Investigation of Flank Wear in Multi-coated Layers Cutting Tools

Abstract

The main object of this study is to simulate the progress of the flank wear on a multi coated cutting tool using a special finite element analysis (FEA) software (DEFORM 2D). The modeling of the wear on the cutting tools was depending upon Usui's tool wear model to calculate the wear rate and a sub-routine is developed to update the tool geometry. The coated tool was selected to be (WC) carbide coated with three layers TiC/Al2O3 /TiN with a total thickness (12μ). The results are compared with many relevant papers published in the literature and showed a good agreement with the modeled results