Chatter reduction in slender boring bar via a tunable holder with variable mass and stiffness

In this study, a new strategy is presented to increase the machining stability due to chatter suppression for boring and turning machining processes. The proposed approach is based on varying the position of stability lobes via changing mechanical properties of the tool body such as the mass and stiffness. Because of the shape of stability lobe diagrams, having a tool with a tunable stability lobe diagram can be useful to alter an unstable condition to a stable condition. For this purpose, a structure for the tool body is designed that is consisted of a hollow body with a core as a tunable screw inside it. As the core gets in or out, it changes the mass and stiffness of the tool body that leads to change the position of stability lobe diagram. In order to study the effect of designed structure on stability, the structure is simulated using a validated finite element time domain model. The time domain simulation shows a considerable improvement in stability of process. The strategy is experimentally applied to the process via modulation of the tool structure in the machining process to validate the simulation results. The experimental results have a high coincidence with theory and show a good improvement in stability.

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