining and surface qualities of GH738 superal...

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Published in:International journal of advanced manufacturing technology 2022-12, Vol.123 (11-12), p.4153-4169
Main Authors: Song, Yihui, Shi, Kaining, He, Zhe, Zhang, Zhaoqing, Shi, Yaoyao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abrasive wheels
Advanced manufacturing technologies
Alumina
Aluminum oxide
CAE) and Design
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
Creep feed grinding
Critical components
Design of experiments
Engineering
Gas turbine engines
Gas turbines
Grindability
Grinding tools
Grinding wheels
Heat conductivity
High temperature
Industrial and Production Engineering
Integrity
Laboratories
Manufacturing
Material properties
Material removal rate (machining)
Mechanical Engineering
Media Management
Nickel
Nickel base alloys
Original Article
Parameters
Plastic deformation
Residual stress
Superalloys
Surface defects
Surface properties
Thermal conductivity
Thickness
Titanium alloys
Wheels
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Summary:GH738 superalloy offers exceptional material properties at elevated temperature and is widely applied to the critical components of aero-engines and gas turbine. However, high strength and poor thermal conductivity bring significant challenges for the machining and surface qualities of GH738 superalloy. In this work, the creep feed grinding performance of GH738 was investigated. The variation laws and formation mechanism of surface integrity were explored with three common types of alumina grinding wheels under various grinding parameters. The experimental results showed that there is considerable impact of grinding parameters on the grinding force and grinding temperature. The stronger coupling of thermal and mechanical aggravates worse surface integrity. The propensity of grinding burn could be more sensitive when the maximum undeformed chip thickness is greater than 0.45–0.5 μm. With the material removal rate in the range of 0.83–1.67 mm 3 /mm·s, surface defects are visible, and the thickness of plastic deformation layer is about 4–6 μm. In addition, the surface quality ground by the white and pink fused alumina mixed abrasive grinding wheel (WA-PA) is slightly superior to that of the WA and BA grinding wheels. Finally, the grinding parameters for creep feed grinding GH738 are recommended as v w  ∈ [50, 150] mm/min, v s  ∈ [25, 35] m/s, and a p  ∈ [0.2, 0.6] mm.
ISSN:0268-3768
1433-3015
DOI:10.1007/s00170-022-10497-5