OPTIMIZATION OF STEPPED PART TURNING

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Assistant Professor, Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt.

Abstract

The determination of the optimal cutting conditions for a stepped part is still one of the most difficult problems facing the production engineer. A computer program has been constructed to find the optimal cutting variables to minimize the production cost and to increase the rate of production and consequently the profit. The computer program is used to determine the optimum cutting variables for any number of steps and dimentions. These determined cutting variables can be applied for each step without changing the setting of the machine tool used.