Experimental Study on Face Milling Austenitic Stainless Steel

Abstract

Based on the characteristics of austenitic stainless steel 1Cr18Ni9Ti, aiming to decrease surface roughness and milling force orthogonal face milling experiment with four factors and four levels was designed to optimize machining parameters with consideration of material removal rate. Three relatively excellent machining parameters were taken to further figure out the influences of cutting speed on tool life, and the tool wear mechanism was also analyzed. The results indicated that both surface roughness and milling force were greatly influenced by cutting speed and feed. The best machining parameters obtained in the experiments were v: 200m/min, fz: 0.1mm/z, ap: 0.9mm, ae: 35mm. The main tool failure mode under this circumstance was tool chipping at the flank between main cutting edge and surface to be processed, besides, the wear of rake face was relatively slight.