Clamping Fatigue Properties of Shrink-Fit Holder
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
1. The methods employed in this paper were widely used and the object was a commercial product. It seems that the paper just uses conventional methods for analyzing the clamping fatigue properties of shrink-fit holder. There is also no optimization on the structures of the product for improving the based performance. What are the objectives and innovations of this paper?
2. The current research status on the clamping fatigue properties of shrink-fit holder were not investigated in introduction.
3. More references have to be added.
4. How to mount the tool onto the holder in the experimental section.
5. The figures 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 have to be clearer and larger for reading.
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers：
Thank you for your letter and for the reviewers' comments concerning our manuscript entitled ”Research on Clamping Fatigue Properties of Shrink-Fit Holder". Those comments are all valuable and very heIpfuI for revising and improving our paper, as welI as the important guiding significance to our researches. We have studied cooments carefully and have made correction which we hope meet with approval. Revised portion are marked in red in the paper. The main corrections in the paper and the responds to the reviewers comments are as flowing:
Responds to the reviewers comments：
- Response to comment: What are the objectives and innovations of this paper?
Response: In the actual production and processing process, due to the change of processing requirements or tool wear, the lengthened heat shrinkable tool rod needs to be heated and cooled frequently to change the tool. Repeated tool loading will cause fatigue damage of the tool rod, affect the quality of workpiece processing, and even lead to the destruction of the tool rod, causing harm to the machine tool and operators. This topic for extended hot shrinkage clamping tool rod fatigue characteristics, the integrated use of the theory of fatigue damage, cutting theory and elastic-plastic mechanics, thermodynamics, the finite element analysis and experimental verification method, comprehensively analyzed the different number of times of the clamping extended the influence of thermal shrinkage tool rod milling performance, extended hot shrinkage is given reasonable service life of the, It has a certain reference significance to the timely replacement of the cutter rod in the actual production and processing, and avoids unnecessary damage caused by the damage of the cutter rod.
- Response to comment:The current research status on the clamping fatigue properties of shrink-fit holderwere not investigated in introduction.
Response: The research status of shrinkage combined gripper clamping has been introduced in line 27-33 of the paper.
- Response to comment:More references have to be added.
Response: Seven references have been added as requested, most of which are from MDPI .
- Response to comment: How to mount the tool onto the holder in the experimental section.
Response: This issue has been explained and annotated in line 171-178 as requested .
- Response to comment: The figures 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 have to be clearer and larger for reading.
Response: Figures 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 have been enlarged and clarified as required.
Author Response File: 
Author Response.docx
Reviewer 2 Report
The paper deals with the Research on Clamping Fatigue Properties of Shrink-Fit Holder.
The reviewer believes that the paper addresses a burning issue in manufacturing engineering,
such as improving the quality of machining processing.
Because this approach is innovative,
the reviewer suggests the paper for publication.
But, there are needs major revision notes
that are highlighted for the best presentation of the paper.
Comment 1
Extended text editing
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518029,China
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518029, China
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518029,China
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518029, China
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It is not so good to use the word "we". The authors must rephrase.
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shrink-fit holder ;
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shrink-fit holder;
Comment 2
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0. Introduction
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1. Introduction
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only through
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only through
Comment 3
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tool and cutter [1~2].
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tool and cutter [1-2].
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of clamping times , the holder
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of clamping times, the holder
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force of the holder
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force of the holder
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The papers[3~4] analyze
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the papers[5~6] have
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the papers [5-6] have
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a numerical control clamping fatigue
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a numerical control clamping fatigue
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the stable clamping .
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the stable clamping.
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load steps; material parame-
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load steps; material parame-
Comment 4
Figures 2, 8 and 9
The Figure must be accompanied on the same page as the Figure's title.
Comment 5
The authors must give more details for the FEM simulation (number of the elements, type of the elements, boundary conditions).
Comment 6
Table 1
Elasticity modulus(GPa)
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Elasticity modulus (GPa)
The authors must add (Table 1) the materials of the shrink-fit holder and the tool.
The authors must give more details for the mechanical properties (from supplier or authors experiments?).
Comment 7
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a hot-air low-temperature heating device is selected
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Here,â„Ž? is film
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Here, â„Ž? is film
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model and do the static analysis.
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model and do the static analysis.
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According to the paper[7], the film
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of the holder. after thermodynamic
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of the holder. After thermodynamic
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of 268.5℃[6]. After the
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of 268.5℃ [6]. After the
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Analysis of the Shrink-Fit Holder
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Analysis of the Shrink-Fit Holder
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According to the paper [8], the friction
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is 5 μ m. Contact
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is 5 μm. Contact
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selected together as the
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selected together as the
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6 is trial-manufactured
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6 is trial-manufactured
Comment 8
The authors must add a Figure (after the Figure 6) with the real Numerical Control Shrink-Fit Holder Clamping Fatigue Test Device.
Comment 9
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shrink-fit holders , carry
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shrink-fit holders, carry
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Select the hilt BT40-SLK12-75 produced by Japan MST Company, and aluminum alloy
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Select the hilt BT40-SLK12-75 produced by Japan MST Company, and aluminum alloy
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the three-way piezoelectric acceleration sensor
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According to the papers[9~10], select in the
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shown in Table 3 .
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shown in Table 3.
