Influence of tool inclination on brittle fracture in glass cutting with ball end mills

Glass milling is discussed with influences of tool inclination on brittle fracture. Cutting tests are performed to observe surfaces in the up-cut and the down-cut processes with a ball end mill inclined in the feed direction of the cutter. Brittle fracture occurs in the down-cut process at high feed rates. Then the machined surfaces in cutting with the ball end mills tilted in the vertical plane with respect to the feed direction are associated with those of the up-cut and the down-cut processes. The cutting forces are also measured to discuss brittle fracture with the change of the undeformed chip thickness. The scratches on the surface finished with the tilted ball end mill are shown in an analytical model with a notched edge shape. The maximum feed rates at which brittle fracture does not occur are shown with the tool inclination in the cutting tests.