Influence of HSM cutting parameters on the surface integrity characteristics of hardened AISI H13 steel

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of the cutting parameters of high-speed machining milling on the characteristics of the surface integrity of hardened AISI H13 steel. High-speed machining has been used intensively in the mold and dies industry. The cutting parameters used as input variables were cutting speed (v c), depth of cut (a p), working engagement (a e) and feed per tooth (f z ), while the output variables were three-dimensional (3D) workpiece roughness parameters, surface and cross section microhardness, residual stress and white layer thickness. The subsurface layers were examined by scanning electron and optical microscopy. Cross section hardness was measured with an instrumented microhardness tester. Residual stress was measured by the X-ray diffraction method. From a statistical standpoint (the main effects of the input parameters were evaluated by analysis of variance), working engagement (a e) was the cutting parameter that exerted the strongest effect on most of the 3D roughness parameters. Feed per tooth (f z ) was the most important cutting parameter in cavity formation. Cutting speed (v c) and depth of cut (a p) did not significantly affect the 3D roughness parameters. Cutting speed showed the strongest influence on residual stress, while depth of cut exerted the strongest effect on the formation of white layer and on the increase in surface hardness.

State intervention in technology in the post war years: case studies in technology policy

This thesis is concerned with the means by which the state in Britain has attempted to influence the technological development of private industry in the period 1945-1979. Particular emphasis is laid on assessing the abilities of technology policy measures to promote innovation. With that objective, the innovation literature is selectively reviewed to draw up an analytical framework to evaluate the innovation content of policy (Chapter 2). Technology policy is taken to consist of the specific measures utilised by government and its agents that affect the technological behaviour of firms. The broad sweep of policy during the period under consideration is described in Chapter 3 which concentrates on elucidating its institutional structure and the activities of the bodies involved. The empirical core of the thesis consists of three parallel case studies of policy toward the computer, machine tool and textile machinery industries (Chapters 4-6). The studies provide detailed historical accounts of the development and composition of policy, relating it to its specific institutional and industrial contexts. Each reveals a different pattern and level of state intervention. The thesis concludes with a comparative review of the findings of the case studies within a discussion centred on the arguments presented in Chapter 2. Topics arising include the state's differential support for the range of activities involved in innovation, the location of state-funded R&D, the encouragement of supplier-user contact, and the difficulties raised in adoption and diffusion.

Comparison of the measurement performance of high precision multi-axis metal cutting machine tools

High precision manufacturers continuously seek out disruptive technologies to improve the quality, cost, and delivery of their products. With the advancement of machine tool and measurement technology many companies are ready to capitalise on the opportunity of on-machine measurement (OMM). Coupled with business case, manufacturing engineers are now questioning whether OMM can soon eliminate the need for post-process inspection systems. Metrologists will however argue that the machining environment is too hostile and that there are numerous process variables which need consideration before traceable measurement on-the-machine can be achieved. In this paper we test the measurement capability of five new multi-axis machine tools enabled as OMM systems via on-machine probing. All systems are tested under various operating conditions in order to better understand the effects of potentially significant variables. This investigation has found that key process variables such as machine tool warm-up and tool-change cycles can have an effect on machine tool measurement repeatability. New data presented here is important to many manufacturers whom are considering utilising their high precision multi-axis machine tools for both the creation and verification of their products.

Development of a computer code to predict cooling of die and billet in forging

A hot billet in contact with relatively cold dies undergoes rapid cooling in the forging operation. This may give rise to unfilled cavities, poor surface finish and stalling of the press. A knowledge of billet-die temperatures as a function of time is therefore essential for process design. A computer code using finite difference method is written to estimate such temperature histories and validated by comparing the predicted cooling of an integral die-billet configuration with that obtained experimentally.

An absolute digital positioning numerical control system

A module containing all the functional components required for a digital absolute positioning process of one axis of a machine tool has been designed and constructed. Circuit realization makes use of integrated circuit elements.

External support and innovation performance of SMEs in Bangalore: Role of firm level factors

This paper probes the role of internal factors in SMEs in obtaining external support and achieving innovation performance in the context of auto component, electronics and machine tool industries of Bangalore in India. Using step-wise logistic regression analysis, the study found that only if SMEs have internal technical competence in terms of technically qualified entrepreneur, an exclusive design centre, and innovate more frequently, they will be able to obtain external support. Further using step-wise multiple regression the study concluded that SMEs which have come up to implement innovative ideas or exploit market opportunities and which have obtained external support with technically qualified entrepreneurs are able to exhibit better innovation performance.

