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Different from other applications, this paper explores how to use the stable high-Tc superconducting (HTS) magnetic levitation (maglev) to lift the sculpture art to a high levitation position for satisfying the artists requirement for the light artistic concept. With a combination of the permanent magnet (PM) levitation and HTS maglev technologies, a sculpture model was built to sustain a stable levitation with a levitation height of over 80 mm. In this hybrid HTS maglev sculpture model, three PM rings are arranged as upper, middle, and bottom as a double-layer axial levitation structure; six rectangular YBaCuO bulks are fixed along the side of the PM rings upper-layer as a stabilizer component along the radial direction. When the bottom PM ring was driven up by the lifting bolt, the upper PM ring, which was fixed with the art, can be lifted much higher. Then the required artistic effect will be enhanced. After the model was designed and optimized by finite element method, it was experimentally validated by the HTS maglev measurement system. This levitation design is helpful to the realization of a real-scale levitation sculpture art, and can also provide references to superconducting radial magnetic bearing systems.

A mechanical model of surface roughness is established based on the Kragelskii-Drujanov theory of friction and wear and Hertz elastic contact theory. Effect of material flow stress on remnant height of the machined surface was investigated. Test showed that the machined surface morphology provides the phenomena of the side flow in the vertical direction of ploughing in high-speed machining. The remnant height values on the machined surface of the high-speed machining are obtained by DEFORM-3D simulation. Based on the results it can be concluded that the surface roughness values of the workpiece increase with material flow stress.

This paper proposes a numerical cutting model with the FEM to simulate the temperature field at the contact zone on the tool rake face. The analysis of the tool rake face temperature in orthogonal machining is studied based on heat transfer theory and calculus of variation. Then, the FEM simulation results of the temperature field on the rake face in various cutting speeds and the cutting speeds vs peak temperature curves are given. The results show that the highest temperature of the tool surface is located at a distance nearby the tool tip, and the higher cutting speeds can increase the tool rake face temperature obviously. In addition, the workpiece materials have a great effect on the peak temperatures at the rake face. Therefore, this study is helpful to investigate tool wear mechanism and optimize the machining parameters for the metal cutting processes.