Unit 3 THEORY OF METAL CUTTING

ME 1008

Manufacturing Technology

By
S. SAMPATH KUMAR
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur 603 203

Syllabus
Orthogonal and oblique cutting Classification of cutting tools: single,
multipoint Tool signature for single point cutting tool Mechanics of
orthogonal cutting Shear angle and its significance Chip formation
Cutting tool materials Tool wear and tool life Machinability Cutting
Fluids Simple problems.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Sharma, P.C., A textbook of Production Technology Vol I and II, S. Chand &
Company Ltd., New Delhi, 1996.
2. Rao, P.N., Manufacturing Technology, Vol I & II, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Co., New Delhi, 1998.

Metal Cutting
Metal cutting or Machining operation is to produce a desired shape, size and
finish of a component by removing excess material in the form of chips.
Chips may constitute more than 50% of initial work piece.
Machining processes are performed on metal cutting machines, using
various types of cutting tools
Metal cutting process in general should be carried out at high speeds and feeds
with least cutting effort at minimum cost.

Factors affecting metal cutting

1. Properties of Work material
2. Properties & geometry of cutting tool
3. Interaction between tool and work
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External

Internal

facing

grooving

forming

threading

Mechanics of Metal Cutting

A cutting tool exerts compressive force on the workpiece which stresses the work
material beyond the yield point and therefore metal deform plastically and shears off.
Plastic flow takes place in a localized
region called the shear plane.
Sheared material begins to flow along
the cutting tool face in the form of chips.
Flowing chips cause tool wear.
Applied compressive force which leads
to formation of chips is called cutting
force.
Heat produced during shearing action raises the temperature of the workpeice,
cutting tool and chips.
Temperature rise in cutting tool softens and causes loss of keenness in cutting
edge.
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Cutting force, heat and abrasive wear are important features in metal cutting.

Types of Cutting Tools

Cutting tools performs the main machining operation.

It is a body having teeth or cutting edges on it.
They comprise of single point cutting tool or multipoint cutting tools.
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Types of Metal Cutting Process

Orthogonal cutting is also known as two dimensional metal cutting in which the cutting
edge is normal to the work piece. (angle = 90deg)
Oblique cutting is also known as three dimensional cutting in which the cutting action
is inclined with the job by a certain angle called the inclination angle. (angle 90deg)

Single point cutting tool : This type of tool has a effective cutting edge and
removes excess material from the work piece along the cutting edge.
These tools may be left-handed or right-handed.
Again single point cutting tools classified as
A. solid type
B. tipped tool.
C. Brazed tools
are generally known as tool bits and are used in tool holders.
The tipped type of tool is made from a good shank steel on which is mounted a tip
of cutting tool material.
Tip may be made of high speed steel or cemented carbide.
Different types of carbide tips are generally used on tipped tool.

Geometry comprises mainly of nose, rake face of the tool, flank, heel and shank etc.
The nose is shaped as conical with different angles.

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Types of Chips
Chips are separated from the workpiece to impart the required size and shape.
The chips that are formed during metal cutting operations can be classified into four
types:
1. Continuous chips
2. Continuous chips with built-up edge
3. Discontinuous or segmental chips.
4. Non homogenous chips

1. Continuous chips
Chip is produced when there is low friction between the chip and tool face
This chip has the shape of long string or curls into a tight roll
Chip is produced when ductile materials such as Al, Cu, M.S, and wrought Iron are
machined.
Formation of very lengthy chip is hazardous to the machining process and the
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It may wrap up on the cutting tool, work piece and interrupt in the cutting operation.
It becomes necessary to deform or break long continuous chips into small pieces.
It is done by using chip breakers and this can be an integral part of the tool design
or a separate device.

2. Continuous chips with built-up edge

When high friction exists between chip and tool, the chip material welds itself to the
tool face.
Welded material increases friction further which in turn leads to the building up a
layer upon layer of chip material.
Build up edge grows and breaks down when it becomes unstable.
Chips with build up edge result in higher power consumption, poor surface finish and
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large tool wear

3. Discontinuous or segmental chips

Chip is produced in the form of small pieces.
These types of chips are obtained while
machining brittle material like cast iron, brass
and bronze at very low speeds and high feeds.
For brittle materials it is associated with fair
surface finish, lower power consumption and
reasonable tool life.
For ductile materials it is associated with poor surface finish excessive tool wear.

4. Non-homogeneous chips
It will be in the form of notches and formed due to non-uniform strain in materal
during chip formation.
Non homogenous chips are developed during machining highly hard alloys like
titanium.

