Papers by Keyword: UNS A97050-T7

Abstract: The aluminium alloys are widely employed in the aeronautical, aerospace and automotive industries in the most important manufacturing processes. This is due to the fact they have a high resistance even at high temperatures as well as a low density. Nevertheless, these materials can commonly show problems associated with the heat generated during the machining process that reduces their machinability. For this reason, cutting fluids are still widely used. However, the growing social preoccupation towards environmental conservation has made it necessary to develop cleaner production technologies as dry machining, in which no cutting fluids are employed. This situation makes necessary to look for combinations of cutting parameters and types of tools that improve the machining in those extreme work. In this study, the UNS A97050-T7 and UNS A92024-T3 aluminium alloys were analyzed in terms of surface roughness and the morphology of chips obtained, using tools with TiN coating. It was found that the surface quality of the aluminium UNS A97050-T7 and UNS A92024-T3 bars improves with the descent of the feed and with the increase of the cutting speed, being the feed the cutting parameter more influential on the surface roughness. Thus the machining of the UNS A92024-T3 allows obtaining shorter chips than the UNS A97050-T7.

Abstract: This paper presents a study of the thrust forces in the aluminium alloy, UNS A97050-T7. The measurement of these forces during the dry drilling in plates is evaluated under cutting different conditions and in through and blind holes. The experiments have been performed in a CNC milling and HSS Co drills have been utilised with unlike diameters (6.3 mm and 4 mm). The thrust forces have been measured by means of a piezoelectric dynamometer. In addition, the results have been compared with theoretical forces, obtained by the Kronenberg equation. The ANOVA study has allowed confirming the similitude between the forces obtained, independently of number of holes drilled, with the exception of through holes of 4 mm, in whose case the Kruskal-Wallis test has corroborated the dissimilitude. Moreover, the comparison with Kronenberg forces is coherent for diameters 6.3 mm, but it is very different for diameter 4 mm. Thus, the results respect to through and blind holes are dependent of diameter of drill, and also the differences found in the theoretical forces. The high variability of the forces for minor drills, in through and blind holes, points to an inadvisable use in this material.