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Study on hole quality and surface quality of micro-drilling nickel-based single-crystal superalloy

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Nickel-based single-crystal superalloy has no grain boundary. This makes the traditional cutting mechanism of shearing and slipping along grain boundary of polycrystalline material based on the theory of elastic–plastic deformation not suitable for drilling single-crystal parts. To achieve high-quality and low-damage micro-drilling of nickel-based single-crystal superalloy, the micro-drilling surface/subsurface quality of the (001) crystal plane of nickel-based single-crystal superalloy was studied in this paper. Firstly, the influence rules of the cutting speed (vs) and the feed rate (vw) on the micro-drilling hole size, surface morphology, surface roughness and subsurface damage depth were studied. Then, the micro-hardness on micro-drilling subsurface was analyzed. Finally, the subsurface recrystallization was explored. The results show that with the increase in vs, the hole diameter error and the surface roughness decrease, and the depth of subsurface plastic deformation layer decreases first and then increases; with the increase in vw, the error of hole diameter and the surface roughness increase, and the depth of the deformation layer decreases first and then increases. When vw > 0.33 μm/r, there are severe scratches on the surface of the hole wall, and the hole wall appears undulating stripes; white layer structure and severe plastic deformation layer appeared on the micro-drilling subsurface; the γ and γ’ phases' deformation is severe; the micro-hardness at the subsurface white layer is small, and the micro-hardness value at the plastic deformation zone is large; after the high-temperature treatment, γ phase dissolves on the subsurface of micro-drilling parts, and the cellular recrystallization and the complete recrystallization occur. The minimum thickness of recrystallization layer obtained is 1.43 μm at vs = 141 m/min and vw = 0.105 μm/r. This study provides a good guidance and reference for the machining of nickel-based single-crystal superalloy micro-hole parts.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China: 51905183, 51975113, the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province: E2019501094, E2018501041, the Science and Technology Research Project for Higher School of Hebei Province: QN2019321, and the Scientific Research Initiating Funds for Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao: XNY201806.

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    Yunguang Zhou, Hongyang Li, Lianjie Ma, Jingqiang Chen & Yanqing Tan

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Guoqiang Yin

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Zhou, Y., Li, H., Ma, L. et al. Study on hole quality and surface quality of micro-drilling nickel-based single-crystal superalloy. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 42, 341 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-020-02427-x

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