Author Affiliations
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, Hubei 441053, China2School of Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou , Hunan 412007, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Energy transfer process from femtosecond laser source to crystal lattice
Fig. 2. Meshing of the geometric model
Fig. 3. Variation process of electron and lattice temperature of the face gear material
Fig. 4. Simulation convergence diagram
Fig. 5. Temperature distribution of the material when the laser energy is 1.025 J/cm2. (a) Electron temperature; (b) lattice temperature
Fig. 6. Temperature distribution of the material when the laser energy is 5.255 J/cm2. (a) Electron temperature; (b) lattice temperature
Fig. 7. Lattice temperature distribution of the material along the radial and axial directions. (a) Radial lattice temperature; (b) axial lattice temperature
Fig. 8. Schematic diagram of the femtosecond laser micromachining system
Fig. 9. Experimental sample of the face gear
Fig. 10. Ablation line of materials at different energy densities. (a) Energy density is 1.025 J/cm2; (b) energy density is 5.255 J/cm2
Fig. 11. Three-dimensional ultra-depth-of-field SEM images under different energy densities. (a) Energy density is 1.025 J/cm2; (b) energy density is 5.255 J/cm2
Fig. 12. SEM images at different energy densities. (a) Energy density is 1.730 J/cm2; (b) energy density is 3.845 J/cm2; (c) energy density is 4.550 J/cm2
Fig. 13. Three-dimensional ultra-depth-of-field SEM images under different energy densities. (a) Energy density is 1.730 J/cm2; (b) energy density is 3.845 J/cm2; (c) energy density is 4.550 J/cm2
Fig. 14. Roughness of tooth surface of front face gear is finely machined. (a) Maximum roughness; (b) minimum roughness
Fig. 15. Tooth surface roughness at energy densities of 1.025 J/cm2 and 1.730 J/cm2. (a) Energy density is 1.025 J/cm2; (b) energy density is 1.730 J/cm2
Fig. 16. Tooth surface roughness at energy densities of 3.845 J/cm2 and 4.550 J/cm2. (a) Energy density is 3.845 J/cm2; (b) energy density is 4.550 J/cm2
Fig. 17. Tooth surface roughness at energy density of 5.255 J/cm2
Element | Ni | Cr | W | Mn | Si | C | Cu | P | S |
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Mass fraction | 4.190 | 1.490 | 0.890 | 0.370 | 0.240 | 0.160 | 0.100 | 0.012 | 0.011 |
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Table 1. Chemical composition of the face gear material 18Cr2Ni4WA
Parameter | Value | Parameter | Value |
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Electronic heat capacity Ce /(J·K-1·m-3) | 760.4 | Material conductivity σ0 /(m·-1) | 107 | Lattice heat capacity Ci /(J·K-1·m-3) | 3.5×106 | Material density ρ /(kg·m-3) | 7.91×103 | Melting temperature Tm /K | 1724 | Pulsewidth τ /s | 300×10-15 | Evaporation temperature Tn /K | 3023 | Thermal conductivity k | 78.4 | Laser transmission speed c /(m·s-1) | 3.8×108 | Vacuum dielectric constant 0 /(F·m-1) | 8.85×10-12 | Laser wavelength λ0 /m | 1.03×10-6 | Fermi temperature Tf /K | 1.28×105 | Absorption factor α /m-1 | 7.1×107 | Reflectivity R | 0.51 |
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Table 2. Simulation parameters
Serial number | Parameter | Value |
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1 | tooth number of face gear | 60 | 2 | number of pinions | 23 | 3 | number of insert teeth | 25 | 4 | module /mm | 3.5 | 5 | pressure angle /(°) | 20 | 6 | tip coefficient of small gear | 1.00 | 7 | tooth root coefficient of small gear | 1.25 | 8 | axis intersection angle /(°) | 90 | 9 | outer radius of face gear /mm | 120 | 10 | inner radius of face gear /mm | 102.5 | 11 | tooth width /mm | 17.5 | 12 | gear helix angle /(°) | 0 | 13 | total weight fit /mm | 1 |
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Table 3. Design parameters of the face gear
Power /W | Laser energy /μJ | Energy density /(J·cm-2) | Ablation diameter D /μm | Ablation depth H /μm |
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Predicted value | Experimental value | Predicted value | Experimental value |
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1.3 | 13 | 1.025 | 22.51 | 21.536 | 0.51 | 0.498 | 1.9 | 19 | 1.730 | 24.07 | 21.704 | 0.82 | 0.758 | 2.7 | 27 | 3.845 | 37.66 | 38.227 | 3.22 | 3.351 | 3.7 | 37 | 4.550 | 38.22 | 39.096 | 3.71 | 3.772 | 5.5 | 55 | 5.255 | 39.66 | 40.147 | 4.75 | 4.832 |
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Table 4. Predicted and experimental values of the face gear