This paper presents the characteristic of 316L steel turning obtained by 3D printing. The analysis of the influence of turning data on the components of the total cutting force, surface roughness and the maximum temperature values in the cutting zone are presented. The form of chips obtained in the machining process was also analyzed. Statistical analysis of the test results was developed using the Taguchi method.

This article presents an attempt to solve the problem of the formation of burrs and drilling caps in the process of drilling in difficult-to-cut materials, specifically in the titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V. In order to eliminate these phenomena, a chamfer of specific length and angle was made on FANAR drill’s margin. Taguchi and ANOVA methods were used to plan and analyze the experiment aimed at determining the optimal geometry of the modified drill. Chamfer with a length of 2 mm and an angle of 10° was selected. In the next stage of research, the values of cutting forces and burr heights obtained during drilling with the original and modified drill were compared for three different feed rate values. It turned out that the introduced changes significantly reduced both the axial cutting force (22–23%) and the height of burrs (10–22%) and caused the complete elimination of the presence of drilling caps. Additionally, a positive correlation between the cutting force and the burr size was found.

The paper presents research of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) and pure titanium turning with sintered carbide tool of rounded shape. Finish machining was performed on the work piece in the form of a fragment of ball. Several roughness parameters were chosen for the purpose to the surface finish analysis. Results were compared for the pure titanium and its alloy. The test stand for research was consisted of the precise CNC lathe with a special devices, like force dynamometer, roughness and roundness measurement systems. In the work a special attention was paid on the influence of the cutting data (cutting speed v_c , feed f and depth of cut a_p) on the surface quality.

The paper presents an experimental-analytical method for determination of temperature in the cutting zone during the orthogonal turning of GRADE 2 titanium alloy. A cutting insert with a complex rake geometry was used in the experiments. The experimental part of the method involved orthogonal turning tests during which the cutting forces and the chip forming process were recorded for two different insert rake faces. The analytical part used a relationship between the cutting forces and the temperature in the Primary Shear Zone (PSZ) and the Secondary Shear Zone (SSZ), which are described by the Johnson-Cook (J-C) constitutive model and the chip forming model according to the Oxley’s theory. The temperature in the PSZ and SSZ was determined by finding the minimum difference between the shear flow stress determined in the J-C model and the Oxley’s model. Finally, using the described method, the relationship between the temperature in the PSZ and SSZ and the rake face geometry was determined. In addition, the temperature in the cutting zone was measured during the experimental tests with the use of a thermovision camera. The temperature distribution results determined experimentally with a thermovision camera were compared with the results obtained with the described method.

The paper presents an analysis of the impact of cutting parameters such as cutting rate, feed rate, cutting depth and cutting tool material grade for surface roughness, the components of the total cutting force and chip morphology. We analysed the process of rolling 145Cr steel with a hardness of 55HRC with Wiper type tools with different percentage of CBN. The results and conclusions were presented.

High-speed steel (HSS) tools account for 20 percent of the cutting tools materials’ global market. This is due to both their significant toughness and resistance to cracking, compared to cemented carbides. Covering steel tools with hard coatings clearly improves their mechanical properties, wear resistance, and significantly increases their durability. Physical vapor deposition methods are preferred for coating metal substrates, as they allow low temperature deposition. The most widely deposited coating materials are carbides, nitrides, and borides. They are combined with softer ones in the multilayer structure to promote increased resistance to cracking and delamination in comparison to monolayered structures. In this paper, the M2 steel end mills were coated by (TiB_x/TiSi_yC_z) x3 multilayer by the pulsed laser deposition method. Coated and uncoated tools were tested in the cylindrical down milling of AISI 316L steel. Components of the cutting force and temperature generated in the machined area during dry milling were measured under two variants of operating conditions: V1 and V2. Tool wear mechanism was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), accompanied by EDS analysis of worn areas. It was found that milling with higher speed (variant V2) is accompanied by lower cutting force components and a lower temperature generated in cutting area. The presence of the coating allowed lower cutting forces and temperature in the case of variant V1. The temperature measured during milling did not exceed 200 °C. The SEM observation of the edges of cutting tools indicated that the main mechanism of wear for both types of tools was abrasion. The built-up edge formation was observed in the case of tools tested at the V1 cutting parameters variant. It was assumed that it was the reason for higher cutting forces measured during milling according to this variant. The chemical composition of built-up edges was different for coated and uncoated tools. Tribo-chemical reactions were responsible for the reduction of the cutting force and temperature components observed during milling with a coated tool at V1 variant. Boron and titanium were the elements of the coating that enabled the tribo-oxidation reactions thanks to which friction was reduced. Our results show that this beneficial effect occurs with (TiB_x/TiSi_yC_z) x3 coated tools, but can easily be lost with inadequately selected cutting parameters.