Advances in Production Engineering & Management Volume 12 | Number 4 | December 2017 | pp 353-362 https://doi.Org/10.14743/apem2017.4.263 ISSN 1854-625G Journal home: apem-journal.org Original scientific paper Infrared temperature measurement and increasing infrared measurement accuracy in the context of machining process Masoudi, S.a*, Gholami, M.A.b, Janghorban Iariche, M.c, Vafadar, A.d aYoung Researchers and Elite Club, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran bDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran cAbadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran dSchool of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia A B S T R A C T A R T I C L E I N F O One of the major challenges in the machining process is measuring the temperature accurately which has a considerable importance in calibrating finite element models and investigating thermodynamic of machining process. In the present paper, one of the effective methods for measuring temperature in the machining processes - i.e. infrared imaging - is used and effective parameters which increase measurement accuracy are investigated. One of the most effective parameter in the temperature measurement accuracy of infrared imaging is extracting and calibrating the emissivity coefficient for different temperature ranges. The obtained results show that the lack of precision calibration of the emissivity for different temperature ranges may cause high error in the measurement results. To measure temperature, several experiments are performed for turning a thin walled workpiece which is made of aluminium alloy Al-7075 and the effects of the machining parameters and tool material - polycrystalline diamond (PCD) and cemented carbide - are studied. Based on the achieved results, it can be concluded that the generated temperature in the cutting area can be decreased significantly by using PCD tools and selecting appropriate machining parameters. © 2017 PEI, University of Maribor. All rights reserved. Keywords: Machining IR temperature measurement Emissivity PCD tool Carbide tool Al-7075 *Corresponding author: smasoudi86@gmail.com (Masoudi, S.) Article history: Received 25 June 2017 Revised 14 October 2017 Accepted 20 October 2017 1. Introduction In metal machining processes, the majority of the applied energy in metal deformation and the friction between tool and workpiece appear to enhance heat at the cutting area [1]. The heat generated at this area causes numerous economic and technical problems in the machining process. Some of these problems include rapid wear of the tool due to diffusion acceleration inducing of residual stresses and structural changes in the machined surface and the tool due to exerted thermal gradients, and also thermal distortion and deformation of the work piece, especially in thin-walled workpieces [2]. In order to attain optimal process outputs, it is important to identify creation manner, intensity, and heat distribution in the cutting area precisely. Despite many research projects done in this area; it is difficult to present a perfect theory of the heat generation mechanism and also to predict heat intensity and distribution in the machining process, due to the thermodynamic and nonlinear complex nature of this process, which also involves high pressure and strain in a small area [3]. Recently, there have been lots of unsolved issues in this area and some contradictory results have been reported from research projects. However, the influence of machining different pa- 353 Masoudi, Gholami, Janghorban Iariche, Vafadar rameters, material, and the geometry of the tool on the heat in the cutting area has been proved by many researchers [4-6]. Tool material is one of the effective parameters in cutting process efficiency and generated heat in the cutting area. In the machining of high strength aluminium alloys, cemented carbide tools are the most widely used tools. Among different metals, aluminium alloys have a suitable machinability due to a low machining force and low generated heat Using common tool for machining these alloys creates built-up edge (BUE) which decreases toollife and process efficiency especially in dry machining [7]. Therefore, using cutting tools with low friction and high hardness may lead to heat and BUE reduction and ultimately the tool's life, and process efficiency increase. Polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutting tools are one of the most effective tools in aluminium alloys machining. PCD tools consist of an artificial diamond layer which is constructed at very high pressure and temperature and is brazed on a base of cemented carbide. These tools have unique characteristics including very high hardness, Young's modulus, and thermal conductivity, and a low friction coefficient of their surface which leads to enhance in cutting process effectiveness [8]. Experimental measurement and studying temperature in the cutting area are another challenge in machining science, and numerous methods have been developed for this. Several important methods use a thermocouple, infrared radiation (IR) measurement, measurement of hardness, and study of metal's microstructure changes which may provide some advantages or disadvantages [9]. One of the effective techniques of measuring temperature is infrared radiation measurement, which is a non-contact method. In this method, the temperature of the body is measured by considering the thermal energy or infrared radiation which is radiated from the body [10]. This research is aimed to study the effect of cutting parameters and tool material on the temperature of cutting area in turning of a thin walled workpiece which is made of aluminium alloy Al-7075. To measure temperature, a thermal infrared camera (IR) was used, and factors affecting the accuracy of measurements were evaluated. 