Title
Integration of heat treatment into the process chain of a mill turn center by enabling external cylindrical grind-hardening.
Abstract
The modern mill turn center enables the manufacturing of complex cylindrical parts on a single machine tool. In many cases, complete machining is inhibited by using conventional heat treatment processes, e.g. induction hardening, which cannot be included in the metal-cutting process chain. An innovative approach for surface hardening is the grind-hardening process, which uses the heat generated during material removal with geometrically undefined cutting edges to realize a martensitic phase transformation within the surface layer. This paper presents a methodology for applying the grind-hardening process to a conventional mill turn center. The process layout is supported using numerical methods, e.g. the finite element method. The recommended process strategy eliminates the process-specific hardness slip beneath the plunge zone area and allows for a repeatable process behavior. Thus, the methods presented within this paper support a sustainable industrialization of the grind-hardening process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/s11740-013-0465-3
Production Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
Wet grinding, Process strategy, Surface layer hardening, Hardened layer thickness, Hardness penetration depth
Mill,Grind,Induction hardening,Mechanical engineering,Slip (materials science),Hardening (computing),Finite element method,Machining,Metallurgy,Engineering,Machine tool
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
6
1863-7353
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gregory A. Hyatt100.34
Masahiko Mori200.34
Tobias Föckerer362.29
Michael F. Zaeh410920.34
Nils Niemeyer500.34
Michael Duscha600.68