Using thermovision for machining processes inspection

During metal cutting process, an increase of the tool and workpiece temperatures can be observed. The heat generated has a negative influence on the tool life and performance. It causes rapid tool wear, plastic deformation of the cutting edge, built-up-edge formation and others. Therefore, the control of cutting temperature is required to achieve the desired tool performance. Temperature is the most frequently measured physical quantity, second only to time. Accurate temperature monitoring improves product quality and increases productivity. Downtimes are decreased, since the manufacturing processes can proceed without interruption and under optimal conditions. In this work, authors propose noncontact infrared method for determining temperature of machining processes. This was mainly due to thermography ability to catching moving targets in real time, to measure temperatures over some area not only in point. As a result of measurement, it is obtained a data set that is presented in a form of a colourful map: a thermogram. Getting an accurate temperature of an object using this method is difficult because of numerous errors, which researchers could done during experiments. This work presents some results of research done during turning and drilling realized on conventional lathe CDS 6250 BX-1000. These demonstrate the usefulness of proposed method to study the machining processes temperature.

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.