scholarly journals Cutting force prediction for ball-end mills with non-horizontal and rotational cutting motions

2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (5-8) ◽  
pp. 1833-1845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullahil Azeem ◽  
Hsi-Yung Feng
Author(s):  
W Yongqing ◽  
L Haibo

Cutting force prediction plays an important role in modern manufacturing systems to effectively design cutters, fixtures, and machine tools. A novel mechanics model of parametric helical-end mills is systematically presented for three-dimensional (3D) cutting force prediction in the article, which is different from mechanistic approach and Oxley’s predictive machining theory in model formulation and shear stress identification process. The single-flute cutting edge and multiflute cutting edge of helical-end mills are modelled according to kinematic analysis with vector algebra. Based on Merchant’s oblique cutting theory, a new mechanics model of 3D cutting force with runout has been developed. Meanwhile, the asynchronous problem between predicted and measured curves is solved by adjusting phase angle to minimize the average deviation. After minimizing the asynchronous phase angle deviation, shear stress can be estimated directly using corresponding peak-to-peak ratio or valley-to-valley ratio of the predicted curves and the measured curves in X- and Y-directions of an arbitrary selected milling test. To assess the feasibility of the general model, over 100 milling experiments of aluminium alloy (7075) using flat-end mills and ball-end mills were conducted, respectively, and numerical tests implemented in time domain on MathWorks platform. The comparative results indicated that the predicted and the measured waveforms were quite satisfied in both pulsation pattern and period.


Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
Lan Zhang ◽  
Xianbin Sha ◽  
Ming Liu ◽  
Liquan Wang ◽  
Yongyin Pang

In the field of underwater emergency maintenance, submarine pipeline cutting is generally performed by a diamond wire saw. The process, in essence, involves diamond grits distributed on the surface of the beads cutting X56 pipeline steel bit by bit at high speed. To find the effect of the different parameters (cutting speed, coefficient of friction and depth of cut) on cutting force, the finite element (FEA) method and response surface method (RSM) were adopted to obtain cutting force prediction models. The former was based on 64 simulations; the latter was designed according to DoE (Design of Experiments). Confirmation experiments were executed to validate the regression models. The results indicate that most of the prediction errors were within 10%, which were acceptable in engineering. Based on variance analyses of the RSM models, it could be concluded that the depth of the cut played the most important role in determining the cutting force and coefficient the of friction was less influential. Despite making little direct contribution to the cutting force, the cutting speed is not supposed to be high for reducing the coefficient of friction. The cutting force models are instructive in manufacturing the diamond beads by determining the protrusion height of the diamond grits and the future planning of the cutting parameters.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 958-963
Author(s):  
Koji Teramoto ◽  
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Takahiro Kunishima ◽  
Hiroki Matsumoto

Elastomer end-milling is attracting attention for its role in the small-lot production of elastomeric parts. In order to apply end-milling to the production of elastomeric parts, it is important that the workpiece be held stably to avoid deformation. To evaluate the stability of workholding, it is necessary to predict cutting forces in elastomer end-milling. Cutting force prediction for metal workpiece end-milling has been investigated for many years, and many process models for end-milling have been proposed. However, the applicability of these models to elastomer end-milling has not been discussed. In this paper, the characteristics of the cutting force in elastomer end-milling are evaluated experimentally. A standard cutting force model and its parameter identification method are introduced. By using this cutting force model, measured cutting forces are compared against the calculated results. The comparison makes it clear that the standard cutting force model for metal end-milling can be applied to down milling for a rough evaluation.


Author(s):  
W. Ferry ◽  
Y. Altintas

Jet engine impeller blades are flank-milled with tapered, helical, ball-end mills on five-axis machining centers. The impellers are made from difficult-to-cut titanium or nickel alloys, and the blades must be machined within tight tolerances. As a consequence, deflections of the tool and flexible workpiece can jeopardize the precision of the impellers during milling. This work is the first of a two part paper on cutting force prediction and feed optimization for the five-axis flank milling of an impeller. In Part I, a mathematical model for predicting cutting forces is presented for five-axis machining with tapered, helical, ball-end mills with variable pitch and serrated flutes. The cutter is divided axially into a number of differential elements, each with its own feed coordinate system due to five-axis motion. At each element, the total velocity due to translation and rotation is split into horizontal and vertical feed components, which are used to calculate total chip thickness along the cutting edge. The cutting forces for each element are calculated by transforming friction angle, shear stress and shear angle from an orthogonal cutting database to the oblique cutting plane. The distributed cutting load is digitally summed to obtain the total forces acting on the cutter and blade. The model can be used for general five-axis flank milling processes, and supports a variety of cutting tools. Predicted cutting force measurements are shown to be in reasonable agreement with those collected during a roughing operation on a prototype integrally bladed rotor (IBR).


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