Surface Integrity of AlSiC Composites Ground by Monolayer Brazed Diamond Wheels

Abstract:

Monolayer brazed diamond wheel were used to grind AlSiC composite with different volume fraction of SiC. The effects of diamond mesh size of the grinding wheels and the volume fraction of SiC in AlSiC composite on the surface integrity of ground AlSiC composite were investigated. It is found that the surface roughness of ground AlSiC composite with 20% SiC is increased with the reduction of diamond grit’s size because of the clogging of diamond wheel. With the increasing of the volume fraction of SiC, there are more fractured and cracked SiC particles on the ground surface of AlSiC composite. On the other hand, the finer diamond grits (70/80) induce the finer fractured SiC particles on the ground surface of AlSiC with 50% and 70% SiC.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1136)
• Pages: 526-530
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1136.526
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Feng Lin Zhang*, Peng Liu, Peng Wang, Yu Mei Zhou, Hui Ping Huang, Jia Bin Lu
• Keywords: AlSiC Composites, Grinding, Monolayer Brazed Diamond Wheels, Surface Integrity

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