Unique regenerative chatter in wiper-turning operation with burnishing process Part 1: Prediction and analytical investigation of generation mechanism,critical stability,and characteristics

The purpose of this paper is to understand the generation mechanism and to propose an analytical model of a unique regenerative chatter with the burnishing process in wiper-turning operations. The authors have found a unique chatter when using wiper inserts, which cannot be explained by the existing chatter theory found in the literature. The authors believe that this occurs because of the burnishing process of the wiper insert, which is the only difference from ordinary turning. At first, the burnishing process, which accompanies wiper inserts, is explained, and the turning operation with this process and the well-known regenerative effect in the cutting process is discussed. Then, the stability of the turning process with the regenerative effects in the cutting and burnishing processes are investigated, and an analytical model is proposed to evaluate the critical stability. Finally, the stability analysis of this unique chatter is conducted, and its generation mechanism and characteristics are examined clearly.     

Development of a novel boring tool with anisotropic dynamic stiffness to avoid chatter vibration in cutting: Part 2: Analytical and experimental verification of the proposed method

In this study, we developed prototypes of boring tools with anisotropic dynamic stiffness, and their chatter stability was investigated analytically and experimentally. In Part 1, a novel design of boring tools with an anisotropic structure was proposed to improve the nominal stiffness in boring operation, thus resulting in higher chatter stability in simulation. In this part (Part 2), anisotropic boring tools with a holder length-to-diameter ratio (L/D) of 4 and 10 designed in Part 1 were prototyped, and their frequency response functions were evaluated. Then, the chatter stabilities were evaluated through turning experiments. With respect to a L/D4 boring tool with anisotropic structure, the nominal dynamic stiffness was significantly improved within the range of machining conditions that satisfies the appropriate combination of cutting force ratio and chip flow direction, compared to a conventional tool with isotropic structure. We confirmed that the proposed boring tool with an anisotropic structure increases the critical radial depth of cut by approximately 17 times compared with conventional tools. Even with an L/D10 anisotropic boring tool, a similar effect was observed wherein the dynamic stiffness of the tool was improved. In contrast, the effect of improving the dynamic stiffness was insufficient; thus, chatter free cutting could not be realized. Analytical investigations verified the importance of further improvement of dynamic characteristics. To realize stable boring with L/D10 boring tools, it is necessary to further reduce the system compliance while also improving the similarity of the frequency response function.