Title: Analysis of influential effect of 3D groove design on up-curl dominated machining chip breaking

Authors: Alfred Avanessian, Yiming Kevin Rong, G. Tan

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, USA. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, USA. ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, 52 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, 150080 Harbin, China

Abstract: Prediction of chip-breaking in machining is an important task for automated manufacturing. There are chip-breaking limits in machining chip-breaking charts, which determine the chip-breaking range in terms of cutting parameters. This paper presents a study of the effect of 3D groove insert parameters on chip formation and breaking. Based on the chip-breaking criteria, an improved formulation of the critical feed rate is constructed through the analysis of up-curl chip formation with 3D chip breaking grooves.

Keywords: machining; chip formation; chip breaking; up-curl; accuracy; groove design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2007.012337

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 2007 Vol.28 No.1, pp.94 - 102

Published online: 06 Feb 2007 *

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