THE PREDICTION OF THE CUTTING EFFICIENCY FOR TURNING OPERATIONS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Mechanical Design and Production Department, Cairo University, Egypt.

2 Associate Professor, Production Engineering Department, helwan University, Egypt.

3 Graduate Student, Production Engineering Department, helwan University, Egypt.

Abstract

A series of machining experiments were conducted on steel specimens, and the effect of various machining parameters on cutting forces are presented. Empirical formulae for the estimation of the cutting forces, as functions of the cutting conditions, were deriven. The term "Cutting Efficiency" is introduced, and could be considered as a measure of the performance of the cutting system. An empirical formula for the prediction of the cutting efficiency was established, and it could be used in optimization techniques.

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