Evaluation of Cutting Force and Surface Temperature for Round and Square Member in Laser Assisted Turn-Mill

Abstract

LAT (Laser Assisted Turning) is an effective machining method for difficult to cut materials. Especially, because of the characteristics of a significant reduction in machining costs and flexibility in its machining, the applications of LAT have been largely extended to various machining fields. However, Studies on LAT are still staying at the beginning of research and represent a limitation in which a LAT process was applied to round members only. According to increases in customized production of special purpose parts, the researches on LAT for clover or polygon section members are necessary. In this paper, a LATM (laser assisted turn-mill) process was proposed to complement LAT.