...Albert J. Shih; Jie Luo; Mark A. Lewis; John S. Strenkowski This paper describes chip morphology and forces in end milling of elastomers. A classification system that identifies elastomer chips based on their size and morphology is described. Optical pictures and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM...

...Albert J. Shih; Mark A. Lewis; John S. Strenkowski This paper describes the machining of elastomers using sharp, woodworking tools and the machining of cryogenically cooled elastomers. Due to the lack of information on tool selection for elastomer machining, a set of thirteen tools that cover...

.... Smelser. 01 May 2001 01 June 2002 15 04 2003 forming processes elastomers aerospace industry machine tools The aircraft industry is characterized by complex products requiring many different types of parts produced in small lots. Total production numbers for many...