The invention relates to an active
metal cutting chip breaking method and an active
metal cutting chip breaking device for an unmanned workshop. The core concept of the active
chip breaking method lies in that
surface transformation and modification pretreatment is carried out in a
special position of the surface of a workpiece before a tool is fed to
cut every time. When the tool cuts to a pretreatment position, thickness or material characteristics of newly born chips on the surface of a workpiece changes suddenly, so that breakage is achieved. The principle of the active chip breaking device lies in that a material of the workpiece is gasified by applying a
high energy laser beam to form a trench, and meanwhile, the characteristics of the material of the workpiece is changed by means ofthe
heat effect of the
laser beam, so that a heat influence area of a certain depth is formed. The device is provided with a
high energy laser module, and a
high energy laser output end is fixed to ahorizontal guide rail, so that the device has a translational function in the x-axis direction of a lathe. The horizontal guide rail is fixed to a knife rest. According to the structure, the focusingposition of the laser beam can change along with
diameter change of the workpiece. Matched with movement of the knife rest in the z-axis direction of the knife rest,
surface transformation and modification pretreatment on the surface of the workpiece is achieved. Compared with a chip breaking slot of the tool, the method and device are more stable and reliable in effect. Compared with
high pressure water / gas jet chip breaking, the method and device are lower in
energy consumption and cost and are further more environment-friendly.