Chip Load Kinematics in Milling With Radial Cutter Runout

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-J. Junz Wang ◽  
S. Y. Liang

This paper presents the analytical modeling of chip load and chip volume distribution in milling processes in the presence of cutter runout. The understanding of chip load kinematics has a strong bearing on the prediction of milling forces, on the assessment of resulting surface finish and tool vibration, and on the identification of runout for multi-toothed machining process monitoring and control. In this study a chip thickness expression is analytically established in terms of the number of flutes, the cutter offset location and the ratio of offset magnitude to feed per tooth. The effects of runout geometry, feed rate, and depths of cut on the overall chip generating action is discussed through the illustration of cutting regions and chip load maps. Explicit solutions for the entry and exit angles are formulated in the context of milling parameters and configuration. Experimental measurement of the resulting chip volumes from machining with an offset cutter is compared to an analytical model formulated from the chip thickness expression. Additionally, an average chip thickness prediction, based on the chip volume model in combination with the entry/exit angle solutions, is compared to data reported in the literature for validity assessment.

Author(s):  
Qiang Guo ◽  
Yan Jiang ◽  
Zhibo Yang ◽  
Fei Yan

As a key factor, the accuracy of the instantaneous undeformed thickness model determines the force-predicting precision and further affects workpiece machining precision in the micro-milling process. The runout with five parameters affects the machining process more significantly compared with macro-milling. Furthermore, modern industry uses cutters with non-uniform pitch and helix angles more and more common for their excellent properties. In this article, an instantaneous undeformed thickness model is presented regarding cutter runout, variable pitch, and helix angles in the micro-milling process. The cutter edge with the cutter runout effect is modeled. Then, the intersecting ellipse between the plane vertical to the spindle axis and the cutter surface which is a cylinder can be gained. Based on this, the points, which are used to remove the material, on the ellipse as well as cutter edges are calculated. The true trochoid trajectory for each cutting point along the tool path is built. Finally, the instantaneous undeformed thickness values are computed using a numerical algorithm. In addition, this article analyzes runout parameters’ effects on the instantaneous undeformed thickness values. After that, helix and pitch angles’ effects on the instantaneous undeformed thickness are studied. Ultimately, the last section verifies the correctness and validity of the instantaneous undeformed thickness model based on the experiment conducted in the literature.


2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-270
Author(s):  
Joon Hwang ◽  
◽  
Eui-Sik Chung ◽  

In the machining process, cutting force is a physical quantity well reflecting the process itself. Measured cutting force is used to identify the tool wear, surface roughness, chip formation, chatter stability and dynamic cutter runout problems. The cutting force linearity is used to measure and control the irregular cutting phenomena and machining process. We applied force-adaptive cutting control technology to evaluate chatter and real-time compensation for dynamic cutter runout. We proposed the concept of force-adaptive cutting control in the angle domain based upon proportional-integral control to control chip-load variation in machining. The micropositioning control of cutting tool or workpiece positioning using a low-friction sliding table and piezoelectric actuator changed the chip-load variation. Our results are expected to provide invaluable information in precision machining technology.


2014 ◽  
Vol 887-888 ◽  
pp. 1179-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Yan Hao ◽  
Wen Cheng Tang ◽  
Bao Sheng Wang

Cutting force coefficients and cutter runout parameters are the key factors for accurate prediction of instantaneous milling forces. A new two-step identification method is presented to calibrate them in end milling. Based on analyzing effects of cutter runout on milling forces, a method of extracting nominal milling forces from measured milling forces is proposed. By calibrating average cutting force coefficients and corresponding average chip thickness, an approach to evaluate the instantaneous cutting force coefficients is proposed. Then, an iterative method is presented to identify cutter runout, and the procedure is also given in detail. Milling tests are performed to test the proposed method, and validity of the identification approach is proved by a good agreement between predicted results and experimental results.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 854
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aamir ◽  
Khaled Giasin ◽  
Majid Tolouei-Rad ◽  
Israr Ud Din ◽  
Muhammad Imran Hanif ◽  
...  

Drilling is an important machining process in various manufacturing industries. High-quality holes are possible with the proper selection of tools and cutting parameters. This study investigates the effect of spindle speed, feed rate, and drill diameter on the generated thrust force, the formation of chips, post-machining tool condition, and hole quality. The hole surface defects and the top and bottom edge conditions were also investigated using scan electron microscopy. The drilling tests were carried out on AA2024-T3 alloy under a dry drilling environment using 6 and 10 mm uncoated carbide tools. Analysis of Variance was employed to further evaluate the influence of the input parameters on the analysed outputs. The results show that the thrust force was highly influenced by feed rate and drill size. The high spindle speed resulted in higher surface roughness, while the increase in the feed rate produced more burrs around the edges of the holes. Additionally, the burrs formed at the exit side of holes were larger than those formed at the entry side. The high drill size resulted in greater chip thickness and an increased built-up edge on the cutting tools.


