Effect of intermittent cutting behavior on grinding force in ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding of K4002 nickel-based superalloy

Abstract

Abstract The intermittent cutting behavior, performing as periodic contact phase and separation phase between abrasive grit and workpiece, is an important characteristic in the ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding (UVAG). This study investigated the effect of intermittent cutting behavior on the grinding force in UVAG. At first, a grinding force model was established by determining the quantity of effective grits and the grinding force of a single grit. Then the influences of ultrasonic vibration phase on the intermittent cutting behavior and grinding force were discussed. Finally, the prediction accuracy of the model was tested through experiments. Results indicated that the quantity of effective grits, unchanged chip thickness and proportion of grits at the sliding, plowing, cutting stages were all changed with the vibration phase. A large unchanged chip thickness and 56% effective grits at the cutting stage were generated at the start of the grits-wheel contact phase. Then, the quantity of effective grits firstly increased to maximum 232 at the vibration phase of 0.5π and then decreased to zero when entering the grits-wheel separation phase. The maximum error of the grinding force model was 15%, indicating that the model was of high accuracy for the force prediction in UVAG.