Title: The performance of different tool holders in dry milling

Authors: Bilgin Tolga Simsek; Emel Kuram; Babur Ozcelik

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gebze Institute of Technology, 41400 Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gebze Institute of Technology, 41400 Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gebze Institute of Technology, 41400 Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey

Abstract: Several types of tool holders have been developed to meet desired specifications in the manufacturing area. In this study, the performance of shrink-fit, hydraulic and precision milling tool holders was investigated in dry end milling of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel. The study was carried out in different conditions which were three different cutting speeds (100, 150 and 200 m/min). Depth of cut and step over were kept constant as 0.3 mm and 10 mm, respectively. The experiments were conducted to compare the milling force, the nose wear and the surface roughness. The results indicated that shrink-fit tool holder had the better performance than the others.

Keywords: tool holders; dry milling; shrink-fit holders; hydraulic holders; precision milling chucks; cutting force; surface roughness; tool wear; dry machining; end milling; austenitic stainless steel.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2012.046890

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 2012 Vol.11 No.3, pp.308 - 326

Received: 03 Feb 2011
Accepted: 22 Apr 2011
Published online: 23 Aug 2014 *

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