Handbook of High-Speed Machining Technology, 1985
Chapman and Hall Advanced Industrial Technology Series

The United States now spends approximately $115 billion annually to perform its metal removal tasks using conventional machining technology. Of this total amount, about $14 billion is invested in the aerospace and associated industries. It becomes clear that metal removal technology is a very important candidate for rigorous investigation looking toward improvement of produc­tivity within the manufacturing system. To aid in this endeavor, work has begun to establish a new scientific and technical base that will provide prin­ciples upon which manufacturing decisions may be based. One of the metal removal areas that has the potential for great economic advantages is high-speed machining and related technology. This text is concerned with discussions of ways in which high-speed machining systems can solve immediate problems of profiling, pocketing, slotting, sculpturing, facing, turning, drilling, and thin-walled sectioning. Benefits to many existing programs are provided by aiding in solving a current management production problem, that of efficiently removing large volumes of metal by chip removal. The injection of new high-rate metal removal techniques into conventional production procedures, which have remained basically unchanged for a cen­tury, presents a formidable systems problem, both technically and man agerially.The proper solution requires a sophisticated, difficult process whereby management-worker relationships are reassessed, age-old machine deSigns reevaluated, and a new vista of product/process planning and design admitted.

One General Theory.- 1 Historical Background.- 2 Cutting Theory and Chip Morphology.- 3 Machine Dynamics.- 4 Cutting Fluids in Industry.- Two Turning.- 5 Turning.- Three Milling.- 6 General Theory and Its Application in the High-Speed Milling of Aluminum.- 7 Machine System Design and Performance.- 8 Operational Data.- Four Drills and Drilling.- 9 Introduction to Part Four.- 10 A Mathematical Model for Drill Point Geometry.- 11 Microcomputer-Controlled Seven-Axis Drill Point Grinder.- 12 Drill Analyzer.- 13 Multifacet Drills.- 14 An End Effector for Robotic Drilling.- Five Grinding.- 15 Grinding.- Six Laser Applications.- 16Laser Applications.- Seven General Management Considerations.- 17 General Management Considerations.- 18 Factory Models.- 19 Economic Models for Process Development.- 20 Quality Control Circles: The Key to Employee Performance Improvement.- 21 Leadership: The “Right Stuff” for Management of Human Productivity.