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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Bethany A. Woody, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kevin Scott Smith, Huntersville, NC (US);
David J. Adams, Keene, NH (US);
William E. Barkman, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Edwin F. Babelay, Jr., Knoxville, TN (US);
Bethany A. Woody, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kevin Scott Smith, Huntersville, NC (US);
David J. Adams, Keene, NH (US);
William E. Barkman, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Edwin F. Babelay, Jr., Knoxville, TN (US);
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (US);
Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for chip breaking, controlling cutting tool wear, and the like in turning, boring, and other applications, including: engaging a workpiece with a cutting tool in a feed direction along a toolpath, superimposing an oscillation in the feed direction on the toolpath, and dynamically or non-dynamically varying the oscillation superimposed in the feed direction on the toolpath such that interrupted cuts and chips of a predetermined length or less are produced. These systems take full advantage of computer numerical control (CNC) methodologies.