Machines and Machining Issues

Surface Roughness

Roughness Units
� 1 Micrometer = 1mm = 1 micron = 10-6 meters
� 1 Microinch = 1min= 10-6 inches
� 1min = 0.025 mm
� 1mm = 40 min
� Human hair ~ 40 mm

Scallop Height w/ Ball Nosed End Mill

Scallop Height- Ball Nose on an Incline

Machining DOF (Degrees of Freedom)

Turning Operations
Turning (Performed on lathe)
Part is moving and tool is stationary.
Used to make parts of round cross section
screws, shafts, pistons....
Number of various lathe operations
turning, facing, boring, drilling, parting, threading
Cutting Speeds
Nominally 30 - 800 ft./min.
Roughing cuts
Depth of cut greater then .02 in
Feed speed of .008 - .08 in/rev.
Finishing Cuts
Lower than roughing cuts.

Lathe Components
Machine Component (Main items)
Bed:Supports all other machine parts
Carriage: Slides along the machine ways
Head stock: Power train of system (spindle included)
Tail Stock: Fixes piece at end opposite to the head stock
Swing: Maximum diameter of the machinable piece
Lathe tools
Left handed
Right handed
Threading
Boring
Groove
Cut-Off (Parting)

Lathe

Lathe Operations

Milling
Types of Milling Machines
Horizontal Milling Machine
Vertical Milling Machine (Bed & Knee)

Vertical Milling Machine Components

Vertical Milling Machine

Bed Mill
� Similar to Dynamyte milling machines
� No knee - Bed does not move up and down
� Vertical motion possible in head only
� Controllable range of motion of head larger than in knee mill (total range of motion less)
� Bed mill stiffer than knee mill
� Less versatile than knee mill

Horizontal Milling Machine

Types of Milling Operations

Grinding and Abrasive Processes

Grinding Machines

Surface Grinders

Cylindrical Grinders

Typical Arithmetic Average Roughness