Manufacturing Technology 2020, 20(6):785-790 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2020.117

Analysis of affected surface zone created by different cutting technologies

Ludmila Kučerová, Antonín Račický, Iveta Tichá
Regional Technology Institute, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Univerzitni 8, 306 14 Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Three cutting technologies, plasma, laser, and acetylene, were used to produce the same geometry of a hole with 33 cm diameter. The plates of the same steel St-37 (1.0038, ČSN 11375) with a thickness of 50 mm were used in all three cases and the aim of the work was to evaluate and compare micro-structure changes of the cut surfaces. Longitudinal and transverse samples were taken from all cuts for subsequent analysis. Light and scanning electron microscopy of surface and below-surface areas were carried out at all samples. Hardness profiles were determined by micro-hardness and nano-hardness measurements. Based on these results, the depth of material that was influenced by cutting was established by image analysis of light micrographs, micro-hardness measurement and nano-hardness measurement. It was found out, that all three technologies influence significantly micro-structure and surface hardness of cut steel. Acetylene cutting resulted in the deepest affected zone consisting of several layers with gradually changing microstructures based on various ferritic-carbidic morphologies.

Keywords: Laser, Plasma, Acetylene, Surface modification
Grants and funding:

Project LO1502 ‘Development of the Regional Technological Institute‘ under the auspices of the National Sustainability Programme I of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

Received: May 14, 2020; Revised: May 14, 2020; Accepted: December 5, 2020; Prepublished online: December 11, 2020; Published: December 23, 2020  Show citation

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Kučerová L, Račický A, Tichá I. Analysis of affected surface zone created by different cutting technologies. Manufacturing Technology. 2020;20(6):785-790. doi: 10.21062/mft.2020.117.
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