Investigation of the Effect of Cutting Parameters on the Cutting Force and Energy in the Bar Cutting Process#

Abstract

In this paper, cutting forces and expended energy which generated in the process of cutting the scrap bars are investigated an experimental study. Parameters affecting the cutting force is defined as cutting speed, the clearance, the cutting tool the radius, the cutting edge length and the bar diameters. In contrast to the preexisting studies is aimed to reduce the cutting forces and expended energy rather than the improvement of the cutting surface in this study. Three different levels of all five parameters are identified as variables. The number of experiments increases proportionally with the number of parameters. In order to use more parameters and perform fewer the number of experiments, this study is designed based on Taguchi L27 orthogonal array. The effect of these parameters which influence the cutting force on result is identified through variance analysis (ANOVA). As a result, the appropriate the cutting parameters are found by implementing verification tests.