This paper presents the development of a cutting force model for end milling process under various cutting conditions and the tool wear is measured by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).This novel approach combines the concept of experimental design and finite element modeling of the cutting process which allows for a fairly accurate prediction of cutting forces with a significantly lower compu...

Micromilling is one of the preferable micro-manufacturing process, as it exhibits flexibility to produce complex 3D micro-parts. The cutting forces generated in micro end milling can be attributed for tool vibration and process instability. If are not controlled below critical limits, may lead catastrophic failure tool. Cutting force has a significant role decide surface roughness. Therefore ac...

This work deals with problems of tool axis inclination angles in ball-end milling. Tool axis inclination angle contributes to improvement of functional surface properties (surface integrity surface roughness, residual stress, micro hardness, etc.), decreasing cutting forces and improving production. By milling with ball-end milling tool, using standard way of cutting, when work piece and cuttin...

Micro-milling tools are usually used for the 3D precision processing of micro metal parts under ultra-high speed. However, due to structural characteristics small scale, variable cross-section, and weak stiffness, vibration micro-milling is easily mutates, which can potential cause great harm stability machining accuracy machine tools. To reveal transfer law tool vibration, guiding method selec...

The relationship between the cutting force characteristics and tool usage (wear) in a micro-end-milling operation was studied for two different metals. Neural-network-based usage estimation methods are proposed that use force-variationand segmental-averaging-based encoding techniques.  1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.