An experimental analysis of energy consumption in milling strategies

Author

Pervaiz, Saad ; Deiab, I. ; Rashid, Ahmar ; Nicolescu, Monica

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Pocket milling operation is one of the widely used milling operations. CAM packages offer different tool path strategies to execute a machining operation. In the presented work zigzag, constant overlap spiral, parallel spiral and oneway tool path strategies were compared in terms of power and energy consumption for pocket milling of Al 6061 aluminum alloy. All pocketing operations were conducted using 8 mm diameter High Speed Steel (HSS) end milling cutters. Energy utilization was analysed for all tool path strategies. This work aims to develop better understanding towards sustainability concept in core machining phase.

Keywords

aluminium alloys; computer aided manufacturing; cutting tools; energy consumption; milling; milling machines; production engineering computing; steel; Al 6061 aluminum alloy; CAM packages; constant overlap spiral; core machining phase; end milling cutters; energy consumption; energy utilization; experimental analysis; high speed steel; machining operation; milling operations; milling strategies; pocket milling; pocket milling operation; sustainability concept; tool path strategies; work zigzag; Energy consumption; Feeds; Materials; Milling; Spirals; Surface treatment; Al 6061; Computer aided manufacturing; Pocket milling; Tool path strategies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Systems and Industrial Informatics (ICCSII), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sharjah

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5155-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSII.2012.6454527

Filename

6454527