Advance in Chip Breaking Detection System by Monitoring of Cutting Temperature

Abstract

This research presents the chip breaking detection system by monitoring the cutting temperature during the in-process turning. The effects of cutting parameters on the cutting temperature and the chip formation are investigated. The in-process monitoring of chip formation is developed to detect the continuous chip, the mixed chip and the broken chip by utilizing the ratio of the maximum variance of the dynamic cutting temperature to the average variance of the dynamic cutting temperature. The broken chip formation is required for the reliable turning operation. The new algorithm is proposed to obtain the broken chip by changing the cutting conditions during the cutting process referring to the cutting temperature. It has been proved by series of cutting experiments that the broken chip can be well identified by the proposed method.