EVERYTHING Flashcards
What is the basic equation for calculating the MRR of a machining process?
MRR = (Removed Volume)/(Cutting Time)
What is adhesive wear?
Adhesive wear is incurred when a tangible force is applied and causes a shearing force between two contacted surfaces. Growth forms on the tool as a result.
Name three advantages of additive manufacturing.
- Waste is reduced/removed
- Multi-material objects are possible
- Energy is used more efficiently
Name two disadvantages of additive manufacturing.
- Production rate is very slow and expensive.
- Strength in z axis can be limited.
What is dot spacing in AM?
The distance between dot centers in inkjet printing.
What is the “Two Solvent System”.
It is a solution to coffee staining. You mix two solvents of different boiling points together.
What is Brazing?
A joining process in which a filler metal is placed at or in between two surfaces to be joined.
In brazing. What is the relationship between lap distance and metal thickness.
Lap Distance = 1.25 * Metal Thickness
Name three advantages of Brazing.
- It can join different types of metals (ferrous to non-ferrous for example)
- Less heating is required as compared to welding. So it is quicker/more economical with a lower HAZ.
- Virtually all materials can be joined by some sort of brazing metal
Name two disadvantages of Brazing.
- Subsequent heating of the assembly can cause the filler metal to melt - destroying the joint.
- Brazed joints fail when heat is applied to repair damaged assemblies.
What is Resistance Welding?
The heat required for welding is produced by electrical resistance across the two components to be joined.
What is the sequence of resistance welding?
1-Apply pressure
2-Turn on current
3-Turn off current, keep pressure on
4-Release pressure, leaving weld nugget
Name the advantages, disadvantages and applications of resistance welding.
Advantages: No consumable electrodes, shielding gases or flux needed. It is easy and fast.
- Disadvantages: The equipment is complex and expensive
- Applications: Sheet metal fabrication and automotive body assembly
What is Cold Welding?
Metals are joined by the application of pressure to the work-piece via dies or roles. You have a cladding metal and a base metal.
In cold welding, what properties do the two metals need for the best bond.
The best bond is obtained with two similar metals.
Name an application of cold welding.
Welding wire stock (splicing wires together).
In Ultrasonic Welding, what forces are the two components subject to?
- A static normal force.
- An oscillating shearing (tangential) force
What does the shearing stress in ultrasonic welding cause?
Plastic deformation at the interface of the two components.
True or false. Melting/fusion occurs in ultrasonic welding.
FALSE. Neither occur.
What temperatures (think fraction) occur in the weld zone in ultrasonic welding?
The temperatures generated in the weld zone are usually 1/3 to 1/2 of the melting point of the joined metals.
What are three advantages of ultrasonic welding?
- It is versatile and reliable
- It can be used with non-metallic materials (like plastics)
- It can be used with dissimilar metallic work-pieces
What other process is friction welding technically known as? Why?
A forging process. Because plastic deformation occurs.
What are the advantages of friction welding?
- No consumable electrodes, shielding gases or flux are needed.
- It can join a variety of materials
What is the kerf?
The width of a cut made by a saw
How does Explosive Welding work?
Pressure is applied by detonating an explosive layer placed over one of the two components. It is detonated in a progressive fashion.
What causes the wavy interface in explosive welding?
The kinetic energy of the plate striking the mating component.
Name the advantages of explosive welding.
- The bond strength is high.
- The ability to join many combinations of different metals
Name an application of explosive welding.
Corrosion-resistant claddings on mild steel structures.
What is mechanical alloying and why is it used?
Powders of multiple metals are combined in a ball mill. The powders fracture and mix to form allow powders. It can give your final product specific mechanical properties.
What is communition?
You crush, mill or grind your metal to get a powder. It uses a hollow cylinder with large metal balls.
Describe ATOMISATION.
It is a method of powder production. A liquid stream of metal is ejected through a small orifice. A stream of water or inert gas will break up this stream into particles.
Why use powder metallurgy?
- No material is wasted
- It requires semi-skilled labour
- The final product needs little to no finishing
Define machining.
