Simulative surface topography prediction of tribological surfaces on whirled thread flanks

authored by: Berend Denkena, Benjamin Bergmann, Christian Wege, Hans Gereke-Bornemann, Moritz von Soden
Abstract: This paper investigates the surface texture on trapezoidal thread flanks manufactured by whirling, which is used for machining long threaded spindles. An analytical and numerical approach for describing surface texture is compared, and texture parameters are developed based on existing methods. Although the analytical model provides a good description of texture height and length, it has limitations in representing the surface as a topography. In contrast, the numerical approach enables detailed modeling of the surface topography on the thread flank as a function of the process parameters. The effective number of flank cutters is found to significantly influence the resulting topography, leading to differences between the measured values and the analytical model within a specified investigation range. Using a material removal simulation, this effect could be explained by the flank cutter position error. In addition, material removal simulation offers great potential for optimizing the surface texture on thread flanks and for tailoring tribologically optimized surfaces in the whirling process.
Organisation(s): Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools
External Organisation(s): Bornemann Gewindetechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Type: Conference article
Journal: Procedia CIRP
Volume: 123
Pages: 511-516
No. of pages: 6
ISSN: 2212-8271
Publication date: 2024
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Control and Systems Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2024.05.089 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{0c1433700c8e48f69d471fac846c9158,
title = "Simulative surface topography prediction of tribological surfaces on whirled thread flanks",
abstract = "This paper investigates the surface texture on trapezoidal thread flanks manufactured by whirling, which is used for machining long threaded spindles. An analytical and numerical approach for describing surface texture is compared, and texture parameters are developed based on existing methods. Although the analytical model provides a good description of texture height and length, it has limitations in representing the surface as a topography. In contrast, the numerical approach enables detailed modeling of the surface topography on the thread flank as a function of the process parameters. The effective number of flank cutters is found to significantly influence the resulting topography, leading to differences between the measured values and the analytical model within a specified investigation range. Using a material removal simulation, this effect could be explained by the flank cutter position error. In addition, material removal simulation offers great potential for optimizing the surface texture on thread flanks and for tailoring tribologically optimized surfaces in the whirling process.",
keywords = "material removal simulation, sliding friction, surface texture, surface topography, thread spindle, thread whirling, tribology, whirling",
author = "Berend Denkena and Benjamin Bergmann and Christian Wege and Hans Gereke-Bornemann and {von Soden}, Moritz",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.; 7th CIRP Conference on Surface Integrity, CSI 2024 ; Conference date: 15-05-2024 Through 17-05-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1016/j.procir.2024.05.089",
language = "English",
volume = "123",
pages = "511--516",
journal = "Procedia CIRP",
issn = "2212-8271",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}