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X Direction of the Workpiece
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X Direction of the Workpiece
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shrink-fit holder increases slowly
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shrink-fit holder increases slowly
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is less than 2,500 .
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is less than 2,500.
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by TR200 hand-held roughness meter, and
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fit holders , the roughnesses
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fit holders, the roughnesses
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Comment 10
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The authors must give more details how this value (0.78743) is calculated.
Comment 11
The authors did not comment inside the paper the ref. [11] - [14].
The authors must comment all the references in the paper.
Comment 12
Changes the References section format.
According to the journal's instructions:
1. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C.D. Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name Year, Volume, page range.
The authors must correct the References according to the journal's instructions.
The authors must remove the symbols [J] and [M].
Increase the number of the reference papers including (primarily) from Micromachines.
The authors use 0 paper from Micromachines journal / 0 papers from MDPI Journals / 14 papers from journals (References)
Τhe number for papers from MDPI journals
is considered insufficient (in reviewer's opinion).
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers：
Thank you for your letter and for the reviewers' comments concerning our manuscript entitled ”Research on Clamping Fatigue Properties of Shrink-Fit Holder". Those comments are all valuable and very heIpfuI for revising and improving our paper, as welI as the important guiding significance to our researches. We have studied cooments carefully and have made correction which we hope meet with approval. Revised portion are marked in red in the paper. The main corrections in the paper and the responds to the reviewers comments are as flowing:
Responds to the reviewers comments：
- Response to comment: Extended text editing.
Response: As required, the text editing questions raised by reviewers have been modified one by one, and the inappropriate use of WE in line 13 of the paper has been modified. Change to ”After 500 times of clamping, milling test was carried out on the shrink-fit bracket”.
- Response to comment: The authors must format the paper according to the journal's instructions.
Response: The paper format has been arranged according to the journal's instructions, and the subsequent arrangement has been changed.
- Response to comment: Tool and cutter [1-2],et al.
Response: As required, the text editing questions raised by reviewers have been modified one by one.
- Response to comment: Figures 2, 8 and9. The Figure must be accompanied on the same page as the Figure's title.
Response: The diagram and its title have been edited on the same page.
- Response to comment: The authors must give more details for the FEM simulation (number of the elements, type of the elements, boundary conditions).
Response: For finite element simulations, the authors have added more details (including number of elements, element types, boundary conditions) in line 85 of the paper. The boundary conditions are mainly placed on lines 126-128.
- Response to comment:The authors must add (Table 1) the materials of the shrink-fit holder and the tool.
Response: Materials and partial properties of shrink-fit brackets and tools have been added in Table 1.
- Responseto comment: A hot-air low-temperature heating device is selected, et al.
Response: The model and other details of the heating device have been given at lines 255-257. As required, the text editing questions raised by reviewers have been modified one by one.
- Response to comment: The authors must add a Figure (after the Figure 6) with the real Numerical Control Shrink-Fit Holder Clamping Fatigue Test Device.
Response: The actual numerical control shrinkage with tool holder clamping fatigue test device diagram has been added.
- Response to comment: The authors must give more details for the three-way piezoelectric acceleration sensor.
Response: As required, the text editing questions raised by reviewers have been modified one by one. The three-way piezoelectric acceleration sensor has been introduced at lines 190-192, more details on surface roughness are given at LINES 266-270.
- Response to comment: The authors must give more details how this value (0.78743) is calculated.
Response: More details on how 0.78743 is calculated are given in line 143-149 of the article.
- Response to comment: The authors did not comment inside the paper the ref. [11] - [14].
Response: All references in the paper have been annotated.
- Response to comment: Changes the References section format.
Response: References have been modified according to the journal description, symbols [J] and [M] have been removed, and the number of reference papers has been increased, mainly from MDPI .
Thank you again for your valuable modification suggestions! At the same time, I hope you can inform me in time if you find any shortcomings again in the review process, and I hope the article can be published as soon as possible.
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
I suggested to accept this manuscript in present form.
Reviewer 2 Report
Comment 1
Extended text editing
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article.After
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article. After
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quality, etc.)[3], efficient
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quality, etc.) [3], efficient
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assembly[4], etc. Vahid Ostad Ali Akbari[5] used finite
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assembly [4], etc. Vahid Ostad Ali Akbari et al. [5] used finite
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The papers[6-7] analyze
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The papers [6-7] analyze
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while the papers[8-9] have made
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while the papers [8-9] have made
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the tool set[10].
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the tool set [10].
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and 2010 nodes[11]. Parame-
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and 2010 nodes [11]. Parame-
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the static analysis[12-13].
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the static analysis [12-13].
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According to the paper[14], the film
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268.5℃[15]. After
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268.5℃ [15]. After
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According to the paper[16], the
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and the tool[17]. Contact units
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and the tool [17]. Contact units
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According to the papers[18-19], select
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ignored[20]. Therefore,
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ignored [20]. Therefore,
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rotating speed[21]. Therefore,
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rotating speed [21]. Therefore,
Comment 2
The authors must format the paper according to the journal's instructions.
The Lines 41 - 45 and the Lines 46 - 54: have not the same text format.
Comment 3
Changes the References section format.
According to the journal's instructions:
1. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C.D. Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name Year, Volume, page range.
The authors must correct the References according to the journal's instructions.
Ref 17: Delete the [J]
