A Model for the Tool Temperature During Machining With a Rotary Tool
Abstract In this paper a model is developed to analyze heat transfer and temperature distribution resulting during machining with rotary tools. The presented model is based on a finite-volume discretization approach applied to a general conservation of energy statement for the rotary tool and chip during machining. The tool rotational speed is modeled and its effect on the heat partitioning between the tool and the chip is investigated. The model is also used to examine the influence of tool speed on the radial temperature distribution on the tool rake face. A comparison between the predicted and previously measured temperature data shows good agreement. In general the results show that the tool-chip partitioning is influenced dramatically by increasing the tool rotational speed at low to moderate levels of tool speed. Also, there is an optimum tool rotational speed at which further increase in the tool rotational speed increases the average tool temperature.