Abstract
The vibration cutting has attracted attention as a precision machining method for the difficult-to-cut materials. Our purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of the vibration cutting for various metal materials, and to characterize the vibration of work-piece during the vibration cutting.
In this report, we carry out the experiments for the vibration cutting the five types of metal -- S45C, SCM415, Inconel600, SUS304 and A2017, under the same condition. Our experimental results show that the surface roughness and the roundness of S45C, SCM415 and Inconel600 are improved largely by the vibration cutting, and the vibration of work-piece during the vibration cutting is closer to the vibration when the idling (no cutting) than during the conventional cutting. The latter result shows the cutting force of the vibration cutting is very small.
