A Surface Roughness Study for Machining of Udimet500 Superalloy, through Statistical Analysis of Influential Parameters

Abstract

Superalloy is an alloy that has been developed to be used in processes with high thermal and mechanical stresses and also preserving high surface stabilities. Because of the increase in temperature and wearing of tool tip (even in low cutting speeds), machining of these materials has not developed considerably. Increase in demand for machining of these materials equally increases the need for investigating their manufacturing methods. For this reason, optimal machining of superalloys is very important and is under great investigations. The most important parameter for manufacturing companies is surface roughness. In the present paper, surface roughness of Udimet500 superalloy which is a nickel-based superalloy is investigated. Based on regression analysis, the most influential parameters to surface roughness are obtained and a relation for the roughness with respect to depth of cut, cutting speed, feed rate and lubricant type (CO2, Z1 or dry) is derived.