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Chip Control and Chip Breakers

During machining high tensile strength materials chips has to be properly
controlled.
Carbide tip tools will be used for high speeds which leads to high temperature and
produce continuous chips with blue color.
If the above mentioned chips are not broken means it will adversely effect the
machining in following ways,
Spoiling cutting edge
Raising temperature
Poor surface finish
Hazardous to machine operator
Two ways are employed to overcome all the above drawbacks.
First one is Proper selection of cutting conditions and second one is
chip breakers are used to break the chips.
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Proper selection of cutting conditions

Since the cutting speed influences to the great extend the productivity of
machining and surface finish, working at low speeds may not be desirable.
If the cutting speed is to be kept high, changing the feed and depth of cut is a
reasonable solution for chip control.

Chip breaker
There are two types of chip breakers
1. External type, an inclined obstruction clamped to the tool face
2. Integral type, a groove ground into the tool face or bulges formed onto the tool
face

clamped

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NOMENCLATURE Of SINGLE POINT TOOL

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Feed

Back rake angle (b)

It is the angle between the face of the tool and a line parallel with base of the tool
measured in a perpendicular plane through the side cutting edge.
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This angle helps in removing the chips away from the work piece.

Side rake angle (s)

It is the angle by which the face of tool is inclined side ways.
This angle of tool determines the thickness of the tool behind the cutting edge.
It is provided on tool to provide clearance between work piece and tool so as to
prevent the rubbing of work- piece with end flank of tool.

End relief angle

It is defined as the angle between the portion of the end flank immediately below
the cutting edge and a line perpendicular to the base of the tool, measured at right
angles to the flank.
It is the angle that allows the tool to cut without rubbing on the work- piece.

Side relief angle

It is the angle that prevents the interference as the tool enters the material.
It is the angle between the portion of the side flank immediately below the side
edge and a line perpendicular to the base of the tool measured at right angles to
the side.
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End cutting edge angle

It is the angle between the end cutting edge and a line perpendicular to the shank
of the tool.
It provides clearance between tool cutting edge and work piece.

Side cutting edge angle

It is the angle between straight cutting edge on the side of tool and the side of the
shank.
It is also known as lead angle.
It is responsible for turning the chip away from the finished surface.

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Tool Signature
Convenient way to specify tool angles by use of a standardized abbreviated
system is known as tool signature or tool nomenclature.
The seven elements that comprise the signature of a single point cutting tool can
be stated in the following order:

Tool signature 0-7-6-8-15-16-0.8

1. Back rake angle (0)
2. Side rake angle (7)
3. End relief angle (6)
4. Side relief angle (8)
5. End cutting edge angle (15)
6. Side cutting edge angle (16)
7. Nose radius (0.8 mm)

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Properties of cutting tool materials

1. Red hardness or Hot Hardness: It is the ability of a material to retain its hardness
at high temperature
2. Wear resistance: It enables the cutting tool to retain its shape and cutting efficiency
3. Toughness: It relates to the ability of a material to resist shock or impact loads
associated with interrupted cuts

Classification tool materials

1. Carbon-Tool Steels:
0.6-1.5% carbon + little amount of Mn, Si, Cr, V to increase hardness.
Low carbon varieties possess good toughness & shock resistance.
High carbon varieties possess good abrasion resistance
2. High Speed Steels (HSS):
High carbon+ little amount Tungsten, Molybdenum, Cr, V & cobalt to increase
hardness, toughness and wear rsistance.
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High operating temperatures upto 600oC.

 Two types of HSS i.e, is T-type and M-Type

Vanadium increases abrasion resistance but higher percentage will decreases
grindability.
Chromium increases hardenability
Cobalt is added to HSS to increase red hardness.
3. Cast Cobalt Base Alloys:
It is a combination of W, Cr, carbon and Cobalt which form an alloy with red
hardness, wear resistance and toughness. It is prepare by casting.
Used for machining Cast iron, alloy steels, non-ferrous metals and super alloys
4. Cemented Carbides:
These are carbides of W, Titanium and tantalum with small amount of cobalt
produced by means of powder metallurgy route.
Two types i.e, Straight Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Grade and Alloyed Tungsten
Carbide Grade
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Straight Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Grade : Cast iron, non ferrous alloys, plastics,
wood, glass etc.
Alloyed Tungsten Carbide Grade: All grades of steel at 3 to 4 times more speeds
than HSS
5. Ceramic Tools:
Aluminium Oxide, Silicon Carbide, Boron Carbide, Titanium Carbide, Titanium
Boride
High speed, longer tool life, superior surface finish, No coolant is required.
6. Diamond Tools:
More abrasion resistance
Used for turning grinding wheels
Used to produce mirror surface finish.
Diamond abrassive belts are used to produce TV screens
Poly crystalline diamond inserts are brazed into cutting edges of circular saws for
cutting construction materials like concrete, refractories, stone etc.
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Tool Life
Properly designed cutting tool is expected to perform the metal cutting operation
in an effective an smooth manner
If a tool is not giving satisfactory performance it is an indicative of tool failure.
Following are the adverse effects observed during operation;
Extremely poor surface finish on the workpiece
Higher consumption of power
Work dimensions are not produced as specified
Overheating of cutting tool
Appearance of burnishing band on the work surface
During operation cutting tool may fail due to following;
Thermal cracking and softening
Mechanical Chipping
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Gradual wear

Tool life is defined as the time interval for which tool works satisfactorily
between two successive grinding or re-sharpening of the tool.

