高速切削Ti6Al4V锯齿形切屑形成的表征

深入研究锯齿形切屑的形成过程及表征有利于工业生产中的切屑控制。用锯齿频率、锯齿化程度及绝热剪切带间距来对锯齿形切屑进行表征。鉴于Ti6Al4V在加工过程中易于形成锯齿形切屑,因此选择Ti6Al4V作为工件材料,通过高速切削Ti6Al4V实验,收集不同切削速度和每齿进给量下的锯齿形切屑;将获得的锯齿形切屑进行抛磨及腐蚀后,在VHX-600 ESO数码显微镜下观察切屑形貌,计算不同切削条件下锯齿频率、锯齿化程度及绝热剪切带间距。结果表明:随着切削速度的提高,锯齿频率及锯齿化程度增大,绝热剪切带间距减小;随着每齿进给量的增大,锯齿频率减小,锯齿化程度及绝热剪切带间距增大。锯齿化程度可以作为普通切削、高速切削及超高速切削的判据。     

Study of cutting deformation in machining nickel-based alloy Inconel 718

During the process of high-speed machining nickel-based alloy the material presents serrated chips. An experiment involving quick-stop device was conducted. The chip root obtained in the experiment was presented in a metallographic graph. Through the analysis of metallographic graph, the physical features showed that shear angle is reduced and shear plane is converted into shear body when serrated chips formed were analyzed. Conditions under which a crack appeared and adiabatic shear that occurred were also analyzed. Based on the research, shear strain, shear strain rate and shear stress model in the adiabatic shear band were established. The effects of cutting parameters on character of the serrated chip were studied through observing chip metallographic graph.     

铝合金高速铣削过程切屑成形机制研究

高速铣削加工中,切削力、切削热和机床振动等被广泛研究,而对切屑的研究相对较少.本文针对立铣刀高速铣削的特点,对切屑的成形进行了研究.根据理论分析,在UG环境下对切屑进行了绘制,其形状与实际切屑基本吻合,证明了研究方法的可靠性.通过切屑的研究反馈设计过程,对立铣刀的结构设计提供支持.     

Heat generation and temperature prediction in metal cutting: A review and implications for high speed machining

Determination of the maximum temperature and temperature distribution along the rake face of the cutting tool is of particular importance because of its controlling influence on tool life, as well as, the quality of the machined part. Numerous attempts have been made to approach the problem with different methods including experimental, analytical and numerical analysis. Although considerable research effort has been made on the thermal problem in metal cutting, there is hardly a consensus on the basics principles. The unique tribological contact phenomenon, which occur in metal cutting is highly localized and non-linear, and occurs at high temperatures, high pressures and high strains. This has made it extremely difficult to predict in a precise manner or even assess the performance of various models developed for modelling the machining process. Accurate and repeatable heat and temperature prediction remains challenging due to the complexity of the contact phenomena in the cutting process. In this paper, previous research on heat generation and heat dissipation in the orthogonal machining process is critically reviewed. In addition, temperature measurement techniques applied in metal cutting are briefly reviewed. The emphasis is on the comparability of test results, as well as, the relevance of temperature measurement method to high speed cutting. New temperature measurement results obtained by a thermal imaging camera in high speed cutting of high strength alloys are also presented. Finally, the latest work on estimation of heat generation, heat partition and temperature distribution in metal machining is reviewed. This includes an exploration of the different simplifying assumptions related to the geometry of the process components, material properties, boundary conditions and heat partition. The paper then proposes some modelling requirements for computer simulation of high speed machining processes.     

A new approach to contour error control in high speed machining

High speed machining technology attempts to maximize productivity through the use of high spindle speeds and axis traverse rates. The technology is dependent upon the development of suitable mechanical hardware, electrical drives and associated control software to ensure that all components are used to maximum advantage. The role of the control software is particularly demanding since one needs to maximize traverse rates while providing the necessary accuracy, and indeed providing a margin of safety to deal with unexpected changes in process, or system parameters. There have been relatively few improvements in commercial CAD or CAM systems that would help machine tool users to take maximum advantage of high speed machining; rather the majority of the approaches have been undertaken at the machine tool controller level. This paper uses circular interpolation and corner tracking to compare several such control techniques, (Cross Coupled Control (CCC), Zero Phase Error Tracking Control (ZPETC), and Realtime Frequency Modulated Interpolation (FMI)), each of which have been proposed in the literature order to improve machining accuracy. None of these approaches are found to be universally successful when used alone and the authors, in this paper, examine the use of these systems in combination. Particular attention is focused upon an extension of a simplified version of cross coupled control together with Frequency Modulated Interpolation. It is shown that the combined system performs extremely well, and is easily actuated at high frequencies with conventional hardware. A custom built high speed x-y table is used to confirm system performance with multiple constraints present.     

