Experimental Investigation of Chatter Vibrations in Facing and Turning Processes

This paper investigates the occurrence of regenerative chatter vibrations in facing and turning processes. Orthogonal turning (facing) and normal turning experiments are carried out under stable as well as in the presence of controlled chatter vibrations. The effects of chatter vibrations on various sensor signals are captured and analyzed using frequency domain methods, which successfully detected the chatter vibrations close to the dominant mode of the machine tool system.

Authors:

• M. Siddhpura
• R. Paurobally

Keywords:

• Chatter vibrations
• facing
• turning.

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