Abstract
To realize 2-dimensional vibrational micro cutting in milling and drilling, etc. where the tools rotate, it could be a promising way to vibrate a workpiece instead of a rotating tool itself. In this study, an excitation work-table was developed using two piezoelectric materials orthogonally arranged. The trochoidal trajectory of a cutting tool which is necessary for 2D vibrational cutting is enabled in the excitation condition of higher excitation frequency and larger amplitude of vibration and the cutting condition of smaller diameter of cutting tool and lower spindle speed. The various trochoidal trajectories of a cutting tool could be generated in the excitation work-table by adjusting the input voltages to two piezoelectric materials and the phase between the two voltages and the trajectories could be readily used for the 2D vibrational micro cutting.
