Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers · 1958 · 21 citations · 0 references
EngineeringManufacturing EngineeringMechanical EngineeringManufacturing ProcessesMetallurgyProduction EngineeringContact MechanicsMachiningMetal FabricationMetalworking TechnologyMicrofabrication ProcessesSurface RoughnessCutting ForcesMachining ProcessesMachining TechnologyMetal-metal ContactsTool Surface Engineering
Abstract This paper stresses the effect of the tool-chip contact area in metal machining. Little attention has been paid to this variable in analyzing machinability. According to authors’ tests, the tool-chip contact area is closely related not only with the machining performance, but with the tool life. This paper treats the former subject summing up the results obtained by the experiments using special devices.