Experimental Study and Simulation Analysis on Ball-End Cutter Milling Titanium Alloy Based on the Geometric Parameters Optimization

Titanium alloy materials are widely used in the field of aero-engine, the complex surface forming of key parts usually use the ball end mill. First, optimized and designed tool based on the main geometric parameters of the tool, the experimental researching on solid carbide ball end mill milling TC4 titanium alloy was performed based on orthogonal combination of geometric parameters. Second, made a concrete analysis of the milling force collected in the experiment, tool geometry parameters were optimized based on the theoretical and practical. Then analyzed the optimized tool milling force changing rules under finite element milling simulation. Influence of milling parameters on milling force was analyzed with the single factor experiment for the optimized tool, milling parameters were optimized by drawing the force curve. The above studies provide a reference for the actual production of titanium alloy semi-finishing and finishing in tool design and milling parameters selection.