Шероховатость и микротвердость ультрамелкозернистого титана Grade 4, подвергнутого безабразивной ультразвуковой финишной обработке

Abstract

Increasing the fatigue resistance of implants is an important scientific and technical problem. One of the solutions to this problem is the high-strength state formation due to the ultrafine-grained (UFG) structure. However, high-strength alloys are characterized by greater sensitivity to stress concentrators and the surface roughness parameter. In turn, implant designs, as a rule, imply the presence of concentrators in the form of various grooves, threaded elements, etc., and the manufacturing technology supposes mechanical processing with an ambiguous effect on a finished product surface. The application of additional surface finishing, for example, abrasive-free ultrasonic finishing (AFUF), is a solution to this problem. This work aims to study the effect of different AFUF modes on the microhardness and roughness of a cylindrical blank made of Grade 4 commercially pure titanium in the UFG state. During the study, the authors assessed the effect of the rotation frequency of a workpiece and the static force of pressing the tool against the processed workpiece on the surface parameters; carried out microstructural studies of the obtained samples. The results showed that processing titanium in the UFG state by the AFUF method leads to a significant increase in the surface microhardness and a decrease in its roughness. For example, depending on the mode, the increase in microhardness can reach from 2 to 3.5 times. The authors investigated the effect of a power level of ultrasonic treatment on roughness and microhardness and considered various variants of surface pretreatment. The study identified that an increase in the speed of rotation of a workpiece reduces the roughness of a machined workpiece, while the microhardness increases.