Theoretical simulation of cutting edge wear when milling wood and wood based products

Theoretical simulation of cutting edge wearing when milling wood and melamine coated particle board based on stochastical and analytical methods is presented. Abrasion, high temperature corrosion (HTC) and frictional wearing effects are discussed. Results of computations show good correlation between the observed and predicted wear rate for three different experiments. Relations between predicted tool wear rate from HTC, content (C _CP) and size (S _CP) of particles of hard mineral contamination and density (D) of cut material is also presented and discussed.