Analytical and experimental study of shear localization in chip formation in orthogonal machining

A simplified theory of instability of plastic flow is applied to analyze the formation of shear localized chips in orthogonal machining. A flow localization parameter is expressed in terms of associated cutting conditions and properties of the workpiece material. The analysis, which indicates the important parameters in the cutting process, is used to investigate the effect of cutting conditions on the onset of shear localization and the formation of adiabatic shear banding in metal cutting. Comparisons are made between the analysis and experiments in which the flow localization parameter is obtained for several workpiece materials. The results of this investigation seem to support the analysis and its potential benefits in analyzing and/or remedying problems associated with chip formation and temperature generated in metal cutting. Presently at Advanced Technology Center, Valenite, Inc., Madison Heights,MI 48071, USA     

Estimating the effect of cutting parameters on surface finish and power consumption during high speed machining of AISI 1045 steel using Taguchi design and ANOVA

The present paper outlines an experimental study to investigate the effects of cutting parameters on finish and power consumption by employing Taguchi techniques. The high speed machining of AISI 1045 using coated carbide tools was investigated. A combined technique using orthogonal array and analysis of variance was employed to investigate the contribution and effects of cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut on three surface roughness parameters and power consumption. The results showed a significant effect of cutting speed on the surface roughness and power consumption, while the other parameters did not substantially affect the responses. Thereafter, optimal cutting parameters were obtained.     

摩托车曲柄锻模高速加工

介绍了锻模的高速加工，论述了实施高速加工的支撑技术。     

Spiral cutting operation strategy for machining of sculptured surfaces by conformal map approach

Although compound surfaces and polyhedral models are widely used in manufacturing industry, the tool path planning strategies are very limited for such surfaces in five-axis machining and high speed machining. In this paper, a novel conformal map based and planar spiral guided spiral tool path generation method is described for NC machining of complex surfaces. The method uses conformal map to establish a relationship between 3D physical surface and planar circular region. This enables NC operation to be performed as if the surface is plat. Then through inversely mapping a planar spiral defined by a mathematical function into 3D physical space, the spiral cutter contact paths are derived without inheriting any corners on the boundary in the subsequent interior paths. The main advantage of the proposed method is that a smoother, longer and boundary conformed spiral topography tool path is developed. Therefore, the machined surface can be cut continuously with minimum tool retractions during the cutting operations. And it allows both compound surfaces and triangular surfaces can be machined at high speed. Finally, experimental results are given to testify the proposed approach.     

Chip geometries during high-speed machining for orthogonal cutting conditions

The originality of this work consists in taking photographs of chips during the cutting process for a large range of speeds. Contrary to methods usually used such as the quick stop in which root chips are analyzed after an abrupt interruption of the cutting, the proposed process photographs the chip geometry during its elaboration. An original device reproducing perfectly orthogonal cutting conditions is used because it allows a good accessibility to the zone of machining and reduces considerably the vibrations found in conventional machining tests. A large range of cutting velocities is investigated (from 17 to 60 m/s) for a middle hard steel (French Standards XC18). The experimental measures of the root chip geometry, more specifically the tool-chip contact length and the shear angle, are obtained from an analysis of the pictures obtained with a numerical high-speed camera. These geometrical characteristics of chips are studied for various cutting speeds, at the three rake angles −5, 0, +5° and for different depths of cut reaching 0.65 mm.     

Investigations of yield stress,fracture toughness,and energy distribution in high speed orthogonal cutting

This paper presents a novel prediction method of the yield stress and fracture toughness for ductile metal materials through the metal cutting process based on Williams' Model [38]. The fracture toughness of the separation between the segments in serrated chips in high speed machining is then deduced. In addition, an energy conservation equation for high speed machining process, which considers the energy of new created workpiece surfaces, is established. The fracture energy of serrated chips is taken into the developed energy conservation equation. Five groups of experiments are carried out under the cutting speeds of 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 m/min. The cutting forces are measured using three-dimensional dynamometer and the relevant geometrical parameters of chips are measured with the aid of optical microscope. The experiment results show that the yield stress of machined ductile metal material presents an obviously increasing trend with the cutting speed increasing from 100 to 800 m/min while it decreases when the cutting speed increases to 1500 m/min further. Meanwhile, the fracture toughness between the chip and bulk material displays a slightly increasing tendency. In high speed machining, the fracture toughness of the separation between the segments in serrated chips also presents increasing trend with the increasing cutting speed, whose value is much greater than that between the chip and bulk material. In the end, the distribution of energy spent in cutting process is analyzed which mainly includes such four portions as plastic deformation, friction on the tool–chip interface, new generated surface and chip fracture. The results show that the proportion of plastic deformation is the largest one while it decreases with the cutting speed increasing. However, the proportions of energy spent on new created surface and chip fracture increase due to the increasing of both the chip's fracture area and the fracture toughness.     

Monitoring of flank wear of coated tools in high speed machining with a neural network ART2

A monitoring system for classifying the levels of the tool flank wear of coated tools into some categories has been developed using an unsupervised and self-organizing artificial neural network, ART2. The input pattern used for the ART2 was an array of normalized mean wavelet coefficients of the feed force, which was affected by not only the flank wear but also the severe crater wear observed in high speed machining. The outputs of ART2 were classified into four or five categories of wear levels: the incipient stage, one or two intermediate stages, final stage and hazardous stage. For two apparently different series of input data obtained under the same cutting conditions, which are often experienced in the experiment, the ART2 neural network showed very similar classification of tool wear levels from the beginning to the end of cutting. Further study proved that this monitoring system detected the excessive wear in the hazardous stage for different cutting speeds 5–7 m/s and different feed rates 0.10–0.20 mm/rev.     

Modeling of minimum uncut chip thickness in micro machining of aluminum

Micro mechanical machining operations can fabricate miniaturized components from a wide range of engineering materials; however, there are several challenges during the operations that can cause dimensional inaccuracies and low productivity. In order to select optimal machining parameters, the material removal behavior during micro machining operations needs to be understood and implemented in models. The presence of the tool edge radius in micro machining, which is comparable in size to the uncut chip thickness, introduces a minimum uncut chip thickness (MUCT) under which the material is not removed but ploughed, resulting in increased machining forces that affect the surface integrity of the workpiece. This paper investigates the MUCT of rounded-edge tools. Analytical models based on identifying the stagnant point of the workpiece material during the machining have been proposed. Based on the models, the MUCT is found to be functions of the edge radius and friction coefficient, which is dependent on the tool geometry and properties of the workpiece material. The necessary parameters for the model are obtained experimentally from orthogonal cutting tests using a rounded-edge tool. The minimum uncut chip thickness (MUCT) is then verified with experimental tests using an aluminum workpiece.     

Role of phase transformation in chip segmentation during high speed machining of dual phase titanium alloys

Chip segmentation during machining of titanium alloys is primarily due to adiabatic shear localization associated with thermally driven α–β phase transformation at extremely high speeds. Current constitutive material models used in simulating the machining process ignore the role of phase transformation in shear localization and its influence on the material associated dynamic response. This research presents a new phase approach to chip segmentation that includes a recently developed constitutive material model based on the self-consistent method (SCM) that accounts for material composition, as well as α–β phase transformation, during machining. This SCM-based model is implemented in the finite element framework to validate and predict the effects of starting material property, cutting speeds, uncut chip thicknesses, rake angles, tool radius, and friction coefficients on the strains, temperatures and β volume fractions in chip segmentation. It confirms that cutting speed and uncut chip thickness have great impact, rake angle has less effect, tool radius and friction coefficient have the least effects on chip segmentation. However, tool geometry as well as machining parameters have great influence on the machined surface in terms of temperature magnitude, affected depth and the associated α–β phase transformation.     

Investigation of heat partition in high speed turning of high strength alloy steel

High Speed Machining (HSM) is now recognised as one of the key processes in advanced machining technology for automotive, die and mould, and aerospace industries. Machining of metals at high cutting speeds produces high temperatures in the primary shear zone, which induces plasticity in the workpiece and hence decreases the cutting forces. This investigation is concerned with the estimation of the amount of heat flowing into the cutting tool in high speed turning of BS 970-709M40EN19 (AISI/SAE-4140) high strength alloy steel. The aim is to characterise the thermal field in the cutting zone and thus understand the mechanics of HSM. Experimental results are presented of temperature measurements on the tool rake face during orthogonal cutting at cutting speeds ranging between 200 and 1200 m/min. These measured temperatures are compared with temperature fields in the cutting tool obtained from a finite element transient thermal analysis. It is shown that the tool–chip contact area, and hence the proportion of the secondary heat source conducting into the tool, changes significantly with cutting speed; it decreases with the cutting speed in the conventional and the transition regions but increases in the HSM region approaching 65% at 1200 m/min. These results are relevant to the study of thermal expansion of the cutting tools and the cutting edge wear in HSM operations.     

