Collaborative R&D Project 2016

How do the grinding process and the tungsten carbide grade affect the cutting tool performance?

Challenge and Motivation

• Extensive tool wear in machining of new and advanced alloys leads to high tool costs
• Grinding process affects tool performance, dependent on carbide grade (different sensitivity)
• Increased wear resistance leads to higher productivity
   

Objective

• Phenomenological analysis of key performance driver (interactions between carbide grade and grinding parameter) with regard to process behavior (tool wear, cutting force)
• Identification of potentials for improvement of cutting tool performance