Experimental evaluation on texture of flank face on tool wear in chamfer milling of stainless steel

This paper presents a novel grinding enabled texture, ‘V’ shaped texture (VST), on flank face. To implement the texture on a cutting performance, a set of chamfering experiments of stainless steel materials used as 3C product shell usually are presented. Cutting forces, surface qualities, and tool wear are measured and compared, of which results show that both smallest surface roughness and longest tool life are achieved by using a 30° VST chamfer tool. By comparing the results, a clear conclusion can be drawn that texture types and angles are not independent factors to cutting performance; therefore, a suitable combination of texture types and texture angles can provide a significant improvement of tool life and surface quality.