Author(s):  
Tony L. Schmitz ◽  
Jeremiah Couey ◽  
Eric Marsh ◽  
Michael F. Tummond

In this paper, the role of milling cutter eccentricity, commonly referred to as runout, is explored to determine its effects on surface topography and milling forces. This work is motivated by the observation that commercially-available cutter bodies often exhibit variation in the teeth/insert radial locations as a result of manufacturing issues. Consequently, the chip load on individual cutting teeth varies periodically, which can lead to premature failure of the cutting edges. Additionally, this chip load variation increases the roughness of machined surfaces. This research isolates the effect of runout on cutting forces and the machined surface finish in a series of experiments completed on a precision milling machine with 0.1 μm positioning repeatability and 0.02 μm spindle error motion. The runout is varied in a controlled fashion and results compared between experiment and a comprehensive time-domain simulation.


2011 ◽  
Vol 66-68 ◽  
pp. 569-572
Author(s):  
Hai Chao Ye ◽  
Guo Hua Qin ◽  
Cong Kang Wang ◽  
Dong Lu

Machining deformation has always been a bottleneck issue in the manufacturing field of aeronautical monolithic components. On the base of finite element method, the effect of the process steps and tool paths on the workpiece stiffness and the redistribution of residual stress in the machining process of aeronautical frame monolithic component was investigated under the given fixturing scheme. Thus, the prediction of the workpiece deformation can be carried out in reason. The proposed simulation approach to deformation analysis can be used to observe the true characteristic of milling forces and machining deformations. Therefore, the proposed method can supply the theoretical basis for the determination of the optimal process parameters.


Author(s):  
Zied Sahraoui ◽  
Kamel Mehdi ◽  
Moez Ben Jaber

Nowadays, industrialists, especially those in the automobile and aeronautical transport fields, seek to lighten the weight of different product components by developing new materials lighter than those usually used or by replacing some massive parts with thin-walled hollow parts. This lightening operation is carried out in order to reduce the energy consumption of the manufactured products while guaranteeing optimal mechanical properties of the components and increasing quality and productivity. To achieve these objectives, some research centers have focused their work on the development and characterization of new light materials and some other centers have focused their work on the analysis and understanding of the encountered problems during the machining operation of thin-walled parts. Indeed, various studies have shown that the machining process of thin-walled parts differs from that of rigid parts. This difference comes from the dynamic behavior of the thin-walled parts which is different from that of the massive parts. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to first highlight some of these problems through the measurement and analysis of the cutting forces and vibrations of tubular parts with different thicknesses in AU4G1T351 aluminum alloy during the turning process. The experimental results highlight that the dynamic behavior of turning process is governed by large radial deformations of the thin-walled workpieces and the influence of this behavior on the variations of the chip thickness and cutting forces is assumed to be preponderant. The second objective is to provide manufacturers with a practical solution to the encountered vibration problems by improving the structural damping of thin-walled parts by additional damping. It is found that the additional structural damping increases the stability of the cutting process and reduces considerably the vibrations amplitudes.


2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 474-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Liu ◽  
R. E. DeVor ◽  
S. G. Kapoor

In micromachining, the uncut chip thickness is comparable or even less than the tool edge radius and as a result a chip will not be generated if the uncut chip thickness is less than a critical value, viz., the minimum chip thickness. The minimum chip thickness effect significantly affects machining process performance in terms of cutting forces, tool wear, surface integrity, process stability, etc. In this paper, an analytical model has been developed to predict the minimum chip thickness values, which are critical for the process model development and process planning and optimization. The model accounts for the effects of thermal softening and strain hardening on the minimum chip thickness. The influence of cutting velocity and tool edge radius on the minimum chip thickness has been taken into account. The model has been experimentally validated with 1040 steel and Al6082-T6 over a range of cutting velocities and tool edge radii. The developed model has then been applied to investigate the effects of cutting velocity and edge radius on the normalized minimum chip thickness for various carbon steels with different carbon contents and Al6082-T6.


Author(s):  
A. M. Abdelrahman Elkaseer ◽  
S. S. Dimov ◽  
K. B. Popov ◽  
M. Negm ◽  
R. Minev

The anisotropic behavior of the material microstructure when processing multiphase materials at microscale becomes an important factor that has to be considered throughout the machining process. This is especially the case when chip-loads and machined features are comparable in size to the cutting edge radius of the tool, and also similar in scale to the grain sizes of the phases present within the material microstructure. Therefore, there is a real need for reliable models, which can be used to simulate the surface generation process during microendmilling of multiphase materials.This paper presents a model to simulate the surface generation process during microendmilling of multiphase materials. The proposed model considers the effects of the following factors: the geometry of the cutting tool, the feed rate, and the workpiece material microstructure. Especially, variations of the minimum chip thickness at phase boundaries are considered by feeding maps of the material microstructure into the model. Thus, the model takes into account these variations that alter the machining mechanism from a proper cutting to ploughing and vice versa, and are the main cause of microburr formation. By applying the proposed model, it is possible to estimate more accurately the resulting roughness because the microburr formation dominates the surface generation process during microendmilling of multiphase materials. The proposed model was experimentally validated by machining two different samples of dual-phase steel under a range of chip-loads. The roughness of the resulting surfaces was measured and compared to the predictions of the proposed model under the same cutting conditions. The results show that the proposed model accurately predicts the roughness of the machined surfaces by taking into account the effects of material multiphase microstructure. Also, the developed model successfully elucidates the mechanism of microburr formation at the phase boundaries, and quantitatively describes its contributions to the resulting surface roughness after microendmilling.


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