The process of removing material from a work-piece in the form of chips.
Name the three types of milling.
Up-milling, down-milling and slab-milling
What is backlash?
It’s an excessive amount of clearance (play) between the hand wheel screw and the nut attached to the machine table or slide.
Describe face-milling in terms of axis of rotation?
The cutter is mounted on a spindle with an axis of rotation perpendicular to the work surface.
For diffusion welding, what does a low pressure and elevated temperature promote?
Void shrinkage and grain-boundary migration to form a metallurgical bond.
Describe diffusion welding/bonding.
Occurs when surfaces are held in contact under sufficient pressure and time under an elevated temperature. The bonding mechanism is atomic diffusion.
Name three advantages of diffusion welding.
- The ability to join dissimilar metals
- Useful for titanium welding in the aerospace industry
- Furnaces with protective atmospheres can be used to produce high-quality joints.
What is the name of the powder compact in powder metallurgy and what are the names of the two different types of compaction?
- GREEN COMPACT
- CIP (Cold Isostatic Pressing)
- HIP (Hot Isostatic Pressing)
What is powder rolling in Powder Metallurgy?
Powders are fed between two rollers and compacted to form a continuous strip.
Describe injection moulding in Powder Metallurgy.
Very fine metal powders are blended with polymer or wax-based binders and pressed. Moulded greens are heated to a low temperature to remove the binder and then sintered in a furnace - giving you the ability to produce very complex shapes.
Describe infiltration in Powder Metallurgy.
A slug of lower melting point metal is placed against the sintered part and heated. The molten slug infiltrates the pores by capillary action.
What is an advantage of Powder Metallurgy.
You get a pore-free part with a good density/strength.
Name the four types of chip.
- BUE (Built up edge)
- Continuous Chip
- Discontinuous Chip
- Serrated Chip
What is abrasion?
Abrasion is a method of machining that is used to remove small amounts of material from a surface in the form of chips
Describe a discontinuous chip and the conditions needed for one.
They consist of segments that may be firmly or loosely attached to each other.
Requirements:
-Brittle work-piece
-High depth of cut
-Low stiffness of machine tool
-Lack of effective cutting fluid
-Workplace materials that contain impurities
What does the plastic deformation from the shear stress of ultrasonic welding allow?
- Good contact
- A good solid-state bond
- Break up of oxide films and contaminants
What is the process called that makes single-crystal silicon?
The Czochralski Process.
Identify a use of single-crystal casting.
Gas turbines and aircraft engines.
Name 4 advantages of single crystal casting.
- High quality casts
- Materials maintain their shape during different stages of operation
- It eliminates grain-boundaries
- It makes high-strength materials that will survive high temperatures
Describe down-milling.
- The cutter rotation is in the same direction as the feed rate.
- Chips decrease in thickness as the tool rotates through the work-piece.
- You get a larger tool life and a lower clamping force
What is important to remember with cutting fluids.
- Reducing the temperature maintains the tool hardness and extends the tool life.
- Apply lots of coolant to wash away hot chips.
- You want to re-use and collect about 99% of your cutting fluid.
What is Fixed Cost.
Cost that is fixed per batch, regardless of size.
Fixed Cost = Tooling + (Setup Time * MHR)
Describe Broaching.
It is used to machine internal surfaces like holes or keyways. It has multiple teeth with each tooth slightly larger than the previous. It uses a single pass to machine the workpiece
Define feed rate
The distance a tool travels per unit revolution of a workpiece
What is Planing?
A machine operation used to produce flat surfaces and large machine components
What is reaming?
Reaming is used to enlarge a hole to improve tolerance and surface finish
What is facing?
Facing produces a flat surface at the end of a part.
What is chip compression ratio?
A measure of how thick a chip has become compared to the depth of cut
What direction does the thrust force act for a tool on a workpiece.
Perpendicular to the workpiece.
What is the purpose of the cutting force (Fc) for chip formation?
It acts in the direction of the cutting speed and supplies the energy required for cutting.