The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review

Advanced materials such as titanium alloys and metal matrix composites are extensively used in the aerospace industry and biomedical engineering. They are difficult to machine because of the severe abrasion and high temperature at the tool/chip and tool/workpiece interfaces which cause severe tool w...

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Main Authors: Guangxian, Li, Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif, Wencheng, Pan, Cuie, Wen, Songlin, Ding
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020
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author Guangxian, Li
Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif
Wencheng, Pan
Cuie, Wen
Songlin, Ding
author_facet Guangxian, Li
Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif
Wencheng, Pan
Cuie, Wen
Songlin, Ding
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building UTHM Institutional Repository
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description Advanced materials such as titanium alloys and metal matrix composites are extensively used in the aerospace industry and biomedical engineering. They are difficult to machine because of the severe abrasion and high temperature at the tool/chip and tool/workpiece interfaces which cause severe tool wear and premature tool rejection. Compared with conventional cutting tools, polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools are promising in machining refractory metals and hard-to-machine materials because of the outstanding mechanical properties of PCD. This paper reviewed the manufacturing and application of PCD cutting tools. The researches on manufacturing process of PCD tools and the application in cutting hard-to-machine materials were analysed, and the results and findings were comprehensively discussed. Two most widely used refining methods including abrasive grinding and electrical discharge grinding (EDG) as well as the defects caused by the processes were presented. The wear process of PCD tools in different industrial cutting methods and the wear mechanism of different PCD materials were explained in both micro-scale and macro-scale. Research directions and the trend of the application of PCD cutting tools were introduced.
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spelling uthm-65682022-03-01T04:09:42Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6568/ The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review Guangxian, Li Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif Wencheng, Pan Cuie, Wen Songlin, Ding T175-178 Industrial research. Research and development Advanced materials such as titanium alloys and metal matrix composites are extensively used in the aerospace industry and biomedical engineering. They are difficult to machine because of the severe abrasion and high temperature at the tool/chip and tool/workpiece interfaces which cause severe tool wear and premature tool rejection. Compared with conventional cutting tools, polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools are promising in machining refractory metals and hard-to-machine materials because of the outstanding mechanical properties of PCD. This paper reviewed the manufacturing and application of PCD cutting tools. The researches on manufacturing process of PCD tools and the application in cutting hard-to-machine materials were analysed, and the results and findings were comprehensively discussed. Two most widely used refining methods including abrasive grinding and electrical discharge grinding (EDG) as well as the defects caused by the processes were presented. The wear process of PCD tools in different industrial cutting methods and the wear mechanism of different PCD materials were explained in both micro-scale and macro-scale. Research directions and the trend of the application of PCD cutting tools were introduced. Elsevier 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6568/1/AJ%202020%20%28364%29.pdf Guangxian, Li and Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif and Wencheng, Pan and Cuie, Wen and Songlin, Ding (2020) The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 56 (Part A). pp. 400-416. ISSN 1526-6125 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.05.010
spellingShingle T175-178 Industrial research. Research and development
Guangxian, Li
Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif
Wencheng, Pan
Cuie, Wen
Songlin, Ding
The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review
title The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review
title_full The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review
title_fullStr The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review
title_full_unstemmed The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review
title_short The manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – A comprehensive review
title_sort manufacturing and the application of polycrystalline diamond tools – a comprehensive review
topic T175-178 Industrial research. Research and development
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