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Titanium alloy has excellent mechanical properties, strong corrosion resistance, and low density. However, during machining, titanium alloy exhibits poor cutting performance, mainly manifested in the following aspects:<\/p>\n
(1) High cutting force: Titanium alloy materials have high strength, resulting in large cutting resistance during machining, leading to the generation of a large amount of cutting heat.<\/p>\n
(2) Low thermal conductivity: Titanium alloy has low thermal diffusivity, resulting in the concentration of a large amount of cutting heat in the cutting area.<\/p>\n
(3) High tool tip stress: Titanium alloy has low plasticity, and the chips generated during processing are prone to bending, leading to a short contact length between the chips and the rake face, thereby increasing the unit area force on the cutting edge and causing stress concentration at the tool tip.<\/p>\n
(4) High frictional force: Titanium alloy has a small elastic modulus, resulting in increased friction between the front and rear faces of the tool.<\/p>\n
(5) High chemical reactivity: Titanium elements can easily react with gases such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen in the air at high cutting temperatures, forming a hard surface layer and accelerating tool wear.<\/p>\n
To meet the requirements of efficient machining of titanium alloy components, new types of titanium alloy machining equipment exhibit the following trends:<\/p>\n
(1) High torque: Titanium alloy has high strength, and the cutting force during machining is extremely high. An obvious feature of titanium alloy machining equipment is the large spindle torque and swivel torque.<\/p>\n
(2) Application of electric spindles: High-power, high-torque electric spindles have been applied in titanium alloy machining.<\/p>\n
(3) Horizontal machining centers for titanium alloy machining: Horizontal machining centers are convenient for chip removal, conducive to improving machining efficiency and quality, and interchangeable worktables facilitate multi-position machining and assembly of flexible production lines, increasing equipment utilization.<\/p>\n
(4) High-pressure internal cooling: In titanium alloy machining, cutting heat is concentrated at the tool tip, which can easily cause tool wear or damage. High-pressure internal cooling can accurately spray into the cutting area to take away cutting heat.<\/p>\n
Titanium alloy has poor cutting performance, and the cutting speed in traditional machining methods generally does not exceed 60m\/min. Rough machining of titanium alloy mainly relies on large cutting depths, low speeds, and low feeds to achieve maximum metal removal rates. Precision machining uses PVD-coated cemented carbide tools for high-speed milling with small cutting widths and large cutting depths to achieve efficient cutting. Therefore, improvements in titanium alloy machining tools mainly focus on how to avoid vibration, reduce cutting forces, and lower cutting temperatures during high-force cutting.<\/p>\n
(1)Face milling of titanium alloy: When face milling titanium alloy parts, efficient machining is achieved by using a small cutting depth and large feed. The principle of high feed milling is to reduce the main cutting edge angle of the tool so that the tool can maintain a small chip thickness even at very high feed rates, thereby reducing cutting forces at high feeds and achieving a large feed rate at low cutting speeds, increasing the metal removal rate per unit cutting depth. At the same time, part of the cutting force is vertical upward, and the tangential force is small, requiring low machine power and rigidity, making this method widely applicable.<\/p>\n
(2) Groove machining of titanium alloy: Grooves are a major feature of titanium alloy aerospace components, with high material removal rates and large workloads. Therefore, groove machining is the key to achieving efficient machining of titanium alloy parts. Powerful cutting with large cutting depths, low speeds, and low feeds to achieve maximum metal removal rates is an effective method for rough machining titanium alloy. Currently, the most efficient tool for rough machining titanium alloy is the corn cutter.<\/p>\n