Papers by Keyword: Radial Wear

Abstract: In NC milling process, tool wear has great influence on the machining quality of product. In this paper, a mapping measurement method is used to obtain tool wear and a data processing method is proposed to deal with the data getting from the measurement. First, tool wear along radius of tool’s cross-section, which is called radial wear, can be obtained by mapping measurement method. Then tool flank wear can be easily calculated based on the established relationship between radial wear and flank wear. In order to get radial wear, we process those measured data that are obtained from mapping measurement. In this process, least square method is adopted to fit these data to get the radius of section circle at a certain position. So the radial wear can be obtained by comparing the radius of the fitting circle and the original radius of tool at a certain section. Finally, the data processing software is realized by using Visual C++ development tool according to the designed data processing method of tool wear.

Abstract: The total removal of grinding wheel material includes two main parts. The larger of the two is the result of dressing and truing operation and the other relatively small part is due to the wheel wear which takes place during the actual grinding process. The frequency of dressing and truing operations depends on the cutting conditions, wheel characteristic, etc. However in dry grinding as there is no cutting fluid to transfer the heat from the contact zone, the wheel wear during grinding and the frequency of dressing is much higher due to the higher grinding forces and temperatures. Vibration grinding reduces wear of the grinding wheel during the process considerably and decreases the frequency of dressing operation significantly. Hence it increases the efficiency of the process and reduces the cost. The investigation carried out in the KSF institute shows the improvement on the surface roughness, reduction of the grinding forces, thermal damage of the ground surface and radial wear of the grinding wheel in case of using vibration grinding comparing to conventional grinding. The designed and developed ultrasonically vibrated workpiece holder and the experimental investigation show a decrease of up to 80% of radial wear of the grinding wheel.