Study of Cutting Temperature in Orthogonal Milling

Finite Element Method (FEM) based techniques are available to simulate metal cutting processes and offer several advantages including prediction of tool forces, distribution of stresses, and temperatures, estimation of tool wear, and residual stresses on machined surfaces, optimization of cutting tool geometry, and cutting conditions. However, work material flow stress and friction characteristics at cutting regimes are not always available. The complexity of the phenomena, met within this framework, often limits the approaches to a configuration known as “orthogonal cutting”. In this work we approach in the experimental study, between other aspects, of the measure cutting temperature employing different techniques: pyrometers, thermocouples and a thermographic camera. We began the analysis of an orthogonal milling. These results have to allow us to check the numerical model of the process.