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Research on cutting performance and fatigue life of conical pick in cutting rock process
Qingliang Zeng1,2, Zhiwen Wang1, Zhenguo Lu3
1College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, 74789Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Abstract:
The conical pick is the most crucial tool of roadheader for breaking rock, establishing the conical pick cutting rock and conical pick fatigue life numerical simulation models to investigate the influence of cutting parameters on rock damage, average peak cutting force, specific cutting energy and the conical pick fatigue life. The research results indicate that the width and depth of rock damage increase with increasing cutting depth and cutting speed. The average peak cutting force and the specific cutting energy have the same changing tendency. The changing trend of conical pick fatigue life and conical pick stress is opposite relationship. The optimum cutting angle of the conical pick cutting rock is 45°. Applying the research results for guiding the optimization of the cutting parameters reduces the specific cutting energy and stress and improves the conical pick fatigue life.
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