Mecanizado por torneado en duro

[ES]Los objetivos del siguiente trabajo consisten en analizar e optimizar el proceso del torneado en duro del acero ASP-23 indagando de especial manera en la realización de diferentes soluciones para brochas. En este caso, este proyecto nace de la importancia de reducir así como los costes económicos y los costes temporales de fabricación de elementos basados en el acero ASP-23 mediante el torneado en duro; proceso de mecanizado, cuya importancia cada vez es mayor como en las industrias de automoción o aeronáutica. El desarrollo del proyecto es fruto de la necesidad de EKIN S. Coop, uno de los líderes en los procesos de máquina-herramienta de alta precisión para el brochado, de desarrollar un proceso de mecanizado más eficaz de las brochas que produce. Así en el aula máquina-herramienta (ETSIB) se han intentado demostrar los beneficios que tiene el torneado en duro en el mecanizado del ASP-23. Hoy en día, con el rápido desarrollo de nuevos materiales, los procesos de fabricación se están haciendo cada vez más complejos, por la amplia variedad de maquinas con las que se realizan los procesos, por la variedad de geometría/material de las herramientas empleadas, por las propiedades del material de la pieza a mecanizar, por los parámetros de corte tan variados con los que podemos implementar el proceso (profundidad de corte, velocidad, alimentación...) y por la diversidad de elementos de sujeción utilizados. Además debemos ser conscientes de que tal variedad implica grandes magnitudes de deformaciones, velocidades y temperaturas. He aquí la justificación y el gran interés en el proyecto a realizar. Por ello, en este proyecto intentamos dar un pequeño paso en el conocimiento del proceso del torneado en duro de aceros con poca maquinabilidad, siendo conscientes de la amplia variedad y dificultad del avance en la ingeniería de fabricación y del mucho trabajo que queda por hacer.

Caracterización experimental del comportamiento dinámico de un accionamiento de máquina herramienta.

[ES]El objetivo de este proyecto es validar experimentalmente una serie de modelos que caracterizan el comportamiento de un accionamiento de máquina herramienta de husillo a bolas. El proyecto aparece como respuesta a un problema de precisión que se percibe en máquinas herramienta con pórticos y columnas verticales de varios metros. Para ello, es necesario diseñar un prototipo de esta máquina herramienta y un modelo de 3 grados de libertad (con un programa numérico y un simulador). Este modelo debe ser validado por medidas internas y externas para predecir como una columna real actuaria bajo condiciones predeterminadas.

Makina erreminta sektorearen nazioartekotze estrategiak: DanobatGroup kasua

Euskal makina erreminta enpresen nazioartekotze estrategien azterketa da ikergai nagusia, arloaren alderdi orokorrak eta etorkizunerako aurreikuspenak gauzatzen badira ere. Globalizazio eta mundu interkonektatu honetan enpresa hazteko irtenbide desberdinak aztertu dira, merkatuaren eskakizunetara egokituz. Kasu praktiko gisa hazkunde eredutzat nazioartekotzearen aldeko apustua egin duen DanobatGroup enpresa talde kooperatiboa ikertu da. Enpresa eredugarria da garai zail hauetan, egindako lanaren erakusgarri eta atzerrirako urrats sendoekin, pertsonen trebetasunari eta konpromisoei esker, erronkak gainditu dituelako. Ikerketa burututa, sektorearen barne eskaria urria denez, Euskal enpresek nazioartekotu beharra dutela ikusi da.

一种并联机床的位置、速度和加速度逆解

本文针对一种混合结构的并联机器人机床,采用串并联运动学等效的方法,进行了运动学研究,推导了系统的位移、速度和加速度逆解的表达式,这可用于机床在加工时的运动规划及插补算法的实现。本文还进行了运动学仿真研究,机床的实际加工操作应用的结果表明,推导的运动学算法的正确性。

串并联数控机床的作业空间分析

鉴于并联机床普遍存在有效作业空间小、运动控制复杂和实用刚度还不理想等不足．采用了串并联混合式机床运动结构．针对所研究的4—4构型串并联机床,分析了影响作业性能的几何约束条件,采用基于位置逆解模型的极限边界数值搜索法,确定了机床作业空间,并通过数值仿真研究获得了机床运动参数和结构参数对作业空间的影响规律，为优化机床结构尺寸以获得尽可能大的有效作业空间奠定了基础。

一种新型四自由度并联机器人

提出一种用铅垂导轨上 4个滑块作为原动件的新型四自由度并联机器人 .该并联机器人的动平台能够实现两个方向的移动以及绕两个方向轴线的转动 .研究了该并联机器人的运动学建模方法 ,给出了运动学正、逆解 ,用 Grassmann几何法分析了该并联机器人在其工作空间内不会出现奇异形位 .基于该四自由度并联机器人可以非常方便地开发具有大工作空间的五轴联动数控机床

五轴并联铣床特征参数误差灵敏度分析

将并联机构等效为由串联机构构成的空间闭环机构，运用 D－ H方法系统研究了五轴并联铣床的特征参数误差对运动平台位姿误差的影响，揭示出特征参数沿机床各位姿方向误差灵敏度变化规律。仿真结果不仅证实了现有机床机构设计合理，而且为今后并联机床进一步精度设计提供了可靠依据。

并联机床平面约束机构误差分析与建模

针对五轴数控机床平面约束机构进行了误差分析 ,指出了并联机床平面约束机构误差主要影响因素为机构的制造误差和安装误差·前者与由其引起的约束机构顶边中点沿x方向的位移成非线性关系 ,而后者则成线性关系·提出了一种依据测量数据反演非线性误差模型的建模方法 ,给出了五轴并联机床约束机构实测信息与模型输出间的多项式误差模型·比较仿真结果与测量结果可知 ,基于上述方法建立的误差模型精确 ,进而利用该模型对机床进行实时精度补偿 ,可使机床x方向定位精度大为提高