THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MADURAI-625 015

(An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Govt. Aided Autonomous Institution affiliated to Anna University)
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Course: 18ME430 – Machining Processes (Taylor’s Tool Life Equation & Mechanics of Metal Cutting 2)

FORMULA
Taylor’s Tool Life Equation V – Cutting Speed (m/min)
Do – Original diameter of the work (m)
𝑉 . 𝑇𝑛 = 𝐶
N – Spindle Speed (revolutions per min)
𝜋 𝐷𝑜 𝑁 T – Tool Life (min)
𝑉= n – Depends on tool material, cutting conditions (No unit)
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C – Depends on work piece material (No unit)

PROBLEMS:
1. A tool cutting at 24 m/min gave a life of 1 hour between regrinds when operating on roughening cuts with mild steel.
What will be the probable life when engaged on light finishing cuts? Take n = 1/6 for roughening and n = 1/7.5 for
finishing cuts.
2. The relationship for HSS tools is V.T1/8 = C1 and for Tungsten carbide tool V.T1/5 = C2. Assuming that at a speed of 25
m/min the tool life was 180 min in each case, compare the cutting lives at 32 m/min.
3. A carbide tool with mild steel work piece was found to give a life of 2 hours while cutting at 50 m/min. If Taylor’s
exponent, n = 0.27, Determine (i) tool life of the same tool used at a speed of 25% higher than the previous one. (ii)
Cutting speed if the tool is required to have a tool life of 3 hours.
4. During straight turning of a 25 mm diameter bar at 300 rpm with a HSS tool, a tool life of 10 min was obtained. When
the same bar was turned at 250 rpm, the tool life increased to 52.5 min. What will be the tool life at a speed of 275
rpm?
5. A mild steel is being machined by two different tool A and B under identical machining conditions. The tool life
equation for cutting tool A is V.T0.31 = 34.3 and for cutting tool B is V.T0.43 = 89.5 where V and T are in m/s and s
respectively. Determine the cutting speed above which tool B will give a better tool life.
6. Let n = 0.4 and C = 400 in Taylor’s tool life equation. What is the percent increase in tool life if the cutting speed is
reduced by (a) 20% and (b) 40%?
7. The tool life of a HSS tool and carbide tool have the same tool life of 60 minutes when the cutting speed is 75 m/min.
The exponent of tool life in Taylor’s equation (n) is 0.15 for HSS and 0.2 for carbide tool, Compare the life two tools
when the cutting speed is 90m/min.
8. The following data relate to orthogonal cutting process: Obtained chip thickness = 0.85mm, breadth of cut = 2.5 mm,
depth of cut = 0.3mm, tool rake angle = 10o, tangential force = 2000 N, Feed force = 200 N. Determine (i) the
coefficient of friction between tool and chip, (ii) Shear stress of the material.

C Selva Kumar
APME, TCE
9. A mild steel part is orthogonally cut at 200m/min with a cutting tool having 12 o rake angle. The width of the cut is 1.8
mm while the uncut chip thickness is 0.2 mm. The ultimate shear stress of the material is 390 N/mm2 and the
coefficient of friction between tool and chip is 0.55. Calculate (i) Shear angle and (ii) cutting and thrust components.
10. The orthogonal cutting of steel is done with 10o rake angle tool, depth of cut 2 mm, feed rate of 0.2 mm/rev at a
cutting speed of 200 m/min. The chip thickness ratio is 0.31. The vertical cutting force is 1200 N and the horizontal
cutting force is 650 N. Calculate the percentage of power dissipated for shear and friction.

C Selva Kumar
APME, TCE