Development of Tool Edge Temperature Measurement Method in Wet Cutting

(Application for CBN and Poly Crystalline Diamond Tools)

Abstract

In this paper, the measurement method of tool edge temperature using a two-color pyrometer with an optical fiber in wet cutting is proposed. Using the proposed method, the high pressure air supplied from the small hole where an optical fiber is inserted prevents coolant from adhering to the optical fiber edge and makes temperature measuring possible. The influence of this supplied air pressure on the tool edge temperature is negligible in the 0.05Mpa to 0.6MPa range. In this way, the temperature of CBN and PCD tool edge is measured in wet cutting of Ti-6Al-4V. As a result, the tool edge temperature increases rapidly with the increase of cutting speed. In dry cutting, PCD tool edge temperature is almost 100 °C lower compared with CBN tool edge temperature. By coolant supply, PCD tool edge temperature decreases greatly. For example, when cutting speed is set at 300m/min, PCD tool edge temperature decreases by 350°C, while CBN tool edge temperature decreases by only 70°C.