This paper discusses the selection of tools and cutting parameters in milling operations. To carry out this research, an expert system has been developed based on numerical methods of performance evaluation. The knowledge base is given by limitations in process variables, which let us to define the allowable cutting parameter space. The mentioned limitations are instabilities due to tool-work-p...

This study modelled the potential biodiversity benefits and the opportunity costs of a patch-clear-cutting strategy over a clear-cutting strategy for Pinus radiata in New Zealand. Patch-clear cutting is a special case of clear cutting involving the removal of all the trees from strips or patches within a stand, leaving the remainder uncut or clear cutting a series of strips or patches. A forest...

One of the big challenges in machining is replacing the cutting tool at the right time. Carrying on the process with a dull tool may degrade the product quality. However, it may be unnecessary to change the cutting tool if it is still capable of continuing the cutting operation. Both of these cases could increase the production cost. Therefore, an effective tool conditionmonitoring systemmay re...

In this study we are concerned with the non-exact two-stage two-dimensional guillotine cutting problem considering usable leftovers, in which stock plates remainders of the cutting patterns (non-used material or trim loss) can be used in the future, if they are large enough to fulfill future demands of items (ordered smaller plates). This cutting problem can be characterized as a residual bin-p...

Given the current economic climate in healthcare, cost containment has become the newest buzzword in the literature and on the lecture circuit. Cost cutting simply must be done. One of the easiest ways to show reduction in costs is to decrease the dollar amount spent on pharmaceutical supplies by the anesthesia department. Those methods of cost cutting which look at the bottom line expenditures...

The simulation of nanometric cutting of copper with diamond cutting tools, with the Molecular Dynamics method is considered. A 2D model of orthogonal nano-scale cutting is presented and the influence of the depth of cut and tool rake angle on chip morphology and cutting forces is investigated. For the analysis, three different depths of cut, namely 10Å, 15Å and 20 Å and four tool rake angles, n...

A review is presented of one-dimensional cutting lines that are utilized to obtain the physical properties of carbon nanotubes from the corresponding properties of graphite by the zone-folding scheme. Quantization effects in general low-dimensional systems are briefly discussed, followed by a more detailed consideration of one-dimensional single-wall carbon nanotubes. The geometrical structure ...

In this paper the authors present a case study from the woodprocessing industry. It focuses on a cutting process in which material from stock is cut down in order to provide the items required by the customers in the desired qualities, sizes, and quantities. In particular, two aspects make this cutting process special. Firstly, the cutting process is strongly interdependent with a preceding han...

The built up layer thickness in secondary deformation zone is one of the important parameters in metal cutting process. The built up layer (BUL) is formed in second deformation zone near the tool-chip interface in the back of the chip. This parameter influences the tool life and machined surface quality. This BUL should not be confused with the built up edge (BUE). The deformation of the BUL in...

Given an undirected graph G = (V;E) and a cost vector c 2 IRE , the weighted girth problem is to nd a circuit in G having minimum total cost. This problem is in general NP-hard since the traveling salesman problem can be reduced to it. A promising approach to hard combinatorial optimization problems is given by the so-called cutting plane methods. These involve linear programming techniques bas...