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Production

Techniques-II
ME F313

Merchants model

Estimation of power consumption for given cutting

speed.

Modified Merchants Theory


Shear stress acting on shear plane is not completely

independent of the normal stress.


Bridgeman showed that shear stress can be
expressed as:

Applying the principle of minimum energy consumption, it


is obtained:

This modified theory of Merchant agrees better with the

experiments in case of MS, Cu and Pb.

Effect of cutting parameters on chip


formation
Effect of cutting velocity on cutting force and cutting

ratio.
Effect of rake angle on cutting force and cutting
ratio.

Effect of cutting parameters on chip formation

Effect of cutting parameters on chip formation

Energy consideration
When metal is cut in two dimensional cutting

operation, the total energy consumed per unit time is

Total energy per unit volume known as specific

energy of metal removed will be

Velocity relationship

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