Experimental Study of Wear Resistance Improvement of Modular Disk Milling Cutter by Preliminary Pre-Processing Method

The problem of increasing the tool durability (service life) when machining hard-to-machine materials is one of the major practical problems of modern mechanical engineering. This paper aims to improve the wear resistance of modular disk mills using the pre-processing method. Second-order rotatable planning was applied for the experimental study of the pre-processing of modular disk mills. Experimental research on the pre-processing of modular disk mills was carried out on a vertical milling machine XH950A when milling a workpiece made of steel 45. It was revealed that the increase in pre-processing modes up to specific values (f = 60 mm/min; vc = 17 m/min; t = 6 min) on the tool durability period has a positive effect. At the same time, the tool durability period was increased up to T = 155 min. Tests of the machined modular disk mills were carried out in the conditions of the laboratory base to determine the durability period. After pre-processing at different modes, each modular disk mill was used to machine the workpiece until wear signs appeared on the cutting edge. At the same time, the time was recorded to determine the durability period. It was found that the optimum mode of tool preliminary pre-processing provides the best deformation and thermal conditions for hardening the tool cutting part. As a result of modeling with the ANSYS 2024 R1 program, it was found that a hardened layer is indeed formed on the cutting part of the modular disk mill after pre-processing. The results obtained show the possibility of using the preliminary pre-processing method to improve the wear resistance of other metal-cutting tools.