Papers by Author: Satoshi Sakamoto

Abstract: We propose a dynamic observation concept to pretend aged degradation of water-soluble coolant. The first-hand observation of coolants by a CCD microscope is extremely useful for monitoring the drastic appearance change. The appearance changes of coolant also could be monitored by combining the reflectance changes from the Red, Green and Blue LED lights. The physical process of absorbing light is occurred only at the specific wavelength in the water-soluble coolants. The absorbance at the specific wavelength would become a reliable indicator to predict the controlled condition of water-soluble coolant. Setting up these sensing systems to the machine tools make it possible to observe the coolant dynamically and on real time.

Abstract: To reduce the management cost and environmental load of water-soluble coolant, authors have been studying on a metabolic system for water-soluble coolant. More than 90% of waste water-soluble coolant is composed of water phase. If the oily additives and contaminants can be isolated from the waste coolant, the amount of waste coolant decreases remarkably because the recycled water can be reutilized as a diluent of renewal coolant. Authors has been developed some types of water recovery methods for the metabolic system. To complete the metabolic system for water-soluble coolant, the coolant diluted with recovered water should have the same machining performance and long-term stability as those of coolant diluted with tap water. In this report, we examined the machining performance and ability change of water-soluble coolant diluted with recycled water under operations encountered in machine tool.

Abstract: Tools coated with TiBON films of varying boron concentrations were made, and the influence of boron concentration on tool wear was investigated. The TiBON coating film acts as a lubricant at high temperature. Tools coated with such films were applied to the machining of difficult-to-cut materials (Ti-6Al-4V and Inconel 718), where　the cutting temperature increases rapidly and heavy adhesion occurs. In the experiment, turning and interrupted cutting were performed. In cutting of Ti-6Al-4V, the tool coated with a film of high boron concentration showed long tool life. In turning of Inconel 718, the tool coated with a film of a boron concentration of 15% showed the longest tool life-about four times longer than that of a tool coated with TiAlN.

Abstract: A gelatin stone having a new polishing mechanism that can polish a free-form surface is proposed in this study. The gelatin based stone can easily control the hardness and the melting point by changing the density, the cooling condition and the kinds of additives. The main conclusions obtained in this study are as follows. The proposed gelatin stone can polish the surface of various materials. The high density of gelatin is suited for a gelatin stone. Surface roughness improves as the polishing time gets longer. Polishing by gelatin stone needs a high-speed relative motion.