B.V.M.

Engineering College
Mechanical Engineering Department
Assignment 2 - 181903: Production Technology
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A tool has a life of 9 min when cutting at 250 m/min. Calculate the cutting speed for the
same tool to have a tool life of 160 min. Take Taylor tool life parameter n=0.22.
(Ans: 132.73 m/min)
Calculate the percentage change in cutting speed required to give 60 percent reduction
in tool life. Take n=0.22
(Ans: Increase in cutting speed by 22.3%)
0.125
Tool life is expressed by the relation VT
= C1 for H.S.S. tool and VT0.2 = C2 for
tungsten carbide. Assuming that at a speed of 24 m/min, the tool life for both the tools
is 170 minutes; compare the life of tools at a speed of 30 m/min.
(Ans: Tool life: HSS=28.52 min, Tungsten carbide=55.7 min)
A mild steel workpiece is being machined by two different tools A and B under
identical machining conditions. The tool life equations for these tools are:
For tool A: VT0.32=42.5 and For tool B: VT0.45=88.6
Where V and T are in m/sec and sec respectively.
Determine the cutting speed above which tool B will give better tool life.
(Ans: 7.0 m/sec)
Tool life of 9 min was obtained during straight turning of a 24 mm diameter steel bar at
300 rpm with HSS tool. When the same bar was turned at 250 rpm, the tool life
increased to 48.5 min. What will be the tool life at a speed of 280 rpm?
(Ans: 17.06 min)
For a specified roughing cut on a lathe, the following information is known: Taylor tool
life exponent = 0.30 and Taylor equation constant = 900, cutting speed of 120 m/min,
feed rate of 0.2 mm/rev, work piece diameter of 50, and cut length of 800 mm.
Calculate the percentage of the tool life that remains after the roughing cut is
completed.
The outside diameter of a cylinder made of titanium alloy is to be turned. The initial
diameter is 500 mm and turning length is 1000 mm. The turning is to be carried out
using a cemented carbide tool having Taylors tool life parameters n=0.23 and C=400.
Cutting conditions are: feed = 0.4 mm/rev and depth of cut = 3.0 mm.
Compute the cutting speed that will allow the tool life to be just equal to the machining
time of this part.
(Ans: 201.5 m/min)
It is required to assess the cutting qualities of a certain batch of HSS tools by means of a
short life practical test.
Workpiece dia = 90 mm, feed = 0.5 mm/rev, depth of cut = 1.4 mm
The following values of spindle speed (rpm) and the length of travel (L) of lathe
carriage up to the failure of each tool are applicable to such a test:
Spindle speed (rpm) 395
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Length (mm)
26.5
398
From this data, calculate the constants (n and C) of the Taylors tool life equation.
Determine the tool life to be expected when cutting at 45 m/min.
In a machining operation, doubling the cutting speed reduces tool life to 1/8th of the
original value. Find the exponent n in Taylors tool life equation VTn=C.

P. M. Agrawal, Assoc. Prof., Mech. Engg. Deptt.

2014-15

B.V.M. Engineering College

Mechanical Engineering Department
Assignment 2 - 181903: Production Technology
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What is the percentage increase in tool life when the cutting speed is reduced to half?
In a production turning operation, the work piece is 125 mm in diameter and 300 mm
long. A feed rate of 0.225 mm/ rev is used. If the cutting speed was 3.0 m/s, the tool
must be changed every 5 parts; but if reducing speed to 2 m/s, the tool produces 25
parts between tool changes or re-sharpening. Determine the Taylor tool life equation for
this job.
The following exponential equation for tool life is established for a turning operation:

VT 0.13 f 0.76d 0.36 C.

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60 min of tool life was obtained while turning at a V=30 m/min with feed of 0.25
mm/rev and depth of cut 2.5 mm.
Calculate the tool life if the cutting speed, feed and depth of cut are increased by 20
percent individually and also taken together.
The following flank wear data were collected in a series of turning tests using a coated
carbide tool on hardened allow steel. The feed-rate was 0.3 mm/rev and the depth was
3.2 mm. The symbol 'x' in the tool wear data denotes final failure of the tool.
Cutting time (min)
Flank Wear V:120 m/min
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V:150 m/min

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0.13 0.2 0.28 0.33 0.41 0.46 0.51
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(i) On a simple piece of graph paper or using a package such as MATLAB, plot flank
wear as a function of time. Using 0.75 mm of land-wear as the criterion of tool
failure, determine the tool lives for the two cutting speeds
(ii) On the basis of your results at (i), determine the values of n and C in Taylor's tool
life equation.
(iii) From your Taylor equation, calculate the tool life that would result from a speed of
180 m/min

Last Date for Submission: 21-02-2015

P. M. Agrawal, Assoc. Prof., Mech. Engg. Deptt.

2014-15