In the current context of miniaturization, micro-machining processes are in full expansion. One of them is micro-milling. Although micro-milling is based on the same principle as macro-milling, the phenomena of micro-cutting are not a simple scaling of macrocutting. A significant difference is the chip formation involving the phenomenon of minimum chip thickness. In micro-milling the depth of c...

For time and cost saving reasons, the lowest surface roughness possible is sought in milling operations. High speed milling is recommended in order to minimise the amount of material to be removed in subsequent finishing operations, e.g. grinding, electrical discharge machining or manual polishing. Several roughness parameters are usually employed for the characterization of polished surfaces. ...

A new nominal uncut chip thickness algorithm for micro-scale end-milling is proposed by considering the combination of an exact trochoidal trajectory of the tool tip and tool run-out, and then the actual uncut chip thickness may be obtained from a comparison between the current accumulative uncut chip thickness and the minimum chip thickness. Due to the intermittency of the chip formation, the ...

Last years analytical or finite element models of milling become more efficient and focus on more physical aspects, nevertheless the milling process is still experimentally unknown on a wide range of use. This paper propose to analyse with accuracy milling operations by investigating the cutting forces values, shape of cutting forces curves obtained for different cutting speeds, and related phe...

In this research a fuzzy model is developed for a rotary dryer. It is applied to the pilot plant rotary dryer located in the Control Engineering Laboratory at Oulu University. Firstly, a literature review looking at the current situation of fuzzy modelling and comparison of different methods is done. One modelling method is then applied to the building of the model from data. The rule parameter...

The generation of tool paths for the milling of dies and moulds requires immense knowledge about the process behavior. This high dimensional geometrical optimizing problem requires technical knowledge and user experience. In this paper, first approaches using evolutionary algorithms for automating tool path generation and optimizing given tool paths are shown. The proposed method combines evolu...