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Microhardness and wear behaviour of polycrystalline diamond after warm laser shock processing with and without coating

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posted on 2019-04-29, 08:41 authored by Manuela PacellaManuela Pacella, Marah G. St. John, Nader DolatabadiNader Dolatabadi, Amir Badiee
Cutting tools made of ultra-hard materials such as polycrystalline diamonds offer superior wear resistance in precision machining of Aluminium alloys. However, the wear properties of these materials are dependent on their microstructural characteristics such as grain size and binder percentage. In this context, the present paper evaluates the effects of two low-energy fibre laser processes (nanosecond pulse duration) on microstructural changes of polycrystalline diamond composites and consequently investigates wear and friction characteristics and micro hardness properties. Pockets were first achieved using a single mode SPI pulsed fibre laser (1064 nm wavelength) inducing both laser shock processing (LSP) and laser peening without coating (LPwC) and characterised using a combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), white light interferometry, energy dispersive X-Ray (EDX) and micro hardness analyses. The as-received and processed materials were tested on a pin-on-disc for the evaluation of their wear performance. An analytical model based on the asperities of pin and disc after wear test is proposed to predict the trend of wear performance of different laser-processed materials. LSP with vinyl and quartz at a scanning speed of 500 mm s−1 achieved a micro-hardness of 110 GPa at a depth of 632 nm. LPwC at 0.8 GW cm−2 produced hybrid microstructures which share characteristics of laser shock processing and selective laser melted structures. For laser feed speed in the region of 1000 mm s−1, micro-indentation tests revealed an improvement of hardness from 70 GPa to 95 GPa at a depth of 670 nm for LPwC. Tribotest revealed enhanced wear performance for all laser-processed pins and reduced coefficient of friction also validated by increased material removal rate when compared to the as-received material. To the best of authors' knowledge, it is reported for the first time that an improvement of wear performance can be achieved on polycrystalline diamond through LSP and LPwC.

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volume

82

Pages

215-226

Citation

PACELLA, M. ... et al, 2019. Microhardness and wear behaviour of polycrystalline diamond after warm laser shock processing with and without coating. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 82, pp.215-226.

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© Elsevier

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2019.04.014.

Acceptance date

2019-04-24

Publication date

2019-04-25

Copyright date

2019

ISSN

0263-4368

Language

  • en