Tuneable vibration absorber design to suppress vibrations: An application in boring manufacturing process

Abstract Dynamic vibration absorbers are used to reduce the undesirable vibrations in many applications such as electrical transmission lines, helicopters, gas turbines, engines, bridges, etc. Tuneable vibration absorbers (TVA) are also used as semi-active controllers. In this paper, the application of a TVA for suppression of chatter vibrations in the boring manufacturing process is presented. The boring bar is modeled as a cantilever Euler–Bernoulli beam and the TVA is composed of mass, spring and dashpot elements. In addition, the effect of spring mass is considered in this analysis. After formulation of the problem, the optimum specifications of the absorber such as spring stiffness, absorber mass and its position are determined using an algorithm based on the mode summation method. The analog-simulated block diagram of the system is developed and the effects of various excitations such as step, ramp, etc. on the absorbed system are simulated. In addition, chatter stability is analyzed in dominant modes of boring bar. Results show that at higher modes, larger critical widths of cut and consequently more material removal rate (MRR) can be achieved. In the case of self-excited vibration, which is associated with a delay differential equation, the optimum absorber suppresses the chatter and increases the limit of stability.

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