Research on Finite Element Simulation and Experiment of Temperature Field for Surface Cutting of Nanostructured WC/12Co Coatings

To investigate the distribution of cutting temperature for surface cutting of nanastructured WC/12Co coating used the PDC cutter, according to machining properties of WC/12Co coating and working conditions, on the basis of the theory of thermal equilibrium of moving thermal source, the mathematical model of temperature field was established through reasonable hypothesis. Simulations were performed for the temperature distribution on the surface and inside the WC/12Co coating specimen using finite element method. And experiment of surface temperature of WC/12Co coating used the PDC cutter was carried out. The finite element simulation results were in good agreement with the experiment data, which verified the validation and capability of the finite element model.