Chainsaws with chipper-type chains are widely used in timber harvesting. While existing research on such saws assumes a continuous cutting process, the objectives of the present study were to determine whether or not that is true, as well as to measu...
Graphite/polymer composites are brittle materials, and tool wear, which has a significant impact on the quality of the machined surface of the material, is very serious during the cutting process. In general, the magnitude of the cutting force direct...
Aluminum alloy materials are very difficult to break in the processing process; chip accumulation leads to poor processing stability. In this paper, a coated composite micro–textured tool is presented. The influence of coated composite micro&nd...
Cutting is the primary method of material removal, and the quality of machined parts depends on the geometry of cutting tools. In this paper, a new cutting force coefficient model is established, revealing the influence of cutting-edge radius on the...
Cutting is the foundation of manufacturing in industry. The main cutting objects include metals, ceramics, glasses, compositions, and even biological materials such as tissues and bones. The special properties of each material such as hardness, ducti...
The intensity of the clamping force during milling operations is very important, because an excessive clamping force can distort the workpiece, while inadequate clamping causes slippage of the workpiece. Since the overall clamping force can be affect...
Apple, which occupies the first position in the world with regard to its yield, is an important economic crop in China. Pruning of apple trees is still dominated by manual pruning, resulting in high labor costs and low efficiency. Additionally, there...
The energy efficiency in metal cutting is, sometimes, very low. Recent studies show that the energy consumed for detaching chips represents only about 15% of the total energy involved in material machining. The available solutions for energy optimiza...
This article focuses on the development of a mathematical model of a cutting force that is applicable for coated and uncoated cutting tool inserts and aims to enable more accurate calculation of the cutting force. Two common PVD coatings, AlTiN and T...
The 7075-T7451 aluminum alloy, widely used in aerospace, aviation, and automotive fields for critical load-bearing components due to its excellent mechanical properties, suffers from residual stresses induced by thermo-mechanical coupling during mill...
The observation and prediction of cutting forces are key questions when planning manufacturing technologies. In this paper, all three force components are investigated in the case of turning with round insert. The specific cutting forces were used an...
Real-time monitoring of the cutting force in the machining process is critical for improving machining accuracy, optimizing the machining process, and optimizing tool lifetime; however, the dynamometers are too expensive to be widely used by machine...
The friction behavior in the tool-chip interface is an essential issue in aluminum matrix composite material (AMCM) turning operations. Compared with conventional cutting, the elliptical vibration (EVC) cutting AMCM has attractive advantages, such as...
With the rapid development of photoelectric communication and other fields, the demand for high-precision aspheric mirrors has been increasing. Predicting dynamic cutting forces is vital in selecting machining parameters and also affects the surface...
Tool wear monitoring (TWM) is of great importance for improving the machining quality and the efficiency of the milling process. Extracting a discriminative tool wear feature is the key to TWM. Cutting force coefficients, which reflect the tool&ndash...
Hard and brittle materials have excellent physical and mechanical performance, which are widely applied in the fields of microelectronics and optoelectronics. However, deep-hole machining of hard and brittle materials is very difficult and inefficien...
Ultrasonic vibration-assisted cutting (UVC) is progressively being used in machining as it can significantly promote the fabrication process. However, the ultrasonic vibration affecting the cutting process is still controversial. The full-transient c...
Titanium alloy is a typical difficult-to-machine material with features of superhigh strength and hardness, and low elastic modulus. It is difficult to guarantee the processing quality and efficiency due to the high cutting force and tool wear in con...
This paper presents a high performance triaxial cutting force sensor with excellent accuracy, favorable natural frequency and acceptable cross-interference for high speed turning process. Octagonal ring is selected as sensitive element of the designe...
This paper presents the analysis of cutting force during surface layer milling of selected aluminium alloys, which are widely used in the aviation industry. The cutting force is one of the most important parameters determining the machinability of th...
Cutting force measurement is a quintessential task for status monitoring during machining. In the past, a number of cutting force sensors have been developed, each featuring a different set of performance advantages. In a pursuit to improve the measu...
Cutting force in lathe work is closely related to tool wear and affects the turning quality. Direct measurement of the cutting force by measuring the strain of the tool holder is challenging because the tool holder design aims to be highly rigid in o...
This study aims to develop an accurate dynamic cutting force model in the milling process. In the proposed model, the estimated cutting force tackles the effect of the self-excited vibration that causes machining instability during the cutting proces...
In the food industry, there are many varieties of technical blades with different contours as well as different cutting edge geometries. The evaluation of the ability of technical blades to separate (cut) animal tissues is not a simple task and is us...
The machining of shape memory alloys, such as NiTi, presents challenges due to their specific physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. This study investigated the effect of the helix angle of milling tools—both uncoated and coated—o...
