Enhanced ultrasonically assisted turning of a β-titanium alloy

Agostino Maurotto; Riaz Muhammad; Anish Roy; Vadim V Silberschmidt

doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2013.03.006

Enhanced ultrasonically assisted turning of a β-titanium alloy

Ultrasonics. 2013 Sep;53(7):1242-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.03.006. Epub 2013 Mar 29.

Authors

Agostino Maurotto¹, Riaz Muhammad, Anish Roy, Vadim V Silberschmidt

Affiliation

¹ Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK.

PMID: 23587216
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.03.006

Abstract

Although titanium alloys have outstanding mechanical properties such as high hot hardness, a good strength-to-weight ratio and high corrosion resistance; their low thermal conductivity, high chemical affinity to tool materials severely impair their machinability. Ultrasonically assisted machining (UAM) is an advanced machining technique, which has been shown to improve machinability of a β-titanium alloy, namely, Ti-15-3-3-3, when compared to conventional turning processes.