Influence of machining cycle of horizontal milling on the quality of cutting force measurement for the cutting tool wear monitoring

The cutting tools are today used a lot by industry and they are expensive, so it was interesting to optimize their use, by developing a predictive method of their wear, particularly, the flank wear Vb. For this task, the flank tool wear was measured in off-line using a binocular microscope, whereas, the cutting forces are recorded by means of a dynamometer (Kistler 9255B). The acquired signatures are analyzed during the milling operation throughout the tool life. In this paper, we are interested in the extraction of the appropriate indicators which characterize the tool wear by temporal and frequential analyses of the cutting force signals; and highlighting the influence of the clamp holes and the machining cycle to the quality of the measurements.