Abstract
In turning operations, the tool surface is continuously in contact with workpiece during the process of cutting, which makes it difficult to supply cutting fluids to the tool-chip interface. In addition, turning operations frequently generate long continuous chips that negatively affect both the machine tool and the machinist. To resolve these problems, vibration cutting with low frequency vibration generated by the NC program was developed in this study. A series of turning experiments for aluminum alloy were conducted to investigate the relationship between vibration conditions and cutting performance, and to evaluate the effects of cutting fluid in vibration cutting. Based on these results, a cutting tool with a micro-textured surface was applied to vibration cutting of aluminum alloy. The results indicated that chip adhesion on the tool surface was significantly suppressed even under higher efficiency machining conditions using the developed tool.
