Mechanical study in drilling of heat resistant austenitic stainless steel

Machining of difficult-to-cut-materials like heat resistant stainless steels leads to the rapid tool wear and tool failure. The analysis of drilling process of these steels is even more difficult as it is not easy to investigate the cutting process at the drill tip. Therefore for this critical operation, modelling of cutting forces is very important. The study of the mechanical loading is based on the cutting tool geometry variation along the cutting edge. This study aims to investigate the drilling of heat resistant stainless steels with two geometries of twist drills, by analyzing specific cutting energy and forces at a global and a local scale.