2. Materials and methods 2.1 Infrared temperature measurement principle Each hot object with a temperature higher than absolute zero (Kelvin's zero or -273.15 °C) radiates an infrared radiation according to its temperature. The relation between radiated energy qe, and an object's temperature is defined by Stefan Boltzmann law: qe = soT4 (1) Where a is the Stefan Boltzmann constant and is equal to [m] 50 70 90 110 130 15(1 170 190 210 130 25(1 ;70 W0 310 TrmprraturefC) Fig. 3 (a) Luminance as a function of wavelength and temperature [22], (b) Experimental emissivity curve which is extracted for different temperatures for Al-7075 3. Results and discussion Fig. 4 shows two thermal images of the cutting area which were achieved through experiments. Fig. 4(a) shows that the chips gather around the cutting area and the tool, while Fig. 4(b) indicates that the produced chips get away from cutting area. By comparing these two images, it can be observed how the increase of the emitted energy from a body is affected by reflection. Fig. 4(a) shows that due to the chip warping and aggregation around the tool, the camera's measured temperature increases significantly, so that in the same machining conditions, due to chip aggregation, 90 °C temperature difference was occurred. The reason is that each chip acts as a thermal radiation energy resource due to its high temperature. While hot chips are aggregated in a small area, reflected energy is emitted from every part of the chip to the other chips and continuing this procedure leads to an intensive and exponential increase of the infrared radiation emitted from the chip and ultimately increases the camera's calculated temperature. Advances in Production Engineering & Management 12(4) 2017 66 Masoudi, Gholami, Janghorban Iariche, Vafadar (a) (b) Fig. 4 Thermal infrared image in two cases of (a) chip aggregation and (b) appropriate expulsion of chip from cutting area This process ultimately increases the camera's calculated temperature. Indeed, in the Eq. 3, Ta(1 — £)/(7jl) significantly increases which is related to the radiation reflected on the surface. Chip aggregation occurs for continues chips, especially in the soft material and aluminium alloys machining. This issue was considered in the temperature measurement of the experimental case study to prevent inaccurate measurement. During the experiments, the temperature measured and recorded in the first 10 mm part of workpiece from starting point to prevent the possible errors due to the reflected energy emitted from the machined surface. In the machining process, a part of the heat generated is transferred to the machined surface and the tool and makes a thermal gradient in the workpiece and tool which causes microstructural changes in the metal, partial expansion, and induces residual stresses [2]. Fig. 5 shows that the thermal gradient applied to the workpiece. As this figure shows, in both image (a) and image (b), the cross-hair indicates a thermal gradient in the inner surface of the workpiece and the region of tool contact with the workpiece. In these areas, the temperature in a thin band is significantly superior to the other sections. This phenomenon is more intensive in metals such as aluminium with higher heat transfer coefficient; because heat transfers to beneath the surfaces of the workpiece rapidly. This intensive thermal gradient is created in some seconds in a section of the workpiece which leads to partial expansion and residual stresses in the workpiece. This effect is especially important in thin-walled workpieces as the induced residual stresses lead to dimensional instability and distortion. Fig. 5 indicates that by increasing the temperature of the cutting area, a thermal gradient be transferred to the workpiece increases. Image (a) corresponds to an experiment when feed rate and cutting speed are 180 mm/min and 590 m/min respectively, for the carbide tool. The measured temperature in this test was 202 °C. Image (b) for the PCD tool corresponds to an experiment when the feed rate and cutting speed are 120 mm/min and 590 m/min, respectively. The reported temperature in this case was 132 °C. Due to the greater heat generation in Fig. 5(a) in comparison with (b), the heat transferred to the surface of the workpiece is much higher. Figs. 6(a) and (b) indicate the experimental results which show the effect of feed rate and cutting speed on the measured temperature of chip for carbide and PCD tools in 2D and 3D plots, respectively. The temperature of the chip in the PCD tool is significantly lower than in the carbide tools. Nevertheless, by increasing feed rate and cutting speed the temperature increases and the heat increase slope becomes steeper as the cutting speed raises for both PCD and Carbide tools. For instance, when feed rate and cutting speed are 180 mm/min and 590 m/min, respectively, the maximum temperature for the PCD insert is 149 °C, while maximum measured temperature for the carbide insert is 203 °C. 358 Advances in Production Engineering & Management 12(4) 2017 Infrared temperature measurement and increasing infrared measurement accuracy in the context of machining process (a) (b) Fig. 5 The transmission of the generated heat from cutting zone to the workpiece, and the creation of a thermal gradient in a section of the workpiece