Chipped Titanium Scraps as Raw Materials for Cutting Tools

Hanjung Kwon; Jae-Won Lim

doi:10.7844/kirr.2021.30.2.61

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Chipped Titanium Scraps as Raw Materials for Cutting Tools 타이타늄 밀링/터닝 스크랩의 절삭공구 소재화

30 April 2021. pp. 61-67

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Abstract

Scraps are a byproduct of the machining process used for transforming titanium ingots into useful mechanical parts. Scraps take two forms, namely, bulky scraps, which are produced by cutting, and chipped scraps, which are produced by milling. Bulky scraps are comparatively easier to recycle because of their small surface area and less oxygen content; as a result, they pose only a small risk of explosion. In contrast, chipped scraps pose a higher risk of explosion, because of which, their recycling is complicated, resulting in most such scraps being discarded. With the aim of avoiding this waste, we proposed a novel process for converting chipped scraps into stable carbide materials. Methods typically applied to reduce particle size and impair the formation of solid solution type phase in the carbide materials were used to improve the mechanical properties of carbides prepared from chipped scraps. Our novel recycling process reduced carbide production costs and improved carbide quality.

Keywords

Titanium

Scraps

Cutting tools

Mechanical alloying

Carbothermal reduction

밀링 및 터닝 가공 중 발생되는 칩 형태 타이타늄 스크랩을 세라믹스 원료로 활용하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 우선, 칩 형태 타이타늄 스크랩에 포함되어 있는 다량의 절삭유와 철 성분 제거를 위해 유기세정 및 산 세정 과정을 거쳐 스크랩 표면 세척을 진행하였다. 아세톤과 질산을 사용한 세정 과정을 통해 스크랩 내 유기물과 철 함량은 5 wt.% 수준에서 0.07 wt.% 이하로 감소하는 것을 확인하였고 세정에 이어진 산화 과정을 통해 타이타늄 스크랩은 이산화타이타늄화 되었다. 타이타늄 스크랩의 이산화타이타늄화 과정은 800 ℃ 이상의 온도에서 이루어졌으며 이산화타이타늄은 고에너지 밀링 과정을 통해 나노 결정립으로 미세화되어 탄소에 의한 환원 및 탄화 반응은 기존 이산화타이타늄 탄화환원 온도인 1500 ℃보다 낮은 1200 ℃에서 가능하게 되었다. 이산화타이타늄 탄화환원을 통해 얻어지는 타이타늄 탄화물은 질소 및 타이타늄 이외 전이금속 원소의 첨가 및 고용을 통해 물성이 개선될 수 있었다. 타이타늄 탄화물 내 질소 첨가 및 고용상 형성 가능성은 열역학 계산을 통해 예측되었고 질소 첨가 및 전이금속 고용에 의해 타이타늄 탄화물의 특성 중 경도 및 파괴인성 제어가 가능하였다.

키워드

타이타늄

절삭공구

기계적합금화

탄화환원

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Publisher :The Korean Institute of Resources Recycling
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원리싸이클링학회
Journal Title :Resources Recycling
Journal Title(Ko) :자원리싸이클링
Volume : 30
No :2
Pages :61-67
Received Date : 2021-03-29
Revised Date : 2021-04-08
Accepted Date : 2021-04-14
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2021.30.2.61

Resources Recycling ISSN:2765-3439(Print) 2765-3447(Online) 자원리싸이클링

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