Browsing by Author "Qin, Yi"

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    Characterisation of the relationship between surface texture and surface integrity of superalloy components machined by grinding
    (Cranfield University Press, 2013-09-19) Zeng, Quanren; Liu, Geng; Qin, Yi; Liu, Lan
    The surface texture of a machined component is influenced largely by the processing parameters used during machining and hence, there is a relationship between both the formation of the surface texture and surface integrity of the machined component. In the study to be reported in this paper, GH4169, a hard-to-cut superalloy, widely used in aero-engines, was selected for a detailed investigation into the relationship between the surface texture and the component-performance (surface integrity) of the machined components for which a series of grinding experiments with different grinding-wheels and grinding parameter-values was carried out in order to quantitatively analyze variations of the surface roughness with processing parameters. Further, considering that the features of the ground-surfaces measured are of a random nature, statistic properties of the produced surfaces were revealed and characterised with power spectral density function (PSD) and auto-covariance function(ACV) method respectively.
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    Fabrication of binder-free ultrafine WC-6CO composites by coupled multi-physical fields activation technology
    (Cranfield University Press, 2013-09-19) Huang, Kunlan; Qin, Yi; Yin, Deqiang; Yang, Yi; Yang, Gang
    A novel sintering method, named as coupled multi-physical fields activation technology, has been introduced for the forming of various material powder systems. Compared with the conventional ones, this technique presents more advantages: lower sintering temperature, shorter forming time, and remarkable inhibition of the grains coarsening. In the study, the cylinders of Φ4.0mm×4.0mm had been formed with ultrafine WC-6Co powders. The relative properties of sintered WC-6Co cemented carbides, such as hardness and the microstructures, had been obtained. The study has shown that a relative density, 97.80%, of the formed samples, could been achieved when the case of temperature 850℃, heating rate 50℃/s, pressure 75MPa and Electro-heating loop 6 times, were used. More importantly, the circumscription for the growth of grain size of WC, attributed to the effect of electrical field, renders coupled multi-physical fields activation technology applicable for getting WC-6Co cemented carbides with fine grain size and good properties.