Chatter vibration surveillance by the optimal-linear spindle speed control

The paper concerns self-excited chatter vibration during high speed slender ball-end milling. Non-stationary cutting process, with inclusion of various approaches towards dynamic characteristics of the process, is described. Dynamic analysis of the milling process is performed and dynamics of controlled closed loop system with time-delay is presented. In order to reduce vibration level, instantaneous change in the spindle speed appears as a control command, and thus—the method of vibration surveillance by the spindle speed optimal-linear control is developed. Presented cutting models have been applied for the proposed method and procedure of the chatter vibration surveillance with a use of variable spindle speed has been developed. Computer simulations are performed for selected cases of ball-end milling at constant and variable spindle speed. The results of them are successfully confirmed by experimental investigations on the Alcera Gambin 120CR milling machine equipped with the S2M high speed electrospindle.

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