Development of Surface Roughness Prediction by Utilizing Dynamic Cutting Force Ratio

Abstract

This paper presents the development of the in-process surface roughness prediction in the CNC turning process of the plain carbon steel with the coated carbide tool by utilizing the dynamic cutting force ratio. The dynamic cutting forces are measured to analyze the relation between the surface roughness and the cutting conditions. The proposed surface roughness model is developed based on the experimentally obtained results by employing the exponential function with six factors of the cutting speed, the feed rate, the tool nose radius, the depth of cut, the rake angle, and the dynamic cutting force ratio. The dynamic cutting force ratio can be calculated and obtained by taking the ratio of the corresponding time records of the area of the dynamic feed force to that of the dynamic main force. The relation between the dynamic cutting force ratio and the surface roughness can be proved by the obtained frequency of them in frequency domain which are the same frequency. The proposed model has been proved by the new cutting tests with the high accuracy of 91.04% by utilizing the dynamic cutting force ratio.