Dynamics of a stainless steel turning process by statistical and recurrence analyses

This paper explores the cutting force oscillations. Forces have been measured during the stainless steel turning. We provide the results of standard statistical analysis of the corresponding time series together with their recurrence properties. We claim that the system, which initially exhibits regular vibrations, is unstable to chaotic oscillation for some fairly larger cutting depths. This characteristic transition in the cutting dynamics can be monitored by recurrences and could have the important implications to design a new control procedure.