Experimental Study on Laser Structuring of Circumferential Surfaces on Cemented Carbide for Slip Force Enhancement

Experimental Study on Laser Structuring of Circumferential Surfaces on Cemented Carbide for Slip Force Enhancement | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Short Report Experimental Study on Laser Structuring of Circumferential Surfaces on Cemented Carbide for Slip Force Enhancement Eduard Schlegel, Felix Hartmann This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6080397/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 05 Jun, 2025 Read the published version in Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing → Version 1 posted 10 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Due to a combination of high surface quality, rigidity, and low tool change times, shrink fit tool holders are a popular choice for machining tool clamping. However, tool slippage and runout can be observed at high-performance machining, especially with low tool diameters. This study provides a possible solution to prevent slippage in shrink fit tool holders. For this, honeycomb-like laser structures are applied to circumferential surfaces of fine-grained 4-mm carbide tool rods with different material compositions. Laser structuring is carried out with a Yb:YAG infrared laser with a pulse duration of 900 fs. In preliminary tests, the ablation behavior of the laser is studied for different materials. Using this data, laser structures with different structure depths and spot-to-spot spacings are generated by varying the laser parameters. Laser-structured tool rods are then clamped in a specifically designed test bench using a radial clamping element and loaded until slippage occurs. Laser-structured tool rods achieve a slip load up to 2.4 times higher than their unstructured counterparts. Slippage almost exclusively occurs due to the wear of the radial clamping element used in the test bench. Lower spot-to-spot spacings as well as higher structure depths generally result in higher slip loads. However, at structure depths of 15 µm or greater, tool rods fracture, which is attributed to the notch effect. An effect of the composition of the tool rods on the slip loads or laser ablation behavior could not be observed. Cemented Carbide Static Friction Laser Surface Texturing Laser Ablation Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 05 Jun, 2025 Read the published version in Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 13 Mar, 2025 Reviews received at journal 12 Mar, 2025 Reviews received at journal 27 Feb, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 26 Feb, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 24 Feb, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 24 Feb, 2025 Reviewers invited by journal 24 Feb, 2025 Editor assigned by journal 24 Feb, 2025 Submission checks completed at journal 24 Feb, 2025 First submitted to journal 21 Feb, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. 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