Papers by Author: Guang Chen

Abstract: The deflection of Aluminum alloy thin-wall workpiece caused by the milling force leads to additional machining errors and reduces machining accuracy. In this paper, a set of experiments of milling thin-wall workpiece were carried out to study the deflection of thin-wall workpiece. The workpieces, with different types of material and different thicknesses, were machined on CNC machining center. The deflections of workpiece were measured by a three-coordinate measuring machine. Effects of Aluminum alloy material and thickness on deflection are discussed based on the experimental data.

Abstract: This study focused on the side milling surface roughness of titanium alloy under various cooling strategies and cutting parameters. The experimental results show that the cooling strategies significantly affect the surface roughness in milling Ti-6Al-4V. Surface roughness (Ra) alterations are investigated. Cutting fluid strategy made nearly all the smallest and most stable roughness values. The surface roughness values produced by all cooling strategies are obviously affected by feed, radial depth-of-cut and cutting speed. However, axial depth-of-cut has little influence.

Abstract: Heat generation during cutting process affects the machined workpiece material and influences the cutting forces and tool wear. In this paper, a static thermal analysis model is developed to determine temperature rise in aluminum alloy (2A12) micro-cutting. The modified model is established based on two-dimensional steady state heat diffusion equation along with heat losses by convection film coefficients at the surfaces. A negative heat source is applied to simulate the heat loss during chip formation process. Effects of chip length and negative heat source on temperature distribution are discussed. The simulation results are compared with experiment data. The final results indicated that the model with negative heat source is more accurate than that without negative heat source and 20mm chip length give best temperature field fitting to the experiment.