Different combination of grinding process parameters are designed to research the surface integrity of IC10 directionally solidified superalloy in creep feed grinding. The effects of process parameters on the surface roughness
surface topography
microhardness and microstructure alteration of the subsurface are investigated in detail. The results show that a better surface quality can be obtained during creep feed grinding of IC10 superalloy under the conditions: the wheel speed ranges from 15 to 20m/s
the workpiece speed is not more than 200mm/min
and the grinding depth is not more than 0.5mm. In addition
surface hardening phenomenon appears on the ground surface
the maximum hardening degree can reach 26.9% and the maximum depth of the hardened layer is 230μm. At the same time
the white layer and plastic deformation layer are produced in the subsurface
the depth of the white layer and deformation layer ranges from 0.24μm to 3.2μm and 0.48μm to 3.8μm respectively.