Course Code and Name: MCE 538 Department: Mechanical Engineering Semester

Metal Cutting Theory Dep. Fall/Spring

Credit
Methods of Education
(ECTS)
Recitation Project/Field
Lecture Laboratory Homework Other Total
(Etude) Study 8
42 88 60 50 240
Language English
Compulsory/Elective Elective
Prerequisites None
Introduction to metal cutting, machine tools and machining operations – turning, drilling, milling
and abrasive machining, cutting mechanics, cutting forces, friction and temperature distribution in
Course contents
metal cutting, cutting tool materials, tool life and tool wear, machinability, economics of metal
cutting operations, chip control, machine tool vibrations, surface integrity, cutting fluids.
The main objectives of this course are to present advanced information about metal cutting theory
Course objectives
to students and to enlarge the students’ knowledge in metal cutting theory.
At the end of the course,
Learning outcomes - Students shall know the cutting phenomenon theoretically and experimentally,
and competences - Students shall learn the factors affecting the cutting process,
- Students shall know the components of cutting process and their properties.
Textbook:
1. Grzesik W, Advanced Machining Processes of Metallic Materials, