Study of micro ball end mill geometry and measurement of cutting edge radius

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Baburaj ◽  
A. Ghosh ◽  
M.S. Shunmugam
Keyword(s):  
Cutting Edge ◽  
End Mill ◽  
Ball End Mill ◽  
Cutting Edge Radius ◽  
Edge Radius

scholarly journals Investigation of the Effect of End Mill-Geometry on Roughness and Surface Strain-Hardening of Aluminum Alloy AA6082

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3078
Author(s):  
Pavel Filippov ◽  
Michael Kaufeld ◽  
Martin Ebner ◽  
Ursula Koch
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Surface Strain ◽  
Micro Milling ◽  
End Mill ◽  
Cutting Edge Radius ◽  
Hardened Zone ◽  
Edge Radius ◽  
Machined Surfaces

Micro-milling is a promising technology for micro-manufacturing of high-tech components. A deep understanding of the micro-milling process is necessary since a simple downscaling from conventional milling is impossible. In this study, the effect of the mill geometry and feed per tooth on roughness and indentation hardness of micro-machined AA6082 surfaces is analyzed. A solid carbide (SC) single-tooth end-mill (cutting edge radius 670 nm) is compared to a monocrystalline diamond (MD) end-mill (cutting edge radius 17 nm). Feed per tooth was varied by 3 μm, 8 μm and 14 μm. The machined surface roughness was analyzed microscopically, while surface strain-hardening was determined using an indentation procedure with multiple partial unload cycles. No significant feed per tooth influence on surface roughness or mechanical properties was observed within the chosen range. Tools’ cutting edge roughness is demonstrated to be the main factor influencing the surface roughness. The SC-tool machined surfaces had an average Rq = 119 nm, while the MD-tool machined surfaces reached Rq = 26 nm. Surface strain-hardening is influenced mainly by the cutting edge radius (size-effect). For surfaces produced with the SC-tool, depth of the strain-hardened zone is higher than 200 nm and the hardness increases up to 160% compared to bulk. MD-tool produced a thinner strain-hardened zone of max. 60 nm while the hardness increased up to 125% at the surface. These findings are especially important for the high-precision manufacturing of measurement technology modules for the terahertz range.

Tool Path Generation for Five-Axis Controlled Machining of Free-Form Surface Using Barrel Tool: Control of Contact Point on Cutting Edge

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomonobu Suzuki ◽  
Koichi Morishige
Keyword(s):  
Tool Path ◽  
Contact Point ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Free Form ◽  
End Mill ◽  
Ball End Mill ◽  
Surface Machining ◽  
Free Form Surface ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Five Axis

Abstract This study aimed to improve the efficiency of free-form surface machining by using a five-axis controlled machine tool and a barrel tool. The barrel tool has cutting edges, with curvature smaller than the radius, increasing the pick feed width compared with a conventional ball end mill of the same tool radius. As a result, the machining efficiency can be improved; however, the cost of the barrel tool is high and difficult to reground. In this study, a method to obtain the cutting points that make the cusp height below the target value is proposed. Moreover, a method to improve the tool life by continuously and uniformly changing the contact point on the cutting edge is proposed. The usefulness of the developed method is confirmed through machining simulations.

Optimization of the cutting edge radius of PVD coated inserts in milling considering film fatigue failure mechanisms

2000 ◽  
Vol 133-134 ◽  
pp. 501-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.-D Bouzakis ◽  
N Michailidis ◽  
N Vidakis ◽  
K Efstathiou ◽  
T Leyendecker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Failure ◽  
Failure Mechanisms ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Cutting Edge Radius ◽  
Edge Radius

Development of Cutting Edge Radius Size of Solid Carbide Mills When Drag Finishing

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Boris Pätoprstý ◽  
Marek Vozár ◽  
Peter Pokorný ◽  
Tomáš Vopát ◽  
Ivan Buranský ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Cutting Edge Radius ◽  
Edge Radius ◽  
Solid Carbide ◽  
Drag Finishing ◽  
Radius Size

Voxel Based Cutting Force Simulation of Ball End Milling Considering Cutting Edge Around Center Web

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isamu Nishida ◽  
Takaya Nakamura ◽  
Ryuta Sato ◽  
Keiichi Shirase
Keyword(s):  
Cutting Force ◽  
End Milling ◽  
Chip Thickness ◽  
Previous Method ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Force Model ◽  
End Mill ◽  
Uncut Chip Thickness ◽  
Ball End Mill ◽  
Tool Rotation

A new method, which accurately predicts cutting force in ball end milling considering cutting edge around center web, has been proposed. The new method accurately calculates the uncut chip thickness, which is required to estimate the cutting force by the instantaneous rigid force model. In the instantaneous rigid force model, the uncut chip thickness is generally calculated on the cutting edge in each minute disk element piled up along the tool axis. However, the orientation of tool cutting edge of ball end mill is different from that of square end mill. Therefore, for the ball end mill, the uncut chip thickness cannot be calculated accurately in the minute disk element, especially around the center web. Then, this study proposes a method to calculate the uncut chip thickness along the vector connecting the center of the ball and the cutting edge. The proposed method can reduce the estimation error of the uncut chip thickness especially around the center web compared with the previous method. Our study also realizes to calculate the uncut chip thickness discretely by using voxel model and detecting the removal voxels in each minute tool rotation angle, in which the relative relationship between a cutting edge and a workpiece, which changes dynamically during tool rotation. A cutting experiment with the ball end mill was conducted in order to validate the proposed method. The results showed that the error between the measured and predicted cutting forces can be reduced by the proposed method compared with the previous method.

Investigation on Mechanism of Ultra-Smoothed Surface with a Micro Slot on the Flank Face in Micro Cutting

2014 ◽  
Vol 651-653 ◽  
pp. 764-767
Author(s):  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Hou Jun Qi ◽  
Gen Li
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Chip Thickness ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Back Side ◽  
Uncut Chip Thickness ◽  
Micro Cutting ◽  
Cutting Edge Radius ◽  
Edge Radius ◽  
Flank Face ◽  
Side Flow

Micro cutting is a promising manufacturing method to obtain good surface integrity. Surface roughness shows size effect when the uncut chip thickness is smaller than the cutting edge radius. A special micro slot on the flank face of cutting tools was manufactured with discharge. Two groups of micro orthogonal cutting were conducted. The surface roughness of machined surface was measured and compared to each other. The results show that surface roughness decreases first and then increases with the ratio of uncut chip thickness to cutting edge radius. The surface machined with micro slot is better than that of without micro slot due to the micro slot restrain the back side flow of work piece based on the finite element model.

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