Title: Surface Roughness of Poly-crystalline Cubic Boron Nitride after Rotary Ultrasonic Machining
Abstract:Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) is suitable particularly for machining hard and brittle materials, such as glass and ceramics. This contribution investigates the machining of poly-crystalline cubic ...Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) is suitable particularly for machining hard and brittle materials, such as glass and ceramics. This contribution investigates the machining of poly-crystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN) by using this advanced machining method. In the experiment, a tool for friction stir welding (FSW) was manufactured. Such tool is 1 pprox.1 for welding the materials with enhanced mechanical properties. The research was focused on machined surface roughness, because roughness has a significant influence on the welding process, especially on sticking ability. If roughness of the tool is too high, the welded material will stick on the tool and the weld cannot be fabricated. According to the performed experiment, RUM seems to be a proper method to manufacture a FSW tool, owing to the low roughness achieved (Ra 0.24 μm).Read More