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https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-16-403-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-16-403-2025
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Micromilling of Ti-6Al-4V alloy for high-aspect-ratio thin walls and dimensional error compensation based on an online compensation system

Yang Li and Xiang Cheng

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A special deformation prediction model for titanium alloy in thin wall machining is established and calibrated by micromilling experiments. The model has been successfully evaluated by micromilling experiments. It shows that the dimensional errors of the thin wall made of Ti-6Al-4V are significantly reduced after on-machine radial cutting depth compensations. The relative errors have been reduced from 16.5 % to 3.9 %.
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