Papers by Keyword: Fly Cutting

Abstract: Tool life is recognized as a critical factor in finishing a fine surface as well as high machining accuracy in cutting operation. The tool wear progress, therefore, should be evaluated in cutting simulation before the operation. This paper presents an analysis of tool wear rate during a rotation of tool in fly cutting as a manner of gear machining. The distribution of tool wear rate is analyzed with the stress and the temperature on the rake face based on a tool wear characteristic equation. The cutting force is estimated in a chip flow model, which piles up the orthogonal cuttings in the plane containing the cutting and the chip flow directions. The chip flow direction is determined to minimize the cutting energy. Then, the cutting temperature is analyzed numerically in the finite volume method, where the mechanical energy is converted to the heat generation in the shear zone and the rake face. In the fly cutting, the stress and temperature change with the uncut chip thickness and the tool-chip contact area during a rotation. Therefore, the instantaneous tool wear rates are analyzed for the rotation angles by the stress and the temperature distributions. This paper demonstrates an example of the tool wear analysis in cutting processes of a carbon steel. A cutting test was conducted to identify the force model with the orthogonal cutting data used in the analysis. Then, the temperature and tool wear distributions on the rake face are analyzed with the uncut chip thicknesses and the tool-chip contact areas.

Abstract: This paper proposes to improve the form accuracy of a machined surface produced by an ordinary milling machine by diamond fly cutting using controlled cutting with reference surface (CCRS), an in-process measurement and control method. CCRS improves machined surface accuracy by controlling the relative displacement between the tool and workpiece. Diamond fly cutting using CCRS was demonstrated to reduce the table motion error on an ordinary milling machine.

Abstract: Ultra-precision fly cutting machines have long been the hardest one to compliant and induce great focus of researchers. In this paper, a surface topography model is proposed to predict the surface generation in an ultra-precision fly cutting machine. The building of surface topography model is based on the trace of the tool tip. With the 3D surface profile simulations of workpieces, several influencing factors of surface topography, especially the factors related to micro waviness error, are studied.

Abstract: This paper describes ultrasonically assisted fly cutting for finishing advanced ceramics for hot-press dies used to fabricate glass lenses. Fly cutting can perform shallow machining, which realizes ductile-mode cutting of hard, brittle materials. Ultrasonically assisted machining can increase the critical cutting depth (i.e., the maximum cutting depth for ductile-mode machining of a surface). The technique proposed in this paper combines both techniques and enables precise finishing of advanced ceramics at a high machining efficiency. Ultrasonic assisted fly cutting was found to reduce tool fracture and improve the finished surface quality compared with conventional fly cutting.