• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.196-201
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• 1997

The biggest challenge facing today's manufacturing industry is better quality and high productivit. From an economic point of view, productivity is the most important parameter, as high productivity will reduce the cost. However, the customers of today are not only cost concerned, but also quality conscious. So high accuracy levels should also be achieved in the manufacturing process. The aim of this paper is to get a comprehensive understanding of its machinability properties and to investigate the relationship between cutting conditions and surface roughness for Ball End Mill cutting process so as to enhance its practical application.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.173-178
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• 1995

This paper presents a new method to obtain parameters of end-mill cutting system. For high speed milling and precision surface finish, we have to predict the deflection of tool and the critical depth of cut. The cutting system can be modeled to a vibratory system to obtain the deflection of tooll and the critical depth of cut. A new method of the modeling of one degree of freedom system was developed using bisection method, ARMA(Autoregressive Moving average) and impact test.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1998.03a
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• pp.25-29
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• 1998

One of the crucial problems that must be solved in a computerised unmanned machining environments requires the development of algorithm in order to predict the reliable cutting conditions on surface roughness. This paper is to develop the mathematical models for choosing the suitable cutting conditions and assist a comprehensive understanding of its machinability properties for cutting process by Ball End Mill. The mathematical equations developed to predict the surface results. It has been found that theoretical results obtained from the empirical equations agree with the experimental results of surface roughness.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.130-136
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is an evaluation of flat end mills to develop appropriate tools for the high speed machining. First of all, several flat end mills which are produced by different makers are selected to analyze the performances of the tools. Experimental works are also executed to measure cutting farce, tool wear and surface roughness for different cutting conditions. And then the results are compared and analyzed for developing optimal cutting tool in the high speed condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.133-139
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• 2004

High speed machining (HSM) can reduce machining time with the high metal removal rate by high speed spindle and feedrate. This paper supports HSM technology using the small size tool with the optimal tool path generation and modification of tool change. The optimum tool path is generated to reduce cutting length of cavity pattern and change the cutting tool for preventing the tool breakage by wear. The tool path is modified with the experiment data of tool wear and breakage to support tool change on reasonable time. The result can contribute to HSM technology of high hardness materials using the small size end-mill.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.63-70
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• 2020

Two rotational motions of the 5-axis machine tool maximize the degree of freedom of the tool axis vector, which improves tool accessibility; however, this lowers feed speed and rigidity, which impairs machining stability. In addition, cutting efficiency is lowered when compared with a flat end mill because typically, the ball-end mill is used when machining by rotational motion. This study increased cutting efficiency by using a corner radius flat end mill during impeller roughing. Furthermore, we proposed a fixed controlled machining of the rotary motion using geometric shape information to improve the feed speed and machining stability. Finally, we proposed a finishing tool path generation method using a vector net to increase the convenience and practicality of tool path generation. To verify its effectiveness, we compared the machining time, shape accuracy, and surface quality of the proposed method and an existing dedicated module.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.87-93
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• 2021

The mold industry is competitive, and mold should be processed under optimal conditions for efficient processing. However, the cutting conditions of the ball-end mill, which are a major factor in mold processing, are mostly set empirically, and considerable research is required for increasing the tool life and processing accuracy. In this study, a tool dynamometer and an eddy current sensor were used along with NI-DAQ, a data acquisition device, to obtain characteristic values of the cutting force and tool deformation during the ball end-mill machining of inclined surfaces at a machining center. The cutting force and tool deformation were measured in an experiment. It was found that the tool received the greatest cutting force at the end of the machining process, and the deformation of the tool increased rapidly. Furthermore, the cutting force tended to increase with the angle and number of rotations. The deformation increased rapidly during the machining of a 45° inclined surface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.292-296
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• 2002

In the present investigation, the improvement of processing efficiency in the high speed machining of GC250 is explored. This study is to evaluate the tool performance in difficult-to-material using the new developed tool. Tool performance evaluation are conducted by tool wear, surface roughness, chattering in machined surface. The tool wear of A type was smaller than B type. In type B tool the chatter mark was observed in machined surface. The good surface roughness was obtained in type A tool. Consequently, the tool performance of A type is better than B type.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.24-31
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• 2001

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.95-103
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• 2015

This paper presents the effects of the tool shape on the geometrical characteristics of flat end-milled side walls. A tool shape is characterized by such parameters as helix angle, number of cutting edges, and diameter. The geometrical characteristics of the side walls are represented by the surface profiles in the feed and axial directions, which are orthogonal to each other. The geometrical defects in each direction are estimated based on the instantaneous apparent cutting areas, which are represented by the interference area between the tool and workpiece and that between the cutting edge and workpiece. It is confirmed that a geometrical defect in the feed direction is formed when the tool leaves the workpiece and the curvature of the tool path changes. Defects in the axial direction are also found in the side walls, except for the defect zone in the feed direction. An up-cut using an end-mill with a steeper helix angle, a greater number of cutting edges, and a smaller diameter are thus found to improve the geometrical accuracy of end-milled side walls.