Chatter suppression in boring with tool position feedback control

Abstract

Regenerative self-excited vibrations (chatter) often occur in boring operation due to low stiffness of a slender cantilever holder of a tool. These vibrations lead to significant defects of a machined surface and cutting tool damages. The new chatter suppression method is proposed in the paper. Displacement signal measured in the direction which is orthogonal to machined surface is used for generating a control action in the feed direction. Linear proportional control law is applied. Mathematical model of boring process dynamics with control has been developed for validation of the proposed method efficiency and searching better values of feedback gain.