Cutting – Processes
Patent
1989-05-08
1993-03-23
Phan, Hien H.
Cutting
Processes
83701, 225 1, B28D 122
Patent
active
051954109
ABSTRACT:
A method of cutting a brittle workpiece comprises applying to the surface of the workpiece a pointed tool, applying high frequency vibrations in a longitudinal direction to the tool, and moving the tool along a line to be cut of the workpiece while applying substantially steady longitudinally directed pressure to the tool. Stress is thereby applied to the workpiece as a combination of short impulses and steady direct stress and the breaking stress of the material would be attained coincident with the peak oscillatory stress. Crack propagation would therefore proceed by a series of stepwise fractures induced by successive cyclic stress peaks, resulting ultimately in the separation of the workpiece into two pieces. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a piezoelectric ceramic transducer to generate ultrasonic vibrations, a tip to be applied to the workpiece and having a hardness greater than that of the workpiece, with a tuned horn or the like being utilized to convey the ultrasonic vibrational energy to the tip.
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Phan Hien H.
S.R.A. Developments Limited
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