Effects of Axial Spindle Vibration on Surface Generation in Ultra-Precision Diamond Turning

2016 ◽  
Vol 679 ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Shao Jian Zhang ◽  
Suet To

In ultra-precision diamond turning (UPDT), axial spindle vibration (ASP) plays a crucial role influencing nanometric surface quality. In this study, a simplified model for ASP is proposed to study its effects on surface generation in UPDT as the spindle is idealized as a mass-spring-damper system. Significantly, the model successfully explains that ASP induces radial patterns at a machined surface. More importantly, this proposed model can be employed to easily predict and understand the effects of ASP on surface generation in UPDT.

Author(s):  
Quanhui Wu ◽  
Yazhou Sun ◽  
Wanqun Chen ◽  
Qing Wang ◽  
Guoda Chen

Dynamic vibrations of air bearing motor spindles have significant influence on the surface quality in ultra-precision machining. In this article, the influence of the vibration caused by the unbalanced magnetic force on the diamond turning is investigated on the basis of the theoretical and experimental method. A permanent magnet motor model (10 poles and 12 slots) is built and then simulated to gain a periodic unbalanced magnetic force. The effects of unbalanced magnetic force on the inclination of the spindle shaft is analyzed, which would affect the surface quality of the workpiece, and the surface topography of the workpiece is predicted during an unbalanced magnetic force acting on air bearing motor spindle. The theoretical analysis and experimental turning results validate that the angle between the direction of unbalanced magnetic force and the feed direction has a certain relationship with the profile of the machined surface. Also, under different turning speeds and directions, the surface topography of the machined workpiece shows a 10-cycle-per-revolution pattern, which has good agreement with the simulations of periodic unbalanced magnetic force. This research work provides a theoretical foundation for the fault diagnosis of air bearing motor spindle caused by motor rotor eccentricity and its effect on surface generation in turning.


2007 ◽  
Vol 364-366 ◽  
pp. 297-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing He Wang ◽  
Ming Jun Chen ◽  
Shen Dong ◽  
Shi Qian Wang

In the ultra-precision machining of KDP crystal, there are many factors affecting the surface quality[1-3]. The experiments show that the rake angle and back angle of the tool have significant effects on machined surface roughness. Therefore, an efficient way to improve the surface roughness is to select a proper negative rake angle. In this study, the ANSYS static analysis method was employed to analyze the stress field distribution within the whole cutting region. A finite element simulation model was set up to calculate the residual stresses variation with tool’s angles, which can be considered to select optimal rake and back angles in the ultra-precision machining of KDP crystal. Results show that the optimal tool rake angle and back angle are -49° and 7°, respectively. Finally, by using different tool angles to process KDP crystal and utilizing AFM to analyze the surface roughness, it can be found that the measurement results agree well with what are deduced from theoretical calculation.


Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 573
Author(s):  
Zhang ◽  
Guo ◽  
Chen ◽  
Fu ◽  
Zhao

The surface generation mechanism of the Cu alloys in ultra-precision diamond turning is investigated by both simulation and experimental methods, where the effects of the cutting parameters on the surface characteristics are explored, including the workpiece spindle speed, the cutting depth, the feed rate and the nose radius of the diamond tool. To verify the built model, the cutting experiments are conducted at selected parameters, where the causes of the error between the simulation and the machining results are analyzed, including the effects of the materials microstructure and the diamond tool wear. In addition, the nanometric surface characteristics of the Cu alloys after the diamond turning are identified, including the finer scratching grooves caused by the tool wear, the formation of the surface burs and the adhesion of graphite. The results show that the built model can be basically used to predict the surface topography for the selection of the appropriate machining parameters in the ultra-precision diamond turning process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 552 ◽  
pp. 201-206
Author(s):  
Su Juan Wang ◽  
Suet To ◽  
Xin Du Chen

The technology of ultra-precision machining with single crystal diamond tool produces advanced components with higher dimensional accuracy and better surface quality. The cutting-induced heat results in high temperature and stress at the chip-tool and tool-workpiece interfaces therefore affects the materials and the cutting tool as well as the surface quality. In the ultra-precision machining of al6061, the cutting-induced heat generates precipitates on the machined surface and those precipitates induce imperfections on the machined surface. This paper uses the time-temperature-precipitation characteristics of aluminum alloy 6061 (al6061) to investigate the effect of feed rate on the cutting-induced heat generation in ultra-precision multi-axis milling process. The effect of feed rate and feed direction on the generation of precipitates and surface roughness in ultra-precision raster milling (UPRM) is studied. Experimental results show that heat generation in horizontal cutting is less than that in vertical cutting and a larger feed rate generates more heat on the machined workpiece. A smaller feed rate produces a better surface finish and under a larger feed rate, scratch marks are produced by the generated precipitates and increase surface roughness.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 168781401774714
Author(s):  
Dongju Chen ◽  
Xianxian Cui ◽  
Ri Pan ◽  
Jinwei Fan ◽  
Chenhui An

