Selection of Cutting Tools for Turning α （选择刀具的α）.pdf

Selection of Cutting Tools for Turning α-Titanium Alloy Bt5 O. O. Awopetu, O. A. Dahunsi* and A. A. Aderoba Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria Abstract This study analysed the cutting forces during the turning of α-titanium BT5 as a means of determining the most appropriate cutting tool for the cutting operation. Titanium generally has special applications in military, aerospace, automobile, bio- medical implants and materials, surgical devices and materials, and food industries, but BT5 is highly valuable for the purpose of re-alloying in order to produce other alloys. Titanium poses considerable problems in its manufacturing, due to its poor machinability, this gives rise to high tool wear. This study has however identified tungsten carbide cemented carbide tool BK6OM – whose closest ISO equivalent in terms of properties and composition exist between KO5 and K10 or MO5 - as the appropriate turning tool for the semi-finishing operations. Keywords: Titanium, application, manufacturing, machinability, semi-finishing Introduction Titanium is also the ninth most abundant among the elements in the earth crust (Aziz Titanium with its numerous unveiling 1998). The atomic structure of titanium promises in terms of its varying areas of uses unde