Despite the digital era and the emergence of simplified production paradigms enabled by digital twin technology, traditional manufacturing processes like lathe machining are invaluable because of their ability to meet various and multiple needs relia...
Barrel tools are relatively new tools that use atypical geometries to achieve shorter production times and improve surface quality. They have been increasingly used in the finishing operations industry, where they are gaining more and more popularity...
Multi-component cutting force sensing systems in manufacturing processes applied to cutting tools are gradually becoming the most significant monitoring indicator. Their signals have been extensively applied to evaluate the machinability of workpiece...
Carbon fiber-reinforced composite material (CFRP) has been widely applied in the aerospace industry, which places demanding requirements on the accuracy and quality of its processing. However, there remains a lack of clarity on the microscopic materi...
Walnut (Juglans regia L.) is widely used in wood furnishings, and machinability is a key factor for improving product quality and enterprise benefits. This work focused on the influence of the rake angle, depth of cut, and cutting speed on the cuttin...
The cutting forces that occur during machining cause static and dynamic deformations of the machine–tool–workpiece system. In general, the cutting force is spatial. However, knowledge of the tangential component of the cutting force is cr...
In the field of underwater emergency maintenance, submarine pipeline cutting is generally performed by a diamond wire saw. The process, in essence, involves diamond grits distributed on the surface of the beads cutting X56 pipeline steel bit by bit a...
Agricultural residues are the most abundant biomass and forage resources. Chopping is a precondition for either use, and reducing the shearing force has been considered as one of the most effective way to save energy. A smaller force can also permit...
Considering the technological processes taking place in fish processing enterprises (skinning), it is possible to specify various factors affecting the tool life and process efficiency. The paper presents the methodology of the study and the results...
Mechanistic cutting force model has the potential for monitoring micro-milling tool wear. However, the existing studies mainly consider the linear cutting force model, and they are incompetent to monitor the micro-milling tool wear which has a signif...
Cutting force is one of the most important factors in the ultrasonically assisted grinding (UAG) of hard and brittle materials. Many theoretical and experimental studies show that UAG can effectively reduce cutting forces. The existing models for UAG...
The normal rake angle is an important geometric parameter of a turning tool, and it directly affects the accuracy of the cutting force prediction. In this study, an accurate model of the working normal rake angle (WNRA) and working inclination angle...
In micro-milling, cutting forces generate non-negligible tool deflection, which has a significant influence on the machining process and on workpiece accuracy. This paper investigates the tool deflection during micro-milling and its effect on cutting...
X5CrNi18-10 is a corrosion-resistant steel that has become popular in the automotive, marine, food, nuclear, and other industries. Chromium alloyed in the X5CrNi18-10 increases the material’s toughness, which influences the cutting phenomena su...
Multi-component force sensors have infiltrated a wide variety of automation products since the 1970s. However, one seldom finds full-component sensor systems available in the market for cutting force measurement in machine processes. In this paper, a...
This article deals primarily with the problem of determining the cutting force when machining hardened steels. For this study, the steel used was 100 Cr6, number 1.3505. The secondary aspects of the study focused on the evaluation of the surface qual...
The increasing demand for precision-engineered machined components across diverse sectors highlights the importance of optimizing machining procedures. The improvement of milling strategies is significant in the production of flat surfaces and slots...
This study aims to enhance surgical safety and facilitate patient recovery through the investigation of vibration-assisted micro-milling technology for bone-material removal. The primary objective is to reduce cutting force and improve surface qualit...
In this study, we propose a longitudinal-torsion ultrasonic-assisted milling (LTUM) machining method for difficult-to-cut materials—such as titanium alloy—in order to realize anti-fatigue manufacturing. In addition, a theoretical predicti...
In this paper, a new model of cutting grinding force for disc wheels is presented. Initially, it was proposed that the grinding cutting force was formed by the grinding force and cutting force in combination. Considering the single-grit morphology, t...
In manufacturing automation, accurately determining the optimal tool replacement timing is critical yet challenging. Tool condition monitoring (TCM) has been widely studied to address this issue. Cutting force is a key parameter for evaluating tool w...
During deicing operations on transmission lines, the cutting forces generated by the milling cutter of a deicing robot exert significant reaction forces on the robot body. Excessive cutting forces can compromise the robot’s locomotion stability...
The cutting force exerted on steel bars plays a crucial role in determining tunneling parameters for shield tunneling, especially when cutters are used to cut through existing pile foundations. This research focuses on the cutting force during the in...
Powder metallurgy (PM) is a manufacturing technique that employs metal powder as the raw material, which is then molded and sintered to produce various products. PM green compacts are inherently weak, rendering them prone to damage during machining d...
On-line cutting force measurement is an effective way to monitor processing quality, improve processing accuracy, and protect the tool. In high-speed and ultra-precision machining, status monitoring is particularly necessary to ensure machining accur...
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