Generally, PCD insert has lower friction coefficient in comparison to carbide tools [23]. Therefore, heat caused by friction in rake and flank surfaces will be lower. Moreover, due to the friction being lower the required forces to form chips decrease and thus less heat is generated in the cutting area. Fig 7 shows the microscopic images of the rake surfaces of two PCD and carbide tools at a magnification of 400 times. As seen in this figure, the surface of PCD tools has a more uniform structure and fewer ups and downs than the surface of carbide tools, which reduce the coefficient of friction in PCD tools. (a) Carbide tool (b) PCB tool Cutting speed Cutting Speed 195 —- Fig. 6 Experimental results of measured chip temperature for carbide tool (a) and PCD tool (b) versus feed rate and cutting speed changes Advances in Production Engineering & Management 12(4) 2017 359 Masoudi, Gholami, Janghorban Iariche, Vafadar ' VCGX160404 AL SaodviM Carbide tool " VCMW160404FP Saodvik : t1 t 11 <:'■ PCD tool 50 Jim Fig. 7 Microscopic image: Rake surface of PCD and carbide tools in experiments with a magnification of 400x Another characteristic of PCD tools is a higher thermal conductivity in comparison with carbide tools, which leads to more heat transfer from the cutting area and thus a decrease in the temperature of the chip and workpiece [23]. On the other hand, because less heat and a lower machining force are applied to the tool, and because of the high strength and hardness of PCD tools, the rate of wear is much slower than it is for carbide tools. Therefore, the temperature increase of the cutting area due to tool wear in these tools is much lower than that of carbide tools. In general, using PCD tools in high-strength aluminium alloys machining is preferable to using carbide tools and increases cutting efficiency. Fig. 8 shows that to study the effect of emissivity coefficient on the accuracy of the temperature measurement value. In this figure the measured temperature values with calibrated emissivity are compared to the temperature values with a constant emissivity, 0.11, according to reference [24]. As can be seen, by increasing temperature, the difference between the measured values increases. The reason for this result is that in the high measured temperature, the difference between the constant and calibrated emissivity coefficients is more. By using the constant emissivity, 0.11, which is less than all the calibrated emissivity values, the measured temperature by IR camera increases, which is in accordance with Eq. 3. Based on the achieved results, the lowest and highest difference values which are measured at the same condition are 5 °C and 45 °C, respectively, and the average temperature difference is 20.5 °C. These results clearly show the importance of precise calibration of chip's emissivity for different temperature ranges in temperature measurement by infrared imaging in machining processes. 250 230 ?in u o 190 3 33 170 a E 150 V H 130 110 90 70 Measurement with calibrated emissivity Measurement with a constant emissivity ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ** t ♦ * 9 11 13 15 17 Experiment number 19 21 23 Fig. 8 Comparison between the measured temperatures values with the calibrated emissivity and a constant emissivity (0.11) 360 Advances in Production Engineering & Management 12(4) 2017 Infrared temperature measurement and increasing infrared measurement accuracy in the context of machining process 4. Conclusion In the present study, the influence of cutting parameters and tool material on the temperature of the cutting area in the turning of an Al-7075 alloy thin-walled workpiece were investigated. To measure temperature, a thermal infrared camera (IR) was used, and factors affecting the accuracy of measurements were evaluated. The results showed that using IR camera is one of the effective methods for temperature measurement in machining processes. However, due to limitations in the IR method, some remarks should be considered to increase the validity and accuracy of temperature measurement in the machining processes. One of the effective parameters in the temperature measurement by using thermal imaging is defining and calibrating a precise emis-sivity for different ranges of temperature which are investigated in the present paper by performing experimental tests. The achieved results indicate that the lack of calibration of emissivi-ty coefficient cause a considerable difference between the measured values and leads to errors as high as 24 % in temperature measurement. The results also showed that chip aggregation in the cutting area due to the reflection of emitted energy between hot chips can cause huge errors in temperature measurement which should be considered. The studied experiments that used the IR camera clearly indicated the transition a portion of the generated heat to the workpiece and consequently forming a thermal gradient on it. The thermal gradient created in the thin-walled workpiece can cause various problems such as metal micro-structural change, partial expansion, residual stresses, and distortion which may be prevented by using temperature-reducing techniques. According to the results obtained in the cutting process with the PCD insert, due to the low friction coefficient and improved cutting conditions of this tool, the temperature in cutting areas was much lesser than that of the carbide insert. In cutting experiments with the PCD insert, the average temperature was 71 % lesser than in the carbide insert. 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