Study on Force Characteristics of Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Sawing Ceramics with Diamond Blade

Abstract

In the present research work, a new precision sawing technique is proposed, by which the ceramic workpiece is ultrasonically vibrated along the blade radial direction during the sawing operation using a diamond blade. In this study, experiments are conducted to study the sawing force characters of ultrasonic vibration-assisted sawing (UVAS) and conventional sawing (CS). The influences of the sawing parameters on the sawing force and force ratio are investigated. The results show that the sawing force in UVAS is smaller than those in CS. It was found that applying ultrasonic vibration to the sawing operation decreased the normal sawing force 18%-38% and tangential sawing force by 10%-25%. The force ratio in UVAS is lower than that in CS, which reveals that diamonds are easier to cut into the ceramic workpiece and the material machinability is improved.