Experimental Study on Ball-End Milling of C/C Composite

Abstract:

Along with the development of high speed machining technology, the ball end milling cutter’s application is more and more widely. An influence of four control parameters, namely feed, cutting depth, spindle speed and cutting width, on cutting forces is investigated. This paper focuses on experimental research of milling process of carbon fiber reinforced carbon matrix composite (C/C composite). The milling force prediction model for milling of composite using the carbide ball-end tools is built by orthogonal experiment. The experiment results show that : the reliability of the this prediction model is quite high, and the effect of milling speed on milling force is not very obvious, but the milling force increases with the increment of feed per tooth, milling depth and milling width. Using this information, a new prediction model for the milling forces is proposed that can be used for C/C composite milling.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 650)
• Pages: 139-144
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.650.139
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Chen Wei Shan, Ying Zhao, Dong Peng Cui
• Keywords: C/C Composite, Cutting Parameter, Milling Force, Orthogonal Experiment, Prediction Model

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