Abstract
Recently, the monitoring techniques are demanded in the automated cutting process in the machining center. In this study, infrared thermography is applied to the end milling process for the monitoring of cutting process, in which thermal image around tool is taken by infrared thermography. Using this infrared measurement, temperature of cutting tool was measured under the various cutting condition with different cutting speed, width of cut and feed rate. Moreover, the results were compared with the cutting force measured simultaneously. It was clarified that strong correlation is between the tool temperature and cutting force depending the cutting state.
