Abstract
The machinability of Titanium alloy Ti6Al4V is poor, so the new green cutting technology with water vapor and ionized air as coolants and lubricants was proposed to achieve the aim of efficient and green cutting for Ti6Al4V. In this paper, the milling formation and milling force were studied in machining Ti6Al4V with application of ionized air and water vapor for cooling lubricants. A set of milling tests using carbide tool YG6 were performed under dry cutting, oil emulsion, water vapor and ionized air, respectively. The results of tests indicated that the milling formation was decreased with increasing feed per tooth and the milling force increased with increasing feed per tooth, the milling formation and milling force were reduced during water vapor and ionized air condition.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.