Turning tests were conducted on two sorts of JIS aluminum cast alloys, AC8A and AC8B, both corresponding to the so-called "Lo-Ex". The tests were for examining machinability of F-condition (as cast) and T6-condition (T6 heat-treated) of the materials from the viewpoints of cutting resistance, tool life, roughness of finished surface, chip formation, etc. The main results obtained were as follows.
In usual machining of aluminum alloys, the cutting resistance decreases with the increase in cutting speed and then, reaches a constant value regardless of the speed. However, in turning of "Lo-Ex", the resistance increased with the increase in speed; in particular, the tendency was greater in traversing force.
In turning of "Lo-Ex", the growth of built-up edge, which is likely to be observed at low cutting speed, gradually disappeared with the increase in cutting speed. Adhesion of the oxide-like deposit on the tool rake face, especially on the flank, grew up with further increase in cutting speed. The cutting resistance of AC8A was higher than that of AC8B, and the resistance of F-condition was higher than that of T6 condition in the both alloys.
The wear of tool was not negligible in turning of "Lo-Ex". The rating of machinability determined by the wear of tool showed that 8BF had the best machinability with the least tool wear, and the decreasing order of machinability (or increasing order of wear) was designated as follows.
8BF<8AF<8BT6<8AT6
Furthermore, no great troubles were seen in surface roughness, chip treatment, etc. for turning of "Lo-Ex".
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