Radiation thermometry applied to temperature measurement in the cutting process

Abstract

Temperature measurement of cutting tools used in machining processes has great technological importance, and it is interesting in a large number of industrial applications because wear is directly related to this variable. The influence of emissivity on the temperature measurement using radiation thermometers and the dependence of the measured temperature on the emissivity as a function of the surface roughness and the oxidation state is studied in this paper. Emissivity is measured using the direct radiometric method for uncoated P10 tungsten carbide inserts. Theoretical temperature shifts produced by changes in emissivity are estimated for several types of radiation thermometers, and these shifts are compared to the experimental temperature measurements carried out in the orthogonal turning process of cylindrical samples of 42CrMo4 steel with different machinability grades.