Year: 2025
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Aluminum, with its distinguished characteristics – that is, lightweight, durable, and highly recyclable – has become an excellent alternative to steel. Due to its growing industrial applications, the need for machining aluminum and its alloys has significantly increased. Aluminum and most of its alloys are considered relatively soft; therefore, the cutting forces and tool wear involved during milling are low compared to those associated with hard materials (e.g., super alloys). However, built-up edge, burr formation, material adhesion, continuous chip formation, thermal expansion, and residual stresses are inherent problems that occur during the milling of aluminum alloys, which adversely affect the tool as well as other performance measures, including cutting forces, cutting tool life, and surface quality. In this chapter, conventional milling and its challenges associated with the milling of aluminum alloys are discussed. Such challenges are addressed through the application of relatively modern techniques, such as external energy-assisted milling, which are also discussed in this chapter.
Source: IntechOpen eBooks
Institution: Al Yamamah University
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4416764739