Vahid Zakeri Mehrabad - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran *Corresponding author
Vahid Pourmostaghimi - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran

In manufacturing industry, it has been acknowledged that tool wear prediction has an important role in higher quality of products and acceptable efficiency. Being an emerging area of research in recent years, drilling tool wear is an important factor which directly affects quality parameters of machined hole such as hole centring, roundness, burr formation and finished surface. In this paper, the genetic equation for prediction of drilling tool flank wear was developed using the experimentally measured wear values and genetic programming for two different materials, AISI۱۰۲۰ and AISI۸۶۲۰ steels. These equations could be used to compare the behaviour of wear in both mentioned materials and analyse the effect of materials characteristics on wear rate and wear pattern. The suggested equations have been shown to correspond well with experimental data obtained for flank wear when machining in various cutting conditions.The results of experiments and equations showed that properties of work material can affect drill bit flank wear drastically. It was concluded that greater toughness and strength of AISI۸۶۲۰, compared to AISI۱۰۲۰, lead to higher cutting stresses and temperatures, resulting more flank wear. 

Drilling operation, Flank wear, Genetic Programming, Tool wear