Aerospace industry parts processing demand for a large number of carbide tools and ceramic tools

With the wide application of difficult materials such as titanium alloys and superalloys in the aerospace industry, how to correctly select and use tools reasonably for high-quality and high-quality machining has become a very important industry topic. With the mutual promotion of workpiece materials and tool materials and structures, the aerospace manufacturing industry has been continuously developed. It can be said that the continuous development of cutting tools is the driving force for the continuous development of the aerospace manufacturing industry.

At present, the tool materials widely used in the aerospace industry mainly include the following categories: tool steel (carbon tool steel, alloy tool steel, high speed steel), cemented carbide, ceramic and superhard tool materials. Among them, cemented carbide tools account for the largest proportion, and are the leading tools in aerospace manufacturing, and the application range is quite extensive. Compared with cemented carbide, ceramic materials have higher hardness, hot hardness and wear resistance, and chemical stability and oxidation resistance are better than hard alloys. Therefore, ceramic tools have become the development of cutting tools in the aerospace industry. A mainstream.

A technician from Shenyang Liming Hangfa Group spoke about some of the company's experience in using tools. In the process of aerospace materials processing, slot machining and hole machining are difficult to process. For example, engine disc parts, shaft parts, and machine parts are very demanding on machining tools. Therefore, high-performance carbide standard tools and carbide non-standard tools are used in the processing of such parts. . The technician believes that the selection of tools in actual machining should consider the following factors: workpiece material, workpiece shape, processing requirements, machining machine tools, system rigidity, surface quality technical requirements.

Taking turbine boring parts as an example, from the analysis of workpiece materials, difficult-to-machine materials such as deformed superalloys and cast superalloys are widely used. These difficult-to-machine materials have small thermal conductivity, high specific strength, high cutting temperature, and easy work hardening. Tool wear is fast, tool life is short, and tool consumption is large, so the tool geometry must be chosen reasonably. From the point of view of the workpiece structure, the wall is thin, the rigidity is poor, and it is difficult to process. When the convex part of the part is machined, the tool system easily interferes with the parts and the fixture. Therefore, the tool path must be optimized, such as the insertion milling instead of the side milling, the idle stroke Quickly move the tool, optimize the position of the lifting tool, and use helical interpolation to mill. From the analysis of the machining process, the machine needs to be roughed, semi-finished and finished. In order to save the tool cost, high-performance ceramic milling cutter can be used for rough machining when manufacturing such parts. During semi-finishing and finishing The use of standard carbide tools and non-standard high-performance special tools can significantly improve production efficiency. In terms of processing economy, the tool configuration plan needs to be continuously improved, and the latest products developed by the tool manufacturer should be used as much as possible.

When talking about the selection of tools, a technician from a research institute of the Aerospace Science and Industry Group said that when processing titanium alloys, high-temperature alloys and other workpieces, they would prefer Walter's WSM35 and WSP45 blades. When the depth of cut is small, use it. The cutting speed of these two kinds of inserts can reach 70~150m/min when milling the workpieces of the above materials. When processing difficult-to-cut workpieces, it is preferred to use the high-grade CVD coating grade CP200 and the uncoated material grade 890. Blades, these two blades are two high-hardness ultra-fine particle grade tools for high-temperature alloy finishing and titanium alloy processing, and also have good effects on stainless steel finishing.

In addition, they will use the imported brand tools such as Kenner, Sandvik Coromant and Iskar to process difficult-to-machine materials such as high-temperature alloys, titanium alloys and FRP composites.

Aerospace parts processing requires tool suppliers to work closely with users

Nowadays, the development of domestic aerospace knives is similar to that of other industries. If there are machining problems that cannot be solved by existing tools on the market, especially titanium alloys, aluminum-magnesium alloys, etc. encountered in the processing of high-precision products in the aerospace industry. The difficult processing of difficult materials and composite materials requires close cooperation between tool suppliers and users, and the development of special tools through joint development and trial cutting. At the same time, before the products are market-oriented, the tool manufacturers have undergone a lot of experiments and trials to ensure that they meet the various needs of the user's processing.

Yang Wei, executive deputy secretary-general of China Aerospace Tools Association, believes that most of the domestic tool companies can provide special tools according to the actual needs of users. The technical content and product quality are not very high, and the general tool products on the market are incomplete. The quality is not high, so the user still uses imported tools in the process of use. Internationally renowned brands such as Sandvik Coromant, Iskar, Kenner, Seco and Oushi machines have offices in large cities in China, and it is convenient to purchase tools, and good after-sales service and product quality assurance. It also makes its competitive advantage better than domestic enterprises. In such a competitive environment, China's aerospace tools industry should give full play to the ability of independent innovation to achieve the localization of tools for application companies.

A cutter engineer from Shenyang Liming Hangfa Group said that the tool supplier should understand the real needs of the users in detail and provide the products that users need most according to the actual needs of the users. The tool supplier must also be able to do technical guidance and provide detailed information on the tool, such as what kind of tool is suitable for machining the material workpiece, and at the same time give the best cutting parameters of the tool. Specifically, users hope that engineers sent by tool suppliers should not only be familiar with cutting tools, material technology and development at home and abroad, but also familiar with metal cutting technology, as well as the selection and application of machining processes, general-purpose tools and CNC tools. Familiar with all kinds of CNC machine tools, can independently program the machining process and tooling solutions, so that users can access the world's most advanced tool technology more quickly, and at the same time let users get more cost-effective tool products and excellent after-sales service.

The engineer also stated that tool suppliers should constantly understand the needs of users, not only to supply high-quality tools to users, but also to provide users with feasible tool solutions, regular training, and advanced cutting technology and high-end cutting concepts to users. Technician. Improve aerospace companies' cutting technology through effective integrated tooling technology support. This will enable the tool manufacturers to promote their advanced cutting tools, and meet the needs of the aerospace industry's cutting technology advancement, forming a good atmosphere for the aviation industry users and tool suppliers to achieve a win-win situation.

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