A DISCUSSION ON A CRITERION FOR THE CHOICE BETWEEN MANUFACTURING ON A POSITIONALLY CONTROLLED MILLING MACHINE AND A CONVENTIONAL MACHINE
- 1 January 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Production Research
- Vol. 2 (2) , 95-105
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207546308947816
Abstract
To avoid the labour involved in ad hoc comparisons between numerically controlled positional machines and conventional machines, the authors outline a procedure which would assist in making an economic selection between these machines when considering the manufacture of a suitable component. Three principal criteria are considered, viz., the total number of com-ponents to be manufactured, the number of batches, and the complexity of the component. Formulae are derived on these bases to speed decision-making. Complexity is defined in terms of accuracy and the number of changes in the direction of the cutter, and a method of combining these is described.Keywords
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- Some economic aspects of numerically controlled machine toolsProduction Engineer, 1960