Course syllabus

The course includes lectures, case studies, tutorials/lab exercises, group assignments and presentations. A typical case study will examine scientific development and industrial end-use of machining operations. The group assignments will form the basis for developing team-based engineering skills, needed to solve real manufacturing problems in the industry. The course has strong links with the Chalmers Centre for Metal Cutting Research (MCR) and Advanced Manufacturing Solutions for NeXt Generation Powertrain (Centre X) and is designed to usefully disseminate the current state-of-the-art in machining. Guest lectures from experts in the industry (e.g., Sandvik Coromant, Seco Tools and Element Six) will provide students with a unique opportunity to learn latest developments from leaders in the field. The course has no exam; therefore, the attendance of lectures (min. 80%) and lab exercises (100%) is compulsory. All lectures will be given in English.

Labs and assignments

The course consists of lab/tutorials (machining dynamics, and Finite Element Modelling of cutting processes), and assignments. The assignments will be decided during the first week(s) of the course and are subject to class size. The course also includes two demonstrations of machining processes (turning and milling). All assignments should be submitted through the course home page.

Examination

The grading of the course will be on a basis of 3, 4, and 5. 80% attendance at lectures is required. Attendance and passing of labs/assignments including reports, is a specific requirement of the course to achieve grade 3. To acquire grades 4 and 5, students should attain >60% and >80% of total points from the assignments. Additional studies/assignment may be applicable for those students who fail to fulfil the requirements above; these will be consulted individually with the course examiner.

Literature

Books / eBooks:

Klocke, F., 2011. Manufacturing Processes 1 – Cutting. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Toenshoff, H.K. and Denkena, B., 2013. Basics of cutting and abrasive processes. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Trent, E.M. and Wright, P.K., 2000. Metal cutting. Butterworth-Heinemann.

available (online) at Chalmers library. The books are optional. Teaching material consists of lecture handouts.

Additional references

Selected research papers available online via Chalmers Library
Specific lecture handouts

Course homepage

Handouts from lectures, latest version of this document, news about lectures etc. can be found via Canvas.

Schedule

Week	Date	Time	Topic	Room	Teacher
45	Tue 3/11	08.00-10.00	Introduction	SB-S215	PK
	Tue 3/11	10.00-12.00	Fundamentals of metal cutting I	SB-S215	PK
	Fri 6/11	08.00-10.00	Fundamentals of metal cutting II	SB-L308	PK
46	Tue 10/11	08.00-10.00	Tribology of metal cutting	SB3-L113	CS
	Tue 10/11	10.00-12.00	Process monitoring	SB3-L113	CS
	Fri 13/11	08.00-10.00	Machining demonstration – lab	Materials Processing Laboratory	DA
47	Tue 17/11	08.00-10.00	Machinability of aerospace materials	SB3-L112	CS
	Tue 17/11	10.00-12.00	Machinability of steels and cast irons	SB3-L112	CS
	Fri 20/11	08.00-10.00	Hard machining	SB-L308	PK
48	Tue 24/11	08.00-10.00	Design of Experiments (DoE) in metal cutting	SB3-L113	ASE
	Tue 24/11	10:00-12.00	Semi-analytical and mechanistic models	SB3-L113	ASE
	Fri 27/11	08.00-10.00	FEM for cutting simulation	SB-L308	ASE
49	Tue 1/12	08.00-10.00	Cutting tool materials – Cemented carbides	Online	AG
	Tue 1/12	10.00-12.00	Cutting tool materials – Superhard materials	Online	LF
	Fri 4/12	08.15-10.00	Surface integrity	Online	RM
50	Tue 8/12	08.00-10.00	Machining dynamics	Online (streamed in SB-L208)	AL
50	Tue 8/12	10.00-12.00	Tap-testing – lab demonstration	Materials Processing Laboratory	AL
	Fri 11/12	08.00-10.00	Cutting-data optimization	Online	SH
51	Tue 15/12	08.00-10.00	Presentation of assignments **	SB-L308	PK
			Course summary

** Participation is compulsory! The group assignment will be announced during the course.