State of the Art on Micromilling of Materials, a Review

Abstract

Abstract:

The trend towards miniaturization has increased dramatically over the last decade, especially within the fields concerned with bioengineering, microelectronics, and aerospace. Micromilling is among the principal manufacturing processes which have allowed the development of components possessing micrometric dimensions, being used to the manufacture of both forming tools and the final product. The aim of this work is to present the principal aspects related to this technology, with emphasis on the work material requirements, tool materials and geometry, cutting forces and temperature, quality of the finished product, process modelling and monitoring and machine tool requirements. It can be noticed that size effect possesses a relevant role with regard to the selection of both work material (grain size) and tooling (edge radius). Low forces and temperature are recorded during micromilling, however, the specific cutting force may reach high values because of the ploughing effect observed as the uncut chip thickness is reduced. Finally, burr formation is the principal concern with regard to the quality of the finished part.

Key words: Micro-milling, Micromachining, Size effect, Miniaturization

M.A. Camara, J.C. Campos Rubio, A.M. Abrao, J.P. Davim. State of the Art on Micromilling of Materials, a Review[J]. J Mater Sci Technol, 2012, 28(8): 673-685.

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