CBN grain wear and its effects on material removal during grinding of FGH96 powder metallurgy superalloy

Abstract

Grinding with cubic boron nitride (CBN) superabrasive is a widely used method of machining superalloy in aerospace industries. However, there are some issues, such as poor grinding quality and severe tool wear, in grinding of powder metallurgy superalloy FGH96. In addition, abrasive wheel wear is the significant factor that hinders the further application of CBN abrasive wheels. In this case, the experiment of grinding FGH96 with single CBN abrasive grain using different parameters was carried out. The wear characteristics of CBN abrasive grain were analyzed by experiment and simulation. The material removal behavior affected by CBN abrasive wear was also studied by discussing the pile-up ratio during grinding process. It shows that morphological characteristics of CBN abrasive grain and grinding infeed direction affect the CBN abrasive wear seriously by simulation analysis. Attrition wear, micro break, and macro fracture had an important impact on material removal characteristics. Besides, compared with the single cutting edge, higher pile-up ratio was obtained by multiple cutting edges, which reduced the removal efficiency of the material. Therefore, weakening multiple cutting edge grinding on abrasive grains in the industrial production, such as applying suitable dressing strategy, is an available method to improve the grinding quality and efficiency.

Keywords

FGH96 powder metallurgy superalloy / Single-grain grinding / Cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasive wear / Material removal behavior

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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809(92160301)

Major Special Projects of Aero-engine and Gas Turbine(2017-VII-0002-0095)

Funding for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in NUAA(BCXJ19-06)