In ultra-precision fly-cutting machining, the aerostatic spindle is the key component, which has significant influence on the machined surface quality. The unbalanced spindle directly affects the machining accuracy. In this article, a prediction model of machining surface topography is proposed which involves the effect of the gas film performance of spindle in microscale. With the Weierstrass function, unstable transient response of the aerostatic spindle system is derived by the motion model of the spindle, which response signal represents the surface profile in the ultra-precision machining. Meanwhile, the experiment is performed with different rotation speed of the spindle. And the effect of the unbalanced aerostatic spindle on the surface generation is discussed in time and frequency domain. The conclusion shows that the similar cyclical surface ripple of the workpiece is independent of the spindle speed, and the rotation speed of the spindle and unbalanced spindle directly affects the machining surface topography. This study is quite meaningful for deeply understanding the influence rule of spindle unbalanced error from the viewpoint of machined surface and vibration frequency.


Author(s):  
Lei Li ◽  
Stuart A. Collins ◽  
Allen Y. Yi

The single point diamond turning process has been used extensively for direct optical surface fabrication. However, the diamond machined surfaces have characteristic periodic tool marks, which contribute to reduced optical performance such as scattering and distortion. In this paper, studies of the characteristics of diamond machined surface and scattering from the diamond machined surfaces are presented. Four different parameters, the first order optical diffraction, the zero order reflection, the surface roughness, and the residual tool mark depth, are used as indicators for the machined surface quality. Four sets of tests are presented showing the relationship between machined surface quality and machining conditions such as spindle speed, feedrate, and machining process. Finally, an empirical model is given based on the measurements.


2014 ◽  
Vol 625 ◽  
pp. 742-747
Author(s):  
C.H. Mak ◽  
C.F. Cheung ◽  
M.J. Ren ◽  
L.B. Kong ◽  
S. To

This paper presents a study of cutting strategies on the surface generation in single-point diamond turning of micro V-groove patterns on precision roller drums. An aluminium precision roller drum with a diameter 250mm and 100 long was diamond turned with a V-groove pattern. A series of cutting experiments were designed to study the effect of the variation of various cutting parameters and cutting tool paths on the surface quality in diamond turning of the precision roller drum. The parameters under investigation included the depth of cut, number of steps and the depth for each cut when diamond turning V-grooves on the cylindrical surface of a workpiece. The measurement result indicates that the surface quality of V-grooves machined on the precision roller drums is affected by cutting strategies. The optimal cutting strategy for machining a V-groove pattern on a precision drum with 5µm depth was obtained.


Author(s):  
Tatsuki Otsubo ◽  
Takanori Yazawa ◽  
Jinhui Wang ◽  
Tomonori Kato

Abstract To improve the accuracy of the machined surface produced by an ordinary milling machine, a system called workpiece-referred form accuracy control (WORFAC) was developed and confirmed in diamond turning. However, non-rotational symmetric surface structures, such as V-grooves, pyramid structures, F-theta lenses, and other free form surface cannot be machined by diamond turning. We proposed to improve the form accuracy of a machined surface produced by an ordinary milling machine by diamond fly cutting using controlled cutting with reference surface (CCRS), an in-process measurement and control method. Fly cutting is usually used to manufacture ultra-precision microstructures with nanometric surface roughness and submicrometric form accuracy, without the need for subsequent polishing. Nevertheless, a high level of accuracy has only recently been achieved on ultra-precision milling machines. In this study, we verified the effectiveness of fly cutting with CCRS on an ordinary milling machine. CCRS improves machined surface accuracy by controlling the relative displacement between the tool and workpiece. Diamond fly cutting using CCRS was demonstrated to reduce the table motion error on an ordinary milling machine. The experiments of curved surface machining by uncontrolled machining and control machining were conducted, and the effectiveness of improving the circular are machining accuracy of the general-purpose milling machine was confirmed.


2020 ◽  
pp. 251659842093974
Author(s):  
Ishan Anand Singh ◽  
Gopi Krishna S. ◽  
T. Narendra Reddy ◽  
Prakash Vinod

This research aims to establish a methodology for machining of toric lenses, using fast tool servo-assisted single point diamond turning and to assess the generated surface for its characteristics. Using the established mathematical model, toric surface is explained to understand the geometry and to generate the parameters required for fast tool servo machining. A toric surface with a major diameter of 18.93 mm and a minor diameter of 15.12 mm has been cut on the intelligent ultra-precision turning machine (iUPTM). The surface profile and surface roughness were measured. After analysing the measurement data of the machined surface, on two perpendicular axes of the toric lens, form accuracy of 0.49 µm peak-to-valley (PV), and surface roughness of 12 nm in Ra, 4–8 nm in Sa are obtained. From the experimental results obtained, it can be concluded that the proposed method is a reasonable alternative for manufacturing toric lens mould.


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