In automated manufacturing systems such as flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs), one of the most important issues is the detection of tool wear during the cutting process. This paper presents a hybrid learning method to map the relationship between the features of cutting vibration and the tool wear condition. The experimental results show that it can be used effectively to monitor the tool we...

The wear mechanisms of cutting tools made of tungsten-carbide (WC), PCBN and PCD were investigated using the tool life and temperature results available in the literature. For tool/work combinations WC/steel and PCBN/hardened-steel, under practical conditions, tool wear was found to be greatly influenced by the temperature. It was concluded that the most likely dominant tool wear mechanism for ...

This paper presents a tool wear monitoring framework for ultrasonic metal welding which has been used for lithium-ion battery manufacturing. Tool wear has a significant impact on joining quality. In addition, tool replacement, including horns and anvils, constitutes an important part of production costs. Therefore, a tool condition monitoring (TCM) system is highly desirable for ultrasonic meta...

aluminium matrix composites (amcs) materials are continuously displacing traditional engineering materials because of their advantages of high stiffness and strength over homogeneous material formulations. properties of amcs can be tailored to the demands of different industrial applications by suitable combinations of matrix, reinforcement and processing route. presently, several grades of amc...

Tool wear is a major contributor to machining errors of a workpiece. Tool wear prediction is an effective way to estimate the wear loss in precision machining. In this study, all kinds of machining conditions are treated as the input variables, the wear loss of the tool is treated as the output variable, and Projection Pursuit Regression (PPR) algorithm is proposed to mapping the tool wear loss...

Tool wear in turning of pure aluminum and drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP)/titanium (Ti) stacks was investigated due to their importance in modern manufacturing. Although pure aluminum is a ductile metal while CFRP contains brittle carbon fibers, there exist also few important similarities which impact tool wear. For instance, neither work material contains inclusions harder ...

In finish-machining, geometric accuracy and surface quality m adversely affected by the tool wear at the minor flank and nose area. This paper describes an investigation into "comprehensive" tool wear estimation, including flank-, crater-. minor flank-, and nose-wear, based on an analysis of dynamic cutting force in oblique machining. The force, measured in terms of its three orthogonal compone...

Tool wear state classification has good potential to play a critical role in ensuring the dimensional accuracy of the work piece and prevention of damage to cutting tool in machining process. During machining process, tool wear is an important factor which contributes to the variation of spindle motor current, speed, feed and depth of cut. In the present work, on-line tool wear state detecting ...

Tool wear measurement is of great concern in machining industry, as it affects the surface qualities, dimensional accuracy and production costs of the machined components. The orthodox methods of measuring tool wear are time consuming and limited in accuracy and application. In this study, machine vision system based on digital image processing was developed for measurement of tool wear. The ba...