Metal Machining

Code:

EM632

Acronym:

CMAA

Instance: 2003/2004 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Materials and Technological Processes Group
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEM	11	Plano de Estudos EM Oficial a partir de 2000	5	3	7	-
		Plano para Bachareis EM a partir 2000	2	3	7	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To study the scientific bases of metal cutting and it’s applications in production engineering problems. To get in-depth knowledge related to machining manufacture and to strengthen mastering of its terminology. To establish the methods and technological parameters, in view of achieving machined parts within the production drawing specifications.

Program

Machining by chip removal; movements and geometrical relationships. Cutting tool nomenclature and geometry. Machine tool selection criteria. Machining operations; turning, milling, drilling and grinding. CNC machine tools; technology and programming (brief reference). Cutting forces and cutting power; shear yield strength in cutting. Chip formation. Modelling of orthogonal cutting. Chip thickness ratio. Shear angle. Deformation and deformation rate. Ernest and Merchant, Lee and Shaffer’s and other models. Material stresses and solicitations on the tool. Energy balance. Three-dimensional cutting. Numerical simulation of metal cutting (brief reference). Tool materials: high speed steels, cemented carbides, ceramics and ultra-hard materials; hard coatings. Wear and tool life. Taylor's law. Relevant factors affecting tool wear. Cutting fluids. Abrasion metal machining. Surface finish. High speed machining (HSM): machining centres, cutting tools and machining strategies. Machining for mould manufacture.

Main Bibliography

DAVIM, J.P. (1995); Princípios da maquinagem, Livraria Almedina, Coimbra

Complementary Bibliography

FERRARESI, D. (1977); Fundamentos da usinagem de metais, Ed. Eduardo Blücher, S.Paulo
SHAW M. (1984), Metal cutting principles, London, Oxford University press.
McGEOUGH (1988), Advanced methods of machining, New York, Chapman and Hall.
BOOTHROY D. and KNIGHT W, (1989), Fundamentals of machining and machine tools, New York, Marcel Dekker, inc.
KIEF H. and WATERS T. (1992), Computer numerical control , Singapore, McGraw-Hill, inc.
EDWARDS R. (1993), Cutting tools, London, The Institute of Materials.
HERBERT SCHULZ, (1997), Fraisage Grande Vitesse des mat´ériaux méttaliques e t nom-méttaliques, Sofetec, Boulogne, Fr
STEPHENSON D. and AGAPIOU J. (1997), Metal cutting theory and pratice, New York, Marcel Dekker, inc.
STENERSON J. and CURRAN K. (1997), Computer numerical control, New Jersey Prentice-Hall, inc
ASTAKHOV V. (2000), Metal cutting mechanics, London, CRS Press
CHILDS T., MAEKAWA K., OBIKAWA T. and YAMANE Y. (2000), Metal machining theory and applications, London, Arnold Publishers
TRENT E. and WRIGHT P. (2000), Metal cutting, Boston. Butterworth-Heinemann.

Teaching methods and learning activities

In the theoretical/practical sessions the theoretical aspects are exposed by oral presentations, supported by the blackboard or overhead projections, and they will be, whenever possible, practically explored with the execution of application exercises.
Some important technological aspects are observed by video.
Practical work will be done in the shop floor, in small groups, in view to stimulate the know how to do and the creativity for the resolution of the arising problems, eventually in an individual level. Demonstration sessions will take place involving: cutting forces measurement, tool wear assessment and surface finish measurement of the work piece.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam