The energy conservation optimization design of the cutting edges of the twist drill based on Dijkstra’s algorithm

Abstract

The energy conservation optimization design about geometrical shape and dimensions of the cutting edges (lips) of the twist drill is meant to determine the main cutting edge curve in the rake face that minimizes the drilling power. Dijkstra's algorithm is introduced and applied to serve the above purpose. The rake surface of the twist drill is discretized into a set of nodes and arcs between the adjacent nodes, which together compose a digraph. Cutting angles of elementary cutting tools on the lips of a twist drill are determined by the method of displaying planar image; those angles, together with undeformed chip thickness and width, are substituted into the empirical model of cutting force for elementary cutting tool to obtain the weights of arcs in the digraph, that is, the drilling power. Then, a main cutting edge curve in the rake face that minimizes the drilling power is generated using Dijkstra's algorithm. Meanwhile, an improvement in Dijkstra's algorithm procedures is put forward to reduce time and space complexities of the process and improve smoothness and machinability of the cutting edge curve. A computer program is developed with Matlab 2011b to determine the main cutting edge curve. The calculation results with 0.50 % carbon steel show that the new curved cutting edge reduces the drilling power by 7~8 %, compared to a conventional straight cutting edge.

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