Effects of the cutting edge microgeometry on tool wear and its thermomechanical load

Tailored cutting edge micro geometries lead to a significant enhancement of the cutting tool performance and increase its tool life. This paper presents the influence of honed cutting edge geometries on the tool wear behavior, process forces and thermal load of the inserts during turning operations. Tool life maps, which show the influence of the honed cutting edge on the wear behavior, are developed for different thermomechanical load profiles of the cutting tool. Furthermore, an approach for space resolved temperature measurements near the cutting edge via two-color ratio pyrometer is presented. (C) 2011 CIRP.