Determinação do campo de temperatura em ferramentas de corte durante um processo de usinagem por torneamento

Abstract

During machining, high temperatures are generated in the region of the tool cutting edge, and these temperatures have a controlling influence on the wear rate of the cutting tool and on the friction between the chip and the tool. However, direct measurement of temperature using contact type sensors at the tool-work interface is difficult to implement due to the rotating movement of the workpiece and the presence of the chip. Therefore, the use of inverse heat conduction techniques represents a good alternative since these techniques takes into account temperatures measured from accessible positions. This work proposes a new experimental methodology to determine the thermal fields and the heat generated in the chiptool interface during machining process using inverse problems techniques. This work develops a numerical 3-D transient thermal model that takes into account both the tool and toolholder assembly. The thermal model represents the direct problem and is solved using finite volume techniques on a non uniform mesh. The related inverse problem is solved by using the golden section technique. The experimental data and inverse technique are processed using a computational algorithm developed specifically for inverse heat flux estimation in manufacturing processes called INV3D. An error analysis of the results and the experimental procedures to determine the cut area and the tool holder temperature are also presented. Besides the machining problem, INV3D is also able to solve different thermal problems. As an example of its generality, this work also presents an application of this software in the thermal fields study during a welding process.