Process - machine tool thermal interaction

Hereby paper shows the structure of mutually connected thermal interactions in a machine tool, a tool and a workpiece, which finally leave their traces on a machined workpiece in form of machining errors. Thermal interactions of a machine tool and the environment on own and workpiece errors were discussed. Thermal interaction cases were considered, connected with the varying environment and the main drive operation, as well as total influence of the varying environment, main drive and two drives of controllable axes. The interactions of the cutting process itself were discussed, assuming three basic mechanisms: thermal, physically-mechanical and tribological. On the example of turning it was proven that the character of changes in total influences between the tool and workpiece has the shape of a temperature curve.