Investigation on the Cutting Force of High-Speed Milling of High Volume Fraction of SiCp/Al Composites with PCD Tools
High-speed milling tests for 65vol.%SiCp/6063Al composites were performed by polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools, response surface methodology was utilized in this study, and a cutting force model was developed through response surface methodology, which contained some important parameters such as cutting speed, cutting feed rate, cutting depth and cutting width. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that the proposed mathematical model can adequately describe the relationship between cutting force and cutting process parameters. The results show that cutting depth is the biggest important factor of milling force, and cutting feed rate is the second important factor, cutting speed is the third; milling force would not increase with the increasing of cutting width.