FLANK WEAR AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS IN END MILLING OF HARDENED STEEL.

This study examines flank wear and surface ruoghness in up and down hard end milling. After obtaining the mathematical models, it has been carried out a series of numerical simulations with variation of input parameters in order to analyze their influence on flank wear and surface roughness. Additionally, flank wear and surface roughness has been analysed in correlation with the volume of the removed material for different cutting parameters. Observed from the viewpoint of machinability, down hard milling is favorable compared to the up hard milling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]