Papers by Author: Takashi Harada

Abstract: When cutting titanium alloy, the temperature of a cutting tool edge is easy to rise and the tool edge is tend to be worn away quickly because the titanium alloy has the characteristics of low thermal conductivity and high chemical activity. Therefore, it is difficult to achieve a balance between the productivity and the tool life in cutting the titanium alloy, namely, low-speed cutting must be carried out at present. To examine the possibility of the improvement in the cutting efficiency, a PCD (polycrystalline diamond) tool having high thermal conductivity was adopted to the cutting of titanium alloy and its cutting performance was investigated. The PCD tool was found to have excellent flank wear resistance compared with conventional cemented carbide tools. It was also revealed that unprecedented high speed cutting become possible by use of PCD tool with an application of high pressure coolant.

Abstract: A robust measurement method for vertex position of a small polyhedron using 3D image procession is proposed. Shape from focus method is applied for getting 3D positions on surfaces of the polyhedron. Averaging of in-focus function is usually applied for reducing noises, but it lacks sharp edge information of the target. The position of the vertex is indirectory calculated from the 3D data using geometrical model of the polyhedron. In this paper, relations between measurement noise and appropriate number of data for averaging of focal measurement, and area of data for fitting of the Gaussian function were investigated. Then, error propagation analysis is applied to the equations of the indirect measurement of the vertex position. By using the geometrical characteristics of the polyhedron, measurement of the vertex position became robust against the measurement errors. Effectiveness of the proposed method was confirmed by numerical simulation and experimental result for measurement of a vertex of a small polyhedron.