TY - CONF A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Witte, Julien A1 - Hübler, Daniela A1 - Börner, Andreas A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Wear behavior of innovative niobium carbide cutting tools in ultrasonic-assisted finishing milling N2 - The resources of niobium exceed the ones of tungsten by an order of magnitude. With 92%, Brazil is today the main global producer of niobium. Hence, niobium carbides (NbC) are a sustainable and economic alternative to conventionally used cutting materials, especially tungsten carbides (WC). Moreover, NbC can be used in Ni alloy matrix and thus offer significant advantages by substituting WC in Co matrix as cutting materials in terms of health risks and raw material price and supply risk. Based on recent studies which found an increased performance of NbC compared to WC cutting tools in machining higher strength steels, the composition NbC12Ni4Mo4VC was chosen for finish machining of a high-strength steel S960QL in this study. The experiments were carried out on an ultrasonic-assisted 5-axis milling machine using NbC tools specially made to benchmark them with commercially available coated WC cutting inserts. In addition, the influence of a coating system for the NbC inserts is tested and evaluated for its performance in the cutting process. Tool wear and cutting force analyses are implied to identify optimal parameter combinations as well as tool properties for the novel NbC tool. Together with the oscillation of ultrasonic-assisted milling, the loads on the component surface and the tool can be reduced and the wear behavior of the novel NbC tool can be refined. These milling tests are accompanied by standardized wear tests, i.e., pin-on-disc, between the aforementioned material combinations, and the results are correlated with each other. Finally, the behavior when using hard-to-cut materials such as Ni alloys, or innovative materials such as iron aluminide is also being tested, as these are constantly in the focus of machining optimization. With this strategy, comprehensive knowledge is achievable for future efficient application of NbC for milling tools, which have already been researched for decades using WC. T2 - 24th International Conference on Wear of Materials CY - Banff, Canada DA - 16.04.2023 KW - Cutting tool KW - Niobium carbide KW - Tool wear KW - Ultrasonic-assisted milling PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59258 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Witte, Julien A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Minimization of tool wear in milling of iron aluminides using ultrasonic-assisted process N2 - Presentation of key results from the ZIM cooperation project "TEWUFEAL" on tool development for ultrasonic-assisted milling of iron aluminide alloys cast in gravity die casting. T2 - 24th International Conference on Wear of Materials CY - Banff, Canada DA - 16.04.2023 KW - Iron aluminides KW - Ultrasonic-assisted milling KW - Surface integrity KW - Tool wear PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59259 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -