In this paper, the performance of a new measurement system CITE (CNC Integrity Tracing Equipment) is investigated. CITE measurement system is the name given to the data acquisition hardware and software developed by University West for recording the movements of CNC machine tools. It can be used for monitoring of the milling process and recording the milling errors. The aim of this study is investigate the capability of the CITE system in prediction of the surface roughness. In an example cutting test, the CITE measurement system was used for recording selected sections in straight milling process and curved milling process. After that, surface roughness, predicted by the CITE measurement system, was compared with the CMM (Coordinate measurement machine). The investigation shows that the CITE measurement system is comparable to the CMM for evaluation of roughness in curved sections. In straight sections, the evaluation of roughness by CMM machine is close to the simulation values that predicts surface roughness considering tool run-out.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the correlation between the penetration force of cutting fluids and machining stability. General studies are made to understand the classification of cutting fluids based on their chemical compositions. It is summarized why the proper selection of cutting fluid for different machining processes is important. The role of cutting fluids in machining process is documented as well as other related issues such as delivery methods, storage, recycling, disposal and failure modes. The uniqueness of this thesis is that it constructs a new mathematical model that would help to explain and quantify the influence of the penetration force of cutting fluid on machining stability. The basic principles of milling process, especially for thin wall machining are reviewed for building the mathematical model. The governing equations of the mathematical model are derived and solved analytically. The derived solutions are used to construct the stability charts. The results show that there is a direct correlation between the machining stability and the changes of the penetration force of the cutting fluid. It is shown that the machining stability region is narrowed as the penetration force of the cutting fluid increases while other machining variables are assumed to be constant. This narrowness of the stability region is more obvious at spindle speed over 6000 rpm.

Esta tese tem por objetivo estudar a precisão de uma nova estrutura robótica para operações de fresamento, em substituição às convencionais maquinas-ferramentas seriais, especialmente as fresadoras e os centros de usinagem CNC. A estrutura proposta está baseada no conceito da cinemática paralela, tendo a análise da precisão sido realizada em função do mapeamento dos erros de posicionamento da ferramenta de corte dentro do espaço de trabalho disponível, durante operação de fresamento de acabamento, aplicando modelagem matemática. A motivação está na busca por altos desempenhos e as estruturas robóticas paralelas possuem diversas vantagens perante as estruturas seriais: construção modular, massa reduzida, altas velocidades/acelerações. Por outro lado, há ainda problemas a serem solucionados, como: garantia da precisão, otimização do espaço de trabalho e redução/eliminação de singularidades. A metodologia aplicada no desenvolvimento deste trabalho compreende quatro etapas: a proposta de uma nova estrutura robótica desenvolvida a partir de métodos de síntese existentes; o desenvolvimento de modelos matemáticos para caracterizar o seu comportamento cinemático; a identificação das fontes de erro que influenciam no desvio de posição da ferramenta; a elaboração de modelos matemáticos e algorítmos computacionais para analisar o grau de influência de cada fonte de erro identificada. Desenvolvemos uma estrutura robótica de topologia assimétrica 2UPS+PRP, com as seguintes características: mobilidade 3 com três translações no espaço, reduzido número de componentes e movimento na direção z independente dos movimentos nas direções x e y. Apresentamos os algoritmos computacionais para mapear os erros cinemáticos, geométricos e elásticos através da discretização do espaço de trabalho disponível, baseado nas matrizes Jacobianas e no princípio do trabalho virtual. Com relação aos mapeamentos dos desvios de posição da ferramenta obtidos, chegamos a algumas conclusões. Os maiores erros cinemáticos ocorreram quando as imprecisões impostas aos dois membros motores laterais tinham sinais contrários. Os erros geométricos com tolerâncias dimensionais na classe de trabalho IT5, foram os mais relevantes dentre os erros considerados. Os erros elásticos, considerando forças de usinagem de acabamento, foram os menos relevantes entre os erros considerados, sendo expressiva a influência da rigidez das juntas universais e esféricas. A utilização do princípio do trabalho virtual, com parâmetros de rigidez concentrados, mostrou ser eficaz e eficiente, comparado ao SMA (análise da matriz estrutural) e ao FEM (método dos elementos finitos), devido ao menor trabalho para o desenvolvimento da sua formulação e ao tempo computacional reduzido para o seu processamento. / This thesis has the purpose to study the precision of a new robotic structure for milling operations, in substitution to the conventional serial machine-tools, specialy the CNC milling machines and cutting centers. The proposed