Surface Integrity of Titanium Alloy Ti-6Al-4V in Ball end Milling

With the evolution of machine tools and the emergence of new cutting tools such as cermet, CBN; and in framework of the production of parts with complex geometry, the manufacturers were able to realize more and more parts of complex shape. The multi-axis machining is the main technique for achieving the free form; in fact the multi-axis milling with ball end tools attracts the interest of the aerospace industry and the mussel industry which continues to seek ways to improve the surface quality of finished parts. The titanium alloy is widely used in aerospace industry is the subject of this study in fact, the integrity of the surfaces of parts produced by multi-axis milling is an issue more relevant than ever for the aerospace industry. This paper aims to study the influence of the tool position and the parameters cutting precisely the speed feed V-f, the engagement of the tool on the roughness 3 D, micro-hardness and microstructure alteration created in sub-surface during the milling of concave surface of titanium alloy type Ti-6Al-4V. (c) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Garry Lee