THERMAL ANALYSIS OF SINGLE POINT CUTTING TOOL

Abstract

At various operational cutting speed of lathe, temperature of the tool-chip interface is determined experimentally and modelled. Specifically, analysis is carried out at three different speeds- low, medium and high. Analyses are done of a High Speed Steel and of a Carbide Tip Tool machining process at three different cutting speeds, in order to compare to experimental results produced as part of this study. Heat generation in cutting tool is investigated by varying cutting parameters at the suitable cutting tool geometry. The experimental results show that the factors which are responsible for increasing cutting temperature are cutting speed, depth of cut and feed respectively. Various techniques can be used to measure these cutting temperatures generated during machining.