Study on Step Type Vibration Tapping of Superalloy

Service life of tap is shorter when low frequency torsional vibration tapping is used to tap on superalloy GH4169. The analysis of experimental data show that excessive repeated cutting times and high friction speed result in rapid wear of tap. In order to avoid above unfavorable factors, step type vibration tapping is proposed, which has larger cutting angle, such as 90°, and lower spindle speed. It was proved by experiments on superalloy GH4169 that service life of tap of step type vibration tapping is about twice of that of common low frequency torsional vibration tapping .