Abstract

This study aims to investigate the cutting mechanisms of Inconel 718 alloy under different heat treatment processes and the grain refinement patterns of the transformed layer. By establishing a constitutive model suitable for cutting and importing it into DEFORM-3D for heat treatment processing and single-factor cutting experiment simulation, the effects of heat treatment processes and cutting parameters on cutting force, cutting temperature, and surface grain refinement were studied. The results indicate that the increase in cutting force is maximum, approximately 12 %, after the aging temperature is raised from 668 °C to 718 °C. The cutting force generated after aging heat treatment shows a negative correlation with cutting speed, whereas the cutting force after solution heat treatment rises significantly between 1400 and 1600 mm/s. The maximum cutting temperature occurs in workpieces after solution heat treatment, about 112 % of that of workpieces treated at 718 °C aging heat treatment. At the onset of cutting, the size relationship of the original grain volume is as follows: untreated < solution heat treatment < aging heat treatment; the number of nucleation points for dynamic recrystallization at grain boundaries is as follows: aging heat treatment < solution heat treatment < untreated. The most significant increase in the number of dynamic recrystallizations is observed after aging heat treatment at 621 °C, with the relationship of the number of recrystallizations in different cutting deformation zones being: secondary deformation zone < primary deformation zone < tertiary deformation zone. With the increase in cutting depth, the grain size of the workpiece after solution heat treatment first increases then decreases during the cutting process; the grain size of the workpiece after aging heat treatment first decreases then increases. The grain size of the workpiece during the cutting process after heat treatment is negatively correlated with cutting speed. Specifically, when the cutting speed is 600 mm/s, the grain size after solution heat treatment is the largest, about 1.1 times that of the 718 °C aging heat-treated workpiece.

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