1.Thermal Cracking and Softening

During cutting operation lot of heat will be generated due to this cutting tool tip
and area closer to cutting edge will become hot.
Cutting tool material will be harder up to certain limit (temperature & pressure),
if it crosses the limit it starts deforming plastically at tip and adjacent to the cutting
edge under the action of cutting pressure and high temperature.
Tool looses its cutting ability and it is said to have failed due to softening.
Main factors responsible for this condition are;
High cutting speed
High feed rate
More depth of cut
Small nose radius
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Choice of wrong tool material

Working temperatures for common tool materials are;

Carbon tool steels 200oC - 250oC
High speed steel
560oC - 600oC
Cemented Carbides 800oC - 1000oC
Tool material is subjected to local expansion and contraction due to severe
temperature gradient.
Gives rise to thermal stresses further leads to thermal cracks.

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2. Mechanical Chipping
Mechanical chipping of nose an cutting edge of the tool are commonly observed
causes for tool failure.
Reasons for failure are High cutting pressure, Mechanical impact, Excessive
wear, too high vibrations and weak tip an cutting edge, etc.
This type of failure is pronounced in carbide tipped and diamond tools due to
high brittleness of tool material.

Chipped Tip
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3. Gradual wear
When a tool is in use for some time it is found to have lost some weight or
mass implying that it has lost some material from it due to wear.

Wear locations:
Crater wear location
Flank wear location

Crater wear
Due to pressure of the hot chip sliding
up the face of the tool, crater or a
depression is formed on the face of tool.
(Ductile materials)
By diffusion shape of crater formed
corresponds to the shape of underside
of the chip

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Crater wear

Flank wear
Occurs between tool and workpiece
interface
Due to abrasion between tool flank
and workpiece

The entire area subjected to flank

wear is known as WEAR LAND (VB),
occurs on tool nose, front and side
relief faces

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Machinability

The major factor involved in metal cutting are,

Forces and power absorbed
Tool wear and tool life
Surface finish
Dimensional accuracy
Machining cost

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This factor depend upon a large variables, such

as
Property of work material
Tool geometry
Cutting condition
Machine tool rigidity

Qualitative measure of
machinability

1. The easy with which it could be machined,

2. The life of tool before tool failure or re

sharpening
3. The quality of machined surface.
4. The power consumption per unit volume
of material removed.

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The machinability may be evaluated as

given below
Long tool life at a given cutting speed
Low power consumption per unit volume of

material removed.
Maximum metal removal per tool re
sharpening
High quality of surface finish
Good and uniform dimensional accuracy of
successive parts
Easy disposable chips.

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Cutting FluidsTypes andApplications

Cutting Fluids
Essential in metal-cutting operations to reduce heat and friction
Centuries ago, water used on grindstones
100 years ago, tallow used (did not cool)
Lard oils came later but turned rancid
Early 20th century saw soap added to water
Soluble oils came in 1936
Chemical cutting fluids introduced in 1944

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What is Cutting Fluid ?

Cutting fluid is a type of coolant and lubricant designed specifically for
metalworking and machining processes.
There are various kinds of cutting fluids, which include oils, oil-water emulsions,
pastes, gels and other gases.
They may be made from petroleum distillates, animal fats, plant oils, water and
other raw ingredients.
Depending on context, type of cutting fluid is being considered, it may be referred
to as cutting fluid, cutting oil, cutting compound, coolant, or lubricant.

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Economic Advantages to Using Cutting Fluids

Reduction of tool costs
Reduce tool wear, tools life longer
Increased speed of production
Reduce heat and friction so higher cutting speeds
Reduction of labor costs
Tools life longer and require less regrinding, less downtime, reducing
cost per part
Reduction of power costs
Friction reduced so less power required by machining

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Characteristics of a Good Cutting Fluid

Good cooling capacity
Good lubricating qualities
Relatively low viscosity
Stability (long life)
Rust resistance
Nontoxic
Transparent
Nonflammable

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Types of Cutting Fluids

Most commonly used cutting fluids
Either aqueous based solutions or

cutting oils
Three categories
Cutting oils
Emulsifiable oils
Chemical (synthetic) cutting fluids

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