Effects of honing treatment on AIP-TiN and TiAlN coated end-mill for high speed machining

The objective of this work is to compare the tool performance of TiN and TiAlN coated carbides end-mills deposited by an arc ion plating (AIP) method, using honing treatment to polish the cutting edge surface sleekly. The curve of surface roughness versus honing time showed a rapid improvement initially and thereafter became steady, manifesting a saturation effect. The optimal honing time related to surface roughness was determined to be approximately 20 s. As the surface roughness increased, the critical loads reduced. At an average surface roughness (Ra) of 0.028 μm, the highest critical loads of TiN and TiAlN coating layers were 98 and 114 N, respectively. Tool performances of uncoated and coated tools were conducted under high speed machining (HSM) of AISI D2 cold-worked die steel (62 HRC). Consequently, the TiAlN coated end-mill using honing treatment showed excellent tool life under HSM conditions.     

Development of a new rapid characterization method of hob's wear resistance in gear manufacturing—Application to the evaluation of various cutting edge preparations in high speed dry gear hobbing

Gear hobbing remains a cutting technology mainly dedicated to large-scale productions of gears for the automotive industry. The improvements in hobbing tool design are problematic due to the very long duration of wear tests and due to the application of special machine tools only available in production plants. In order to overcome these limitations and to accelerate the efficiency of the investigations, a new rapid testing method called “flute hobbing” has been developed on a standard five-axes milling machine widely present in research laboratories. This testing method has been associated with a software providing the geometry of each chip in hobbing. The correlation of the chip geometry with the wear of each tooth enables to discriminate the critical teeth of a hob in order to focus the development in this area of the cutting zone. This new methodology has been used to investigate the influence of the cutting edge preparation on the wear resistance of gear hobs made of PM-HSS in the context of dry high speed manufacturing. The application of the AFM technology to generate defined edge preparation has shown its efficiency to improve the tool wear resistance and has confirmed previous results.     

Corner optimization for pocket machining

The aim of this paper is to propose a pocketing tool path improvement method by adapting the geometry of the tool path to the kinematic performance of high speed machining machine tools. The minimization of the machining time is a major objective, which should be taken into account for the tool path computation. In this way the tool path length can be reduced or the real feedrate increased. The described method proposes modification of the values of the corner radii in order to increase real feedrate. In the same way, this method checks the radial depth of cut variations along the tool path. The computed tool path presents a smaller length and the machine tool produces a higher average feedrate at the same time. In addition, the use of Bspline for the tool path computation is a significant improvement compared with straight lines and circle arcs for the machining time reduction. Several tests are realized on various machine tools in order to quantify the benefits: the proposed method can reduce the machining time by approximately 25% compared with classical tool paths computed using a CAM system.     

高速加工中心的核心部件及其关键技术

本文介绍了高速加工中心所必需的核心部件和一些必不可少的关键技术，例如高速主轴、功能强大的计算机数控系统、运动控制卡、待加工轨迹监控技术（Ｌｏｏｋ Ａｈｅｄ）、高速加工的编程技术和计算机数控系统网络化（Ｄｉｒｅｃｔ ＣＮＣ Ｎｅｔｗｏｒｋｉｎｇ）的必要性等等。     

Parallel kinematic concept for stationary high performance cutting in wood machining centers

In recent years parallel kinematic machines for wood machining have come into use more frequently. Despite first promising prototypes, these machines are single solutions for specific applications. To meet the requirements of shorter product life cycles and higher product diversity, high flexibility is demanded of the machining system. This paper presents a new wood machining center obtaining both, the reduction of the primary and secondary processing times. The machine concept, based on a parallel kinematic structure, allows high operating speeds and accelerations not only for workpiece machining but also for handling. Thus, the machine can be used without any external handling devices. The kinematic structure originates from a plane closed five-bar chain with two linear drives and additional drive axes for stroke and rotation. In order to increase the useable workspace a continuous motion between different assembly modes is realized. To guarantee a high feed rate and to minimize set-up times, an optimized dust exhaustion is included.