Title: Surface roughness in rotary ultrasonic machining: hypotheses and their testing via experiments and simulations

Authors: W.L. Cong; Z.J. Pei; T.W. Deines; P.F. Zhang; C. Treadwell

Addresses: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA ' Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA ' Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA ' Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA ' Sonic-Mill, 7500 Bluewater Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87121, USA

Abstract: Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) is a non-traditional drilling process. It has been used to drill not only brittle but also ductile materials. It was observed that the surface roughness of the drilled hole near the entrance side was better than that near the exit side. However, explanations about this observation could not be found in the literature. This paper aims to provide explanations about this observation. It presents three hypotheses and their testing via experiments and simulations. [Received 10 August 2012; Revised 20 March 2013; Accepted 21April 2013]

Keywords: grinding; simulation; rotary ultrasonic machining; RUM; stainless steel; surface roughness; surface quality; drilling; drilled holes; hole entrance; hole exit.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMR.2013.057748

International Journal of Manufacturing Research, 2013 Vol.8 No.4, pp.378 - 393

Published online: 29 Jan 2014 *

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