In this research work an attempt has been made to minimize flank wear of uncoated carbide inserts while machining AISI 1045 steel by finite element analysis. Tool wear is the predominant factor that causes poor surface finish and is responsible for the dimensional accuracy of the machined surface. The quality of component produced decides the effectiveness and competitiveness of any manufacturi...

Cryogenic treatment has been acknowledged by some as means of extending tool life of many cutting tool materials, thus improving productivity significantly. However real mechanisms which guarantee better tool performance are still dubious. This implies the need of further investigations in order to control the technique more significantly. Studies on cryogenically treated HSS tools show microst...

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) have good physical properties, such as high specific strength and high specific modulus. However, cutting delamination, tearing and burr, etc. often occur in the machining process of CFRP, which results in the uncontrollability of machining surface quality and serious tool wear. In this paper, milling of CFRP with a staggered cutter was carried out, the c...

Chatter suppression is essential for achieving high precision and surface quality in machining processes. In this paper, a control strategy is presented for chatter suppression in cutting process in the presence of tool wear and parameter uncertainties. A single-degree-of-freedom model of a turning process in the orthogonal cutting configuration is used to set up the nonlinear delay differentia...

Part thermal damage is a process limitation in finish hard turning and understanding process parameter effects, especially, tool wear, on cutting temperatures is fundamental for process modeling and optimization. This study develops an analytical model for cutting temperature predictions, in particular, at the machined-surfaces, in finish hard turning by either a new or worn tool. A mechanistic...

This research work presents the results of an experimental investigation of cryogenically treated, coated and uncoated tungsten carbide cutting tool inserts in turning of AISI 1040 steel. Three different tungsten carbide inserts coated with aluminum chromium nitride (AlCrN), titanium nitride (TiN) and uncoated WC were taken and treated cryogenically. Experiments were performed to evaluate the c...