From Powders to Performance-A Comprehensive Study of Two Advanced Cutting Tool Materials Sintered with Pressure Assisted Methods

This paper presents a comprehensive study of two tool materials designed for the machining of Inconel 718 superalloy, produced through two distinct sintering techniques: High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) sintering and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). The first composite (marked as BNT), composed of...

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Published in:Materials 2025-01, Vol.18 (2), p.461
Main Authors: Momot, Kinga, Klimczyk, Piotr, Leszczyńska-Madej, Beata, Podsiadło, Marcin, Rumiantseva, Yuliia, Gubernat, Agnieszka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum oxide
Boron
Cubic boron nitride
Cutting tool materials
Cutting tools
Decomposition
Grain size
Graphite
High temperature
Inserts
Machining
Mechanical properties
Morphology
Nickel base alloys
Performance evaluation
Phase composition
Plasma sintering
Sintering (powder metallurgy)
Spark plasma sintering
Superalloys
Temperature
Titanium
Titanium nitride
Titanium silicon carbide
Wear resistance
Zirconium dioxide
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Summary:This paper presents a comprehensive study of two tool materials designed for the machining of Inconel 718 superalloy, produced through two distinct sintering techniques: High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) sintering and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). The first composite (marked as BNT), composed of 65 vol% cubic boron nitride (cBN), was sintered from the cBN-TiN-Ti SiC system using the HPHT technique at a pressure of 7.7 GPa. The second composite (marked as AZW) was fabricated from the Al O -ZrO -WC system using SPS at a pressure of 63 MPa. The final phase composition of BNT material differed significantly from the initial composition due to reactions occurred during sintering. In contrast, the phase composition of the AZW ceramic composite before and after sintering was similar. The materials exhibited high quality, as evidenced by a Young's modulus of 580 GPa for BNT and 470 GPa for AZW, along with hardness of 26 GPa for BNT and 21 GPa for AZW. Both composites were used to prepare cutting inserts that were evaluated for their performance in machining Inconel 718 alloy. While both inserts showed durability comparable to their respective reference commercial inserts, they differed in performance and price relative to one another.
ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma18020461