Likewise, ultrasonic grinding is a preferred method for machining ceramic-based composites, as reported by Zhao et al, and grinding Al 2 O 3-zirconia (ZrO 2). Although the above results present various techniques for micromachining of composite materials, the fundamental mechanisms are not yet well understood [39, 40]. In addition, …
Pan et al. [15] reported that the wheel wore out 1 μm every 6.78 μm grinding in 2-inch SiC wafer grinding with cup diamond grinding wheels. The wear of the grinding wheel leads to severe material damage and a discontinuous process, causing the grinding performance to drop considerably.
Zhou et al. [3] proposed a load identification method to investigate the distribution of residual stress in wafer surface after rotating grinding. This method is based on the curvature analysis of chip deformation, and the subsurface damage layer (SDL) is observed by transmission electron microscope to explain the distribution characteristics ...
Guo et al. conducted an interesting multi-grinding simulation. They found that the subsequent grinding process could stably reduce the thickness of the damaged layer in the first process. However, this improvement was limited. When the damage thickness was reduced by half, a new damage layer formed in the re-grinding process [18].
To explore material removal mechanisms in high-speed grinding, this study carries out high-speed grinding (HSG) on an Al/SiCp MMC at a grinding speed from …
Wang et al. [165] observed the wall-surface morphology of the C f /SiC holes after grinding and found that the hole-wall quality was the best when the fiber direction angle was 90°, whereas the surface flatness was poor when the fiber direction angle was 0°/45°/135° Zhang et al. [200] conducted a unidirectional C f /SiC composite grinding ...
1. Introduction. Single-crystal silicon is the primary material in the batch-fabricated production of high-performance sensors due to its excellent advantages in mechanical and electronic properties [1], [2].The machining process is an essential method for obtaining a high-quality Si surface [3], [4], [5].In the machining process, the surface …
Micro-grinding tools with a flexible bonding matrix of polyimide and inserted silicon carbide (SiC) as abrasive particles have already been successfully batch-produced and used on copper. The machined copper surfaces showed a high improvement of the surface quality after only one grinding step, which could be further improved by more …
The system has a rotating anode source with a copper target and a wide-angle powder goniometer. ... the consolidation process. These phases could be Al 4 C 3 ... on the mechanical properties of ...
Mechanical testing of the produced bulk composites resulted in achieving superior mechanical properties, characterized by 92% higher hardness, 180% higher …
Simchi and Godlinski show that the densification rate of Al–7Si–0.3Mg/SiC composite in the laser sintering process obeys first-order kinetics and is significantly affected by SiC fractions. Also, Al 4 SiC 4 is formed as a result of reaction between the aluminum melt and reinforcement particles. Similarly, in the DMLS process of Al–7Si–0 ...
While Meng et al. found when the phase transition is not the dominant deformation mechanism, the Schmidt coefficient method can effectively predict the sliding motion of 3C-SiC during the TBN process (elastic sliding motion and dislocation slip motion) . Moreover, Meng et al. further studied on the strain rate and heat effect on the removal ...
Method of soft metal (Cu) strengthening of Ti 3 SiC 2 was conducted to increase the hardness and improve the wear resistance of Ti 3 SiC 2.Ti 3 SiC 2 /Cu composites containing 15 vol.% Cu were fabricated …
This paper deals with an experimental study on the grindability of Al/SiC metal matrix composites in cylindrical grinding. Machining of metal matrix composites (MMCs) is an area to be focused and finishing processes such as grinding to obtain a good surface finish and damage-free surfaces are crucial for the application of these materials. Nevertheless, …
Due to the differences in mechanical properties of Al and SiC particles, the problems of SiC particle pullout and high surface roughness will occur in the processing …
The copper-based composite tool electrodes were fabricated by powder metallurgy route with different sizes of abrasives of silicon carbide, while 6061Al/Al2O3p 10% MMC were fabricated through stir-casting process. The research outcome will identify the important parameters and their effect on MRR of 6061Al/Al2O3p 10% composite in …
Guo et al. [7] designed an ultrasonic vibration device, and carried out ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding on silicon carbide. A silicon carbide echelon grating with a surface roughness of 106 nm and an edge radius of 1.6 μm was obtained. Gao et al. [8] investigated the grinding process of high volume fraction SiCp/Al composites.
Xiong et al. 50 performed a plunge inner bore grinding on a copper-tin ... Zhang et al. 181 confirmed that the presence of Al 2 O 3 and SiC nanoparticles as dispersed phases in nanofluids was outperformed in comparison with vegetable oils. For further improvement in the thermal conductivity of the nano-fluids, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) …
The specific properties of SiC make it very suitable for the production of Al MMCs [].However, on the processing aspect, the hard reinforcement causes an inevitable and severe problem of limiting the machining performance and rapid tool wear [], which results in poor machin ability and cost increase [].Consequently, it is not surprising that …
Due to the differences in mechanical properties of Al and SiC particles, the problems of SiC particle pullout and high surface roughness will occur in the processing of SiCp/Al composites. However, the ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding of SiCp/Al can effectively decrease the appearance of such problems. A comparative experimental study …
The effect of the addition of Silicon Carbide reinforcement to aluminium on microstructure and wear properties of Al 5083-SiC by adding the SiC 2%, 3% and 5wt.% through stir casting is experimented by [1]. By adding 5% wt. of Silicon Carbide particles to aluminium alloy the maximum hardness value, maximum
The use of silicon carbide particles (SiCp) as reinforcement in aluminium (Al)-based composites (Al/SiCp) can offer high hardness and high stiffness. The rare …
Silicon carbide (SiC) particle reinforced aluminum (Al) metal matrix composites (Al/SiCp MMCs) have been utilized in many engineering applications because of their superior properties. However, poor surface integrity is normally induced in conventional machining of Al/SiCp MMCs due to the heterogeneous constituents, which …
The hybrid metal matrix composite Al-SiC-Gr was selected for workpiece material. The workpiece material was syn-thesised by using the stir casting process. In this material, aluminium alloy 6061 (AA6061) has been used as a matrix material and 9% silicon carbide (SiC) particle of 400 mesh number and 3% graphite (Gr) particles of 325 mesh numbers
In the machining process, SiC particles are normally been cut through, pressed into, and pulled out at the surface of the composite, and some surface defects …
Compared to superalloys, SiC f /SiC can increase the working temperature by 300 – 500 °C and thrust by 30 – and reduce the structural weight by 50 – 70% [199]. The application of silicon carbide particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composites (SiCp/Al) in the key parts of an aircraft can greatly improve the performance of the aircraft.
This study carries out high-speed grinding on Al/SiCp MMCs at a grinding speed up to 307.0 m/s, and assesses surface integrity and material removal …
The specimens : LM 25/Sic/4p (i.e., 4% volume of Sic Silicon carbide) and LM 25/Sic/2p–12p (i.e., 2–12% of Silicon carbide) are taken for the experiment . After the experiment, the result shows that the surface roughness, grinding temperature and tangential grinding force affect the silicon volume fraction, i.e., those values increase …
Ultrasonic-assisted machining of silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) has the ability to decrease grinding force and improve processing quality. The machining process often produces large cutting forces which cause defects, such as delamination and burrs, due to the brittleness and high hardness of the material. …
Metallographic grinding and polishing processes differ depending on the sample material. These differences usually affect the consumables required or the number of necessary grinding and polishing steps. For example, steel with a hardness between 35 and 65 HRC (medium-hard to hard steels) is relatively easy to prepare.