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An overview of turn-milling technology

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Turn-milling is an advanced processing technology. It has a strong ability of producing complicated curved surfaces or special-shaped parts, wherein both the cutting tool and workpiece are given a rotary motion simultaneously. In the field of aviation manufacturing, instead of using conventional grinding technologies, extensive studies have been conducted to produce difficult-to-cut thin-walled workpieces. In this paper, an overview is given based on existing works on turn-milling technology. Firstly, workpiece types used in the turn-milling were summarized. After this, the turn-milling mechanization and cutting process were studied. The research status of the chip formation, cutting force, chatter stability, and surface quality was analyzed respectively based on the turn-milling mechanization and forming process before presenting some suggestions and predictions for future turn-milling research and applications. The results of this review are useful for gaining some insights on key foundations and references on turn-milling for future researchers and research areas.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Lida Zhu & Jiashun Shi

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, 110168, China

    Zenghui Jiang & Chengzhe Jin

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Zhu, L., Jiang, Z., Shi, J. et al. An overview of turn-milling technology. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 81, 493–505 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-015-7187-y

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