DECODING OF THE RELATION BETWEEN FRACTAL STRUCTURE OF CUTTING FORCE AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF MACHINED WORKPIECE IN END MILLING OPERATION

Abstract

Analysis of the surface quality of workpiece is one of the major works in machining operations. Variations of cutting force is an important factor that highly affects the quality of machined workpiece during operation. Therefore, investigating about the variations of cutting forces is very important in machining operation. In this paper, we employ fractal analysis in order to investigate the relation between complex structure of cutting force and surface roughness of machined surface in end milling operation. We run the machining operation in different conditions in which cutting depths, type of cutting tool (serrated versus square end mills) and machining conditions (wet and dry machining) change. Based on the obtained results, we observed the relation between complexity of cutting force and surface roughness of generated surface of machined workpiece due to engagement with the flute surface of end mill, in case of using square end mill in dry machining condition, and also in case of using serrated end mill in wet machining condition. The fractal approach that was employed in this research can be potentially examined in case of other machining operations in order to investigate the possible relation between complex structure of cutting force and surface quality of machined workpiece.