Tribological Characterization of the Heat-Assisted Single Point Incremental Forming Process Applied to the Ti6Al4V Alloy with the Definition of an Adhesion Parameter for the Tool Surface

Jesús Andrés Naranjo; Valentín Miguel; Juana Coello; María Carmen Manjabacas; Alberto Martínez-Martínez; Enrique García-Martínez

doi:10.3390/ma14247641

Tribological Characterization of the Heat-Assisted Single Point Incremental Forming Process Applied to the Ti6Al4V Alloy with the Definition of an Adhesion Parameter for the Tool Surface

Materials (Basel). 2021 Dec 11;14(24):7641. doi: 10.3390/ma14247641.

Authors

Jesús Andrés Naranjo^{1

2}, Valentín Miguel^{1

2}, Juana Coello^{1

2}, María Carmen Manjabacas^{1

2}, Alberto Martínez-Martínez², Enrique García-Martínez^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ High Technical School of Industrial Engineers of Albacete, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain.
² Regional Development Institute, Science and Engineering of Materials, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain.

Abstract

Heat-assisted single point incremental forming or HA-SPIF has a great potential for producing one-piece batches of hard-to-form materials such as Ti6Al4V alloy for medical and aeronautical applications. One of the limitations of the process is the difficulty in achieving a reasonable surface finish, which makes essential the characterization of the tribological process in the tool-sheet contact. In fact, not much work can be found at this point in literature. In this research, a novel procedure for evaluating the adhesion on the tool surface is proposed and the influence of the temperature is determined. The surface finish of parts is analyzed, and the changes promoted by HA-SPIF appearing in the morphology of the external surface layer are characterized by SEM.

Keywords: HA-SPIF; Ti6Al4V; adhesion; surface finish.

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