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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The State of the Art in Machining Additively Manufactured Titanium Alloy Ti-6Al-4V.

Chen Zhang, Dongyi Zou, Maciej Mazur, John P T Mo, Guangxian Li, Songlin Ding

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chen ZhangSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia.
Dongyi ZouFaculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
Maciej MazurSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia.
John P T MoSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0697-7504
Guangxian LiCollege of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
Songlin DingSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2967-5859
RMIT University · AUGuangxi University · CNThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council DP180100762 and DP210103278
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Titanium alloys are extensively used in various industries due to their excellent corrosion resistance and outstanding mechanical properties. However, titanium alloys are difficult to machine due to their low thermal conductivity and high chemical reactivity with tool materials. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the use of titanium components produced by additive manufacturing (AM) for a range of high-value applications in aerospace, biomedical, and automotive industries. The machining of additively manufactured titanium alloys presents additional machining challenges as the alloys exhibit unique properties compared to their wrought counterparts, including increased anisotropy, strength, and hardness. The associated higher cutting forces, higher temperatures, accelerated tool wear, and decreased machinability lead to an expensive and unsustainable machining process. The challenges in machining additively manufactured titanium alloys are not comprehensively documented in the literature, and this paper aims to address this limitation. A review is presented on the machining characteristics of titanium alloys produced by different AM techniques, focusing on the effects of anisotropy, porosity, and post-processing treatment of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V, the most commonly used AM titanium alloy. The mechanisms resulting in different machining performance and quality are analysed, including the influence of a hybrid manufacturing approach combining AM with conventional methods. Based on the review of the latest developments, a future outlook for machining additively manufactured titanium alloys is presented.

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additive manufacturinganisotropycutting forcehybrid manufacturingmachiningporositypost-processing processessurface integritytool wear

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PMID37048881
PMCPMC10095803
OpenAlexW4360859641

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