Reduction of Vibrations due to Unbalance with Anti-Vibration Clearance Angle in High Speed Milling
High speed milling is one of the most commonly used machining processes in many fields of the industry. It is regarded as a simple and fast solution to achieve a high material removal rate, which allows an important production of parts. Unbalance is a problem in any machining process but becomes a considerable problem when reaching high speed machining. The vibrations due to an unbalanced tool or tool holder can result in a poor surface quality and a damaged tool. The damping of the vibrations can be achieved with a specially designed tool showing an anti-vibration clearance angle. This paper shows the influence of the anti-vibration clearance angle by a computational model and a set of experiments to see if it can reduce or suppress the vibrations due to unbalance in high speed milling.