Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF CUTTER PATH STRATEGIES ON SURFACE ROUGHNESS WHEN MACHINING TITANIUM ALLOY
Author(s) -
Zuzana Grešová,
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Peter Ižol,
Ildikó Maňková,
Marek Vrabe,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of production engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-2252
pISSN - 1821-4932
DOI - 10.24867/jpe-2021-02-009
Subject(s) - surface roughness , machining , aerospace , surface finish , materials science , mechanical engineering , point (geometry) , titanium alloy , automotive industry , alloy , path (computing) , spiral (railway) , cutting tool , engineering drawing , metallurgy , computer science , composite material , engineering , aerospace engineering , geometry , mathematics , programming language
The article deals with the comparison and evaluation of finishing cutter path strategies when applied to one of the difficult to cut material such as Ti-alloy. The titanium alloy has been increasingly used for high performance application for oil and gas, aerospace, energy, medical and automotive industries. The importance of milling strategies outgoing from their impact on the economic aspects of production, realized using CNC machines. A planar sample was designed for the purposes of the experiment, enabling finishing cutter path strategies for shaped surfaces. Three cutting strategies were involved and compared- spiral, constant Z and line feed. For assessment of the effect of the cutting strategies three different feed rate were used. Comparison of simulated cutter path strategies and machined surface were visually inspected as well as measured surface roughness were evaluated. The constant Z cutting path strategy was found as suitable cutting strategy from point of view of surface roughness.