Automated calculation of the profile of a disk cutter for the manufacture of helical grooves

The calculation of the profile of disk cutters, excluding undercutting for any complex profile of the helical groove, is proposed. The feature of the method is in the fact that the profile is specified by a small number of control points, which, using interpolation, is increased by tens or hundreds of times. The rational profile of the cutter is investigated depending on its three setting parameters. A numerical experiment was carried out for the profile of the cutter with the optimization of the setting parameters. Keywords: disk cutter, profile, helical groove, computer-aided design, calculation [email protected]

Simulation of stresses and contact surfaces of disk rolling cutters with the rock when sinking in mixed soils

In this paper, we consider the crack propagation in the rocks during sinking depending on the distance between the cutters. Under the same conditions, the hard and soft rocks form various fracture networks that leads to uneven sinking and decrease in the efficiency of the tunneling machine. In order to study this issue, four ranges of distance between the contact surfaces and various incidence angles of the contact surface were selected. The study includes a system that is a mountain mass layout with a disk cutter the only parameter of which is the tip width or the contact width of the disk cutter with the end-type rock. Simulation of research conditions and finding a solution to the problem were performed using the Autodesk Inventor Nastran 3D simulation software.

Experimental Research of Rotational-and-Frictional Boring of Big Holes in Large Parts

When producing large-dimensional parts of heavy machines, the largest specific weight in the general labour input is made by the operations, connected with machining the main holes, i. e. holes of large diameter. To the holes of large diameter of large-dimensional parts, there are specified high requirements in the aspect of accuracy of the size, shape and arrangement. Machining of holes still remains one of the topical problems of present day mechanical engineering, in particular machine-building enterprises of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Solving the problem of ensuring accuracy and quality of machining large holes of large-dimensional parts requires the development of new resource-saving technologies of machining. In this work there are presented the results of studying a resource-saving method of rotation-friction boring of large diameter holes. There has been achieved good results in providing the quality indicators, when machining by the proposed method of rotation-friction boring with the use of the tool (a disk cutter) made of steel 90CrSi5 in comparison with well-known boring of holes. The diagram of chip formation of cutting and the results of studying the zone of chip formation by the metallographic method is also presented.