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Machining of high strength metals by use of cryogenic cutting

Technical University of Wien has organized the industrial congress WPK 2014 (Industrie 4.0: die intelligente Fabrik der Zukunft, http://www.produktionstechnik.at/), where doc.dr. Franci Pušavec has been as invited guest, presenting the state-of-the-art on cryogenic machining

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 13458715

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An investigation of the effect of nitrogen phase on cryogenic machining performance and a case study on machining of inconel 718 alloy

Sustainable manufacturing trends dictate the need for cleaner processes that are environmentally benign and with no adverse health effects. Cryogenic machining in recent times has emerged as such an effective and clean manufacturing process. In this field, a strong collaboration among partnering researches in the EU and US has been established. Prior research has proven that cooling effect in such sustainable machining operation is significant, while the lubrication effect is still either marginal or questionable. The nitrogen phase that is delivered to the cutting zone has a significant effect on this. Therefore, this paper aims at presenting new experimental results on the use of a novel optical nitrogen phase sensor from the investigation of its robustness and response time. Additionally, a case study has been performed to show how the nitrogen phase affects the tribological properties of Inconel 718 alloy against a carbide tool.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 13562395

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Influence of the nitrogen fluid phase on the performance of cryogenic machining

assist.prof. Franci Pušavec has, as a visiting researcher at University of Kentucky (Institute for Sustainbale Manufacturing), given a lecture on the acutal research topic

B.05 Guest lecturer at an institute/university

COBISS.SI-ID: 13561371