Applicability of Tool Condition Monitoring Methods Used for Conventional Milling in Micromilling: A Comparative Review. (28th April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mandal, Soumen
• Other Names: Zhao Jun Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of industrial engineering. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-04-28
• Subjects: Industrial engineering -- Periodicals; Industrial engineering; Periodicals; 620
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/837390
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2314-4882

Abstract

Abstract : Micromilling is a contact based material removal process in which a rotating tool with nose radius in microns is fed over a stationary workpiece. In the process small amount of material gets chipped off from the workpiece. Due to continuous contact between tool and workpiece significant damage occurs to the cutting tools. Mitigating tool damage to make micromilling systems more reliable for batch production is the current research trend. In macroscale or conventional milling process a number of methods have been proposed for tool condition monitoring. Few of them have been applied for micromilling. This paper reviews different methods proposed and used in last two decades for monitoring the condition of micromilling tools. Applicability of tool condition monitoring methods used in conventional milling has been compared with the similar ones proposed for micromilling. Further, the challenges and opportunities on the applicability issues have been discussed.