structure is based on the parallel kinematics concept and the precision analysis was realized, applying mathematical models, to obtain the positioning errors mapping of the cutting tool in the available workspace, during finishing milling operations. The motivation is on the search higher performances and the parallel robotic structures have several advantages to the serial structures: modular construction, lightness, high velocities/acelerations. Otherwise, there are still problems to be solved, like: guaranty of precision, workspace optimization and reduction/elimination of singularities. The methodology applied for the development of this work involves four steps: the proposal of a new robotic structure developed using existing synthesis methods; the development of mathematical models to characterize its kinematic behavior; the error sources identification that influences the deviation of the tool position; the elaboration of mathematical models and computer algorithms to analyse the influence level of each identified error source. We developed one assymmetric robotic structure 2UPS+PRP, with the following characteristics: mobility 3 with three translations in the space, reduced number of componentes and displacement in z direction independent from the displacents in the x and y directions. We presented the computer algorithms to map the kinematic, geometric and elastic errors, throw the discretization of the available workspace, based on the Jacobian matrices and the virtual work principle. With regard to the tool position deviation mappings obtained, we reach to some conclusions. The major kinematic errors occurred when the imprecisions imposed to the two lateral actuatores had opposed signals. The geometric errors with dimensional tolerances in the IT5 work class, were the more relevant among the considered errors. The elastic errors, considering finishing manufacturing forces, were the less relevent among the considered errors, being expressive the influence of the rigidity of the universal and spherical jounts. The utilization of the virtual work principle and concentrated rigidity parameters, showed to be efficacious and efficient, compared to the SMA (astructural matrice analisis) and the FEM (finite elements methode), because of the minor work to develop its formulations end the reduced computer time to its prosecution.

Esta tese tem por objetivo estudar a precisão de uma nova estrutura robótica para operações de fresamento, em substituição às convencionais maquinas-ferramentas seriais, especialmente as fresadoras e os centros de usinagem CNC. A estrutura proposta está baseada no conceito da cinemática paralela, tendo a análise da precisão sido realizada em função do mapeamento dos erros de posicionamento da ferramenta de corte dentro do espaço de trabalho disponível, durante operação de fresamento de acabamento, aplicando modelagem matemática. A motivação está na busca por altos desempenhos e as estruturas robóticas paralelas possuem diversas vantagens perante as estruturas seriais: construção modular, massa reduzida, altas velocidades/acelerações. Por outro lado, há ainda problemas a serem solucionados, como: garantia da precisão, otimização do espaço de trabalho e redução/eliminação de singularidades. A metodologia aplicada no desenvolvimento deste trabalho compreende quatro etapas: a proposta de uma nova estrutura robótica desenvolvida a partir de métodos de síntese existentes; o desenvolvimento de modelos matemáticos para caracterizar o seu comportamento cinemático; a identificação das fontes de erro que influenciam no desvio de posição da ferramenta; a elaboração de modelos matemáticos e algorítmos computacionais para analisar o grau de influência de cada fonte de erro identificada. Desenvolvemos uma estrutura robótica de topologia assimétrica 2UPS+PRP, com as seguintes características: mobilidade 3 com três translações no espaço, reduzido número de componentes e movimento na direção z independente dos movimentos nas direções x e y. Apresentamos os algoritmos computacionais para mapear os erros cinemáticos, geométricos e elásticos através da discretização do espaço de trabalho disponível, baseado nas matrizes Jacobianas e no princípio do trabalho virtual. Com relação aos mapeamentos dos desvios de posição da ferramenta obtidos, chegamos a algumas conclusões. Os maiores erros cinemáticos ocorreram quando as imprecisões impostas aos dois membros motores laterais tinham sinais contrários. Os erros geométricos com tolerâncias dimensionais na classe de trabalho IT5, foram os mais relevantes dentre os erros considerados. Os erros elásticos, considerando forças de usinagem de acabamento, foram os menos relevantes entre os erros considerados, sendo expressiva a influência da rigidez das juntas universais e esféricas. A utilização do princípio do trabalho virtual, com parâmetros de rigidez concentrados, mostrou ser eficaz e eficiente, comparado ao SMA (análise da matriz estrutural) e ao FEM (método dos elementos finitos), devido ao menor trabalho para o desenvolvimento da sua formulação e ao tempo computacional reduzido para o seu processamento. / This thesis has the purpose to study the precision of a new robotic structure for milling operations, in substitution to the conventional serial machine-tools, specialy the CNC milling machines and cutting centers. The proposed structure is based on the parallel kinematics concept and the precision analysis was realized, applying mathematical models, to obtain the positioning errors mapping of the cutting tool in the available workspace, during finishing milling operations. The motivation is on the search higher performances and the parallel robotic structures have several advantages to the serial structures: modular construction, lightness, high velocities/acelerations. Otherwise, there are still problems to be solved, like: guaranty of precision, workspace optimization and reduction/elimination of singularities. The methodology applied for the development of this work involves four steps: the proposal of a new robotic structure developed using existing synthesis methods; the development of mathematical models to characterize its kinematic behavior; the error sources identification that influences the deviation of the tool position; the elaboration of mathematical models and computer algorithms to analyse the influence level of each identified error source. We developed one assymmetric robotic structure 2UPS+PRP, with the following characteristics: mobility 3 with three translations in the space, reduced number of componentes and displacement in z direction independent from the displacents in the x and y directions. We presented the computer algorithms to map the kinematic, geometric and elastic errors, throw the discretization of the available workspace, based on the Jacobian matrices and the virtual work principle. With regard to the tool position deviation mappings obtained, we reach to some conclusions. The major kinematic errors occurred when the imprecisions imposed to the two lateral actuatores had opposed signals. The geometric errors with dimensional tolerances in the IT5 work class, were the more relevant among the considered errors. The elastic errors, considering finishing manufacturing forces, were the less relevent among the considered errors, being expressive the influence of the rigidity of the universal and spherical jounts. The utilization of the virtual work principle and concentrated rigidity parameters, showed to be efficacious and efficient, compared to the SMA (astructural matrice analisis) and the FEM (finite elements methode), because of the minor work to develop its formulations end the reduced computer time to its prosecution.

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Manufacturing of dies has been presenting greater requirements of geometrical accuracy, dimensional precision and surface quality as well as decrease in costs and manufacturing times. Although proper cutting parameter values are utilized to obtain high geometrical accuracy and surface quality, there may exist geometrical discrepancy between the designed and the manufactured surface profile of the die cavities. In milling process / cutting speed, step over and feed are the main cutting parameters and these parameters affect geometrical accuracy and surface quality of the forging die cavities. In this study, effects of the cutting parameters on geometrical error have been examined on a representative die cavity profile. To remove undesired volume in the die cavities, available cutting strategies are investigated. Feed rate optimization is performed to maintain the constant metal removal rate along the trajectory of the milling cutter during rough cutting process. In the finish cutting process of the die cavities, Design of Experiment Method has been employed to find out the effects of the cutting parameters on the geometrical accuracy of the manufactured cavity profile. Prediction formula is derived to estimate the geometrical error value in terms of the values of the cutting parameters. Validity of the prediction formula has been tested by conducting verification experiments for the representative die geometry and die cavity geometry of a forging part used in industry. Good agreement between the predicted error values and the measured error values has been observed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-02-26Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:55:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rigatti_amy_me_ilha.pdf: 2241422 bytes, checksum: 8c8e195352a6068cd9086572b3723f9f (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre a influência das condições de fresamento na força de usinagem e na energia específica de corte. Foram ensaiados dois tipos de materiais que sofreram diferentes formas de tratamentos térmicos. O aço CL 23 (Eaton Ltda) foi normalizado, resfriado ao forno e resfriado ao ar, e o aço COS AR 60 (Usiminas S/A) foi empregado na condição “como recebido” e tratado termomecanicamente, onde a microestrutura foi refinada a 1,7 m. Para o primeiro material, empregou-se 3 condições de usinagem, com parâmetros de corte fixos e distintos entre si, e para o segundo material, foram utilizadas 8 condições, em que todos os parâmetros variaram visando à aplicação da Análise de Variância (ANOVA). Os ensaios de fresamento de topo concordante a seco foram conduzidos em um centro de usinagem CNC de 11 kW de potência e rotação do eixo-árvore de 7.500 rpm. Empregou-se ferramenta de diâmetro 25 mm com dois insertos de metal duro revestidos com TiN e TiNAl. A força de usinagem foi obtida utilizando-se um dinamômetro piezelétrico de 3 componentes e sistema de aquisição, cujos sinais foram pós-processados para o cálculo da força de usinagem máxima, força de usinagem RMS e energia específica de corte. Os resultados apontam para uma influência da condição de