The invention discloses a
machining process for precision forming of a large thin-wall
storage tank hemispheroid. The
machining process comprises the steps of
plasma gas
cutting, punch forming,
cutting, shaping, finish turning of an inner spherical surface, finish turning of an outer spherical surface and surface treatment. The
diameter of the hemispheroid of a large thin-wall
storage tank is phi925, the wall thickness of the hemispheroid is
delta 3.9<0><+0.3>, the
ovality of the hemispheroid is phi 0.3; and the diaphragm type
storage tank is high in size requirement and high in
numerical control machining difficulty, and particularly, the diaphragm type storage tank is made of aluminum
alloy and is insufficient in strength and rigidity, large in
machining deformation and high in machining difficulty, so that the diaphragm type storage tank is a hemispheroid with larger
diameter, the surface linear speed changes along with changes of the height of a part, different main shaft rotatingspeeds need to be selected according to different annular belts during turning, and therefore the machining difficulty is further improved. According to the
machining process, ultrasonic measurementand special tool expansion clamping are explored and adopted for
numerical control machining, the wall thickness tolerance of an upper hemisphere and a lower hemisphere of the storage tank is 3.9<0><+0.3>, the
ovality is phi 0.3, the tensile strength sigma b after heat treatment is larger than or equal to 340 MPa, and the elongation is larger than 10%.