Optimisation of machining processes

Lecturer:

Jan Mádl

Tutor:

Pavel Novák, Jan Mádl

Supervisor:

Department of Machining, Process Planning and Metrology

Synopsis:

Economy of machining, machining costs. Importance of the optimisation of machining (cutting) processes. Trends in the development of cutting tools. Cutting tools optimisation. Variants in the optimisation of cutting conditions and tools life, single path optimisation, more complicated optimisations. Criteria for optimisations, restrictive conditions and their mathematical formulations. Possible solution regions. Step by step procedure for the optimisation of machining processes. Complex optimisation procedures. Optimum tool life. Optimisation SW. Stochastics of machining processes. Optimisation data. Optimisation with monitoring and adaptive control of machining processes.

Requirements:

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Economy of machining, machining costs. Importance of the optimisation of machining (cutting) processes. The use of computers.

2. Trends in the development of cutting tools. Cutting tools optimisation.

3. Variants in the optimisation of cutting conditions and tools life, single path optimisation.

4. More complicated optimisations.

5. Criteria for optimisations and their mathematical formulations - criterion of minimum machining costs.

6. Criteria for optimisations and their mathematical formulations - criterion of maximum productivity and maximum material reduction.

7. Restrictive conditions and their mathematical formulations.

8. Restrictive conditions and their mathematical formulations - continuation.

9. Possible solution regions.

10. Optimum tool life. Step by step procedure for the optimisation of machining processes.

11. Complex optimisation procedures.

12. Optimisation data. Optimisation SW.

13. Stochastics of machining processes. Optimisation with monitoring and adaptive control of machining processes.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Calculation of cutting power and number of revolutions in high speed cutting with advanced cutting tools.

2. Restrictive conditions formulations.

3. Optimum cutting conditions calculation in variants.

4. Optimum cutting conditions calculation in variants.

5. Machining costs calculation.

6. Algorithmisations of optimisation procedures.

Study Objective:

To know principles of the optimisation of cutting conditions and tool lifes from the point of view of minimum costs.

Study materials:

Mádl, J., Kvasnička, I.: Optimalizace obráběcího procesu, ČVUT monografie, 1999, Praha

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomT4:C1-311 Mádl J. 14:15–15:45 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice Ucebna 311roomT4:C1-311 Mádl J. 16:00–17:30 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice Ucebna 311
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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: