Papers by Keyword: Cold Air Cutting

Abstract: For the analysis of cooling effect, the cutting inserts were heated to 900°C and then exposed in the room-air and cold-air with different pressure respectively. The temperature variation were recorded by infra-red (IR) pyrometer. The temperature-dependent global heat transfer coefficients were estimated by the theoretical analysis and experimental data. The finite element analysis (FEA) was employed to simulate the cooling process and modify the estimated heat transfer coefficients. The heat transfer coefficients decreased from 55.1 W/m2•°C (800°C) to 9.32 W/m2•°C (350°C) in the natural cooling and approximately 300 W/m2•°C (600°C) to 60 W/m2•°C (300°C) in the cold-air cooling. Cold-air cooling greatly increased the heat transfer coefficients, but it seemed the air pressure had little pressure on the heat transfer coefficients.

Abstract: Cold air cutting is a kind of environmetnally friendly cutting technology. The present study investigated the influence of cold air and cold air with oil mist on cutting temperature, cutting force and tool wear in the machining of Cr12 tool steel. For comparision, dry and flood coolant was also used as the cooling/lubrication conditions in the experiments. The findings of the study show that cold air with oil mist was the most effective cooling/lubrication condition in reducing the cutting temperature, cutting force and tool wear during the machining of Cr12 tool steel.