ABSTRACT

A computer system comprising a technique and software for cutting conditions optimization of machining work-pieces has been developed. The technique is based on factor space scanning with coordinates: feeding and cutting speed. The optimization is carried out in terms of net cost and productivity and requires knowledge of the dependencies of physical constraints upon the cutting conditions elements as well as the overall costs per work-place and cutting tools. The developed software for cutting conditions optimization offers a variant of "complete recording" in which all admissible combinations of the conditions. The respective target function values of the constraint parameters are recorded in an output file. A numerical example for demonstrating the system potentials has been solved and conclusions have been drawn concerning its applications to a concrete workplace.