A Novel Ultrasonic Trepanning Method for Nomex Honeycomb Core

Abstract

The vertical surface is a common and typical characteristic structure among Nomex honeycomb core components. However, the conventional high-speed milling and ultrasonic cutting struggle to meet the high-quality machining requirements of a vertical surface. In this study, an ultrasonic trepanning method is proposed and a special ultrasonic trepanning tool is developed, aiming to improve the machining quality of the vertical surface. The trepanning quality of the vertical surface is further studied from the aspects of dimensional error and trepanning incision quality. Based on the kinematic characteristics of ultrasonic trepanning, a theoretical model of dimensional error in trepanning is established. Meanwhile, the influence of ultrasonic vibration on the trepanning process is analyzed, and the result shows that ultrasonic vibration significantly improves the equivalent elastic constant of the honeycomb core material. The theoretical model is proposed to predict the trepanning dimensional error, which is verified by experiment. The effectiveness of the ultrasonic vibration on the incision quality is verified by several experiments, and the quantitative analysis results demonstrate that ultrasonic vibration significantly improves the trepanning quality of the vertical surface.

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“…It has been widely applied to titanium alloys [1][2][3][4], high-temperature alloys [5][6][7][8], semiconductor wafers [9][10][11][12], engineering ceramics [13][14][15], ceramic matrix * Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed. composites [16,17], and honeycomb composites [18][19][20][21] and other difficult-to-process materials.…”

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