usinagem sobre a força de usinagem e energia específica de corte. A condição com alta velocidade de corte (HSC - High-Speed Cutting) apresentou menores forças de usinagem e maiores energias específicas de corte. A usinagem assumida como convencional, apresentou maiores níveis de força de usinagem e energia específica menores. A força de usinagem se mostrou estatisticamente dependente da profundidade de usinagem e a energia específica do avanço da ferramenta. A velocidade de corte influiu de forma significativa na força de usinagem e na energia específica de corte... / This research deals with the influence of milling conditions on machining force and specific cutting energy. Two kind of workpiece materials thermally treated were used on tests. CL23 carbon steel (Eaton Ltda) was normalized, furnace cooled and air cooled and COS AR 60 carbon steel (Usiminas S/A) was employed in “as received” and refined grains (1.7 m) conditions. For the first material, three machining conditions were applied with constant and different cutting parameters. For the second steel, eight machining conditions were implemented where all cutting parameters varied aiming at application of Variance Analysis (ANOVA). The machining tests were carried out by using dry end milling under down milling strategy in a CNC machining center with 11 kW power and 7,500 rpm spindle speed. A 25 mm diameter endmill with two inserts (TiN and TiNAl coatings) was used. The machining force was measured by means of 3-components piezoelectric dynamometer and acquisition system, whose signals were post-processed in order to calculate the maximum machining force, RMS machining force and specific cutting energy. The results show the cutting condition influences on all researched variables. High-speed cutting (HSC) decreased the machining force and increased the specific cutting energy. The milling named conventional condition elevated the machining force and diminished the specific cutting energy. The depth of cut was statistically influent on machining force and the feed per tooth was determinant for specific cutting energy. The cutting speed influenced significantly on machining force and specific cutting energy. Microstructural condition of workpiece material demonstrated to be important over studied variables only when hardness values were different significantly. The results of specific cutting energy from this work present good correlation with those obtained from theoretical models proposed by Taylor, Kienzle, ASME, AWF and Sandvik

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<p>  </p> <p>Smart manufacturing is a broad concept of manufacturing technology that employs the computer aided systems, digital information technology, artificially intelligent algorithms, etc., to realize high-level automation of the production. The rise of the smart manufacturing concept, which has also been treated as the fourth industrial revolution, has been increasingly advocated by the policy makers and investigated by the worldwide researchers. Though machining is one of the key processes in the manufacturing industry, there are only a few researches focusing on automatically scheduling and improving the machining process. The design of the machining parameters and tool path planning still requires engineers with significant knowledge and experience in manufacturing fields to juggle between product quality, machine tool maintenance, and production cost. This design process also requires high level of human intelligence to consider the type of material, machine tool setups, workpiece geometry, and cutting tool property to provide an optimal manufacturing process. The overall machining related processes cannot satisfy the requirement of the ultimate goal of the smart manufacturing – to fully automate the machining process without human’s involvements.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In order to solve this problem, we aim to employ advanced machine learning technologies to enable the machine tool to automatically build up the cutting physics and generate the optimized toolpath. The final optimized result can be conducted automatically and shows a near human level optimization design ability. The generated toolpath beats the result from other commercial software. The overall framework can be fully automated when the machine learning technology is mature. </p>

The surface quality is identified by surface roughness parameters. The average surface roughness (Ra) is used in this study, as it is the most commonly used roughness parameter in the industry. A particular curved cavity of a forging die is selected for the experimental study. Different milling methods are tested. The comparison studies are conducted between 3-axes and 5-axes milling, linear and circular tool path strategies and down and up milling. According to the experimental study, appropriate method is determined for the milling of a particular curved cavity of a forging die. The experimental analysis based on design of experiments (DOE) has been employed by considering cutting speed, feed per tooth and stepover parameters. Multiple linear regression technique is used by which a mathematical formula has been developed to predict the Ra values for milling parameters. The results of the mathematical formula are controlled by conducting test experiments and good correlations are observed between the results of the formula and the results of test experiments.