A finite element model is presented to simulate chip breaking when orthogonal turning medium carbon steel with a grooved cutting tool is used. The chip formation, chip breaking, cutting force, stress, strain and temperature are simulated by the thermo-elastic-plastic finite element method, using commercial finite element software. The cutting process is simulated from the initial to the steady-...

In the mining and civil engineering industries point-attack picks (conical picks) are extensively employed on mechanical excavators such as roadheaders, continuous miners and longwall shearers to cut relatively harder rocks/coals compared with radial picks. They are more durable than radial picks, and can economically cut intact rocks having up to around 120 MPa uniaxial compressive strength at...

Prediction of cutting forces is very important for the design of cutting tools and for process planning. This paper presents a fuzzy modelling method of cutting forces based on subtractive clustering. The subtractive clustering combined with the least-square algorithm identifies the fuzzy prediction model directly from the information obtained from the sensors. In the micro-milling experimental...

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...

in this paper we present a new method for tool-path generation and adaptive interpolation for a three-axis cnc milling machine. this method satisfied the force and / or the error conditions by using a variable-direction variable-feedrate strategy based on maximum feedrate map. the proposed adaptive interpolator modifies the cutting path and the moving direction according to the actual instantan...