The recently available capability for the free-form milling of gears of various gear types and sizes — all within one manufacturing system — is becoming increasingly recognized as a flexible machining process for gears. This paper addresses the manufacturing and quality of gears made by free-form milling, with an added focus on the specific process properties of the parts. Finally, the potentia...

In this paper, the straight flute end-milling cutter used for machining of Al-Si-Mg-Fe alloy work pieces was investigated. The machining processes could induce residual stresses that enhance greatly the performance of the machined component. Machining residual stresses correlate very closely with the cutting parameters. In the experiments, the residual stress on the surface of workpiece was mea...

This paper uses the artificial neural networks (ANN’s) approach to evolve an efficient model for estimation of cutting forces, based on a set of input cutting conditions. Neural network algorithms are developed for use as a direct modeling method, to predict forces for ball-end milling operations. Prediction of cutting forces in ball-end milling is often needed in order to establish automation ...

During the past decade, polymer nanocomposites attracted considerable investment in research and development worldwide. One of the key factors that affect the quality of polymer nanocomposite products in machining is surface roughness. To obtain high quality products and reduce machining costs it is very important to determine the optimal machining conditions so as to achieve enhanced machining...

Typically, NC programmers generate tool paths for end milling using a computer-aided process planner but manually schedule “conservative” cutting conditions. In this paper, a new evolutionary computation technique, particle swarm optimization (PSO), is proposed and implemented to efficiently and robustly optimize multiple machining parameters simultaneously for the case of milling. An artificia...

Undesirable burrs are created in most of the machining processes. A burr is a plastically deformed material that remains attached at the workpiece edges after machining, and must be removed for making the parts to function effectively. The main objective of the present work is to explore the suitable condition to obtain minimum or negligible burr around the edge of a machined product at wet con...

We introduce a new method that approximates free-form surfaces by envelopes of one-parameter motions of surfaces of revolution. In the context of 5-axis computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining, we propose a flank machining methodology which is a preferable scallop-free scenario when the milling tool and the machined free-form surface meet tangentially along a smooth curve. We seek both ...

One of the biggest challenges in Aviation industries is milling part features from prismatic blocks to part features with wall and floor thicknesses very similar to sheet metal assemblies. Much research has gone and is still going into machining processes of thin walled components and near net machining. This paper presents an overview in understanding the importance, criticalities and challeng...

Hardened steels are commonly used in wide areas of technologies and industries. In respect of poor machinability of these steels and requirement of expensive cutting tools, study of machining economy is a matter of importance. Thus the present study deals with the economic considerations of various hole making processes. For this purpose, the hard steel samples were machined by conventional dri...

Conventional machining is a form of subtractive manufacturing, in which a collection of material-working processes utilizing power-driven machine tools are used to remove undesired material to achieve a desired geometry. This paper presents an approach for comparison between turning center and vertical machining center by optimization of cutting parameters at cylindrical workpieces leading to m...