EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF CUTTING FORCES, TOOL LIFE AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF SINGLE POINT CUTTING TOOL DURING TURNING PROCESS

In any metal cutting operation the features of tools, input work materials, machine parameter settings will influence the process efficiency and output quality characteristics. For turning process, the cutting conditions i.e. Speed, Feed and Depth of cut plays an important role in the efficient use of a machine tool. HSS is one among the major machining operatio ns in manufacturing industry; the revelation made in this research would significantly contribute to the cutting parameters optimization. In this study, tool chip interface temperature was determined in cutting of medium carbon steel workpiece with HSS as the tool. The effects of different parameters like cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut are taken into account so as to predict their effects on tool life and surface roughness are studied in experimental analysis. The results have shown that change in cutting speed and feed rate has the maximum effect on cutting force, tool life and surface roughness