A large amount of cutting heat is produced during the heavy cutting process,and insert life is restricted by the effect of thermal load.The thermal load experiment of cemented carbide SCS,WF and YT15 is carried out,and the results show that the bending strength and fracture toughness of cemented carbide material decrease obviously under cyclic thermal load,while in the cooling process,the material mechanical property changes worse suddenly.The high-temperature mechanical property of SCS is the most stable,and that of YT15 is the worst.Further,a relation model among cutting temperature,cutting parameters and insert life is established.Finally,the measures to improve heavy cemented carbide inserts life are summarized from the aspects of cutting parameters selection,insert optimization design and TiCN,Al2O3,TiN complex insert coating.The research results are expected to provide support and reference for heavy cutting technology and insert technology.
In this paper, for the tool wear problem of the cutting process, the study on improving tool life has been done through the analysis of the Seebeck effect in the efficient turning process. The generation principle of the self-excited electric current in the cutting process is studied, and also its effect on the life of the turning cutter is studied, so as to reveal the mechanism of the self-excited electric current accelerating the wear of cutting tools. The study results show that the self-excited electric current which is generated during the cutting process is one of the main reasons that cause both the accelerated hardening and the low life of cutting tools to happen. Thus, if the generation of self-excited current is avoided and reduced, the cutting performance of cutting tools can be effectively improved, so to improve the tool life. The study can provide the anti-friction and anti-wear theory basis for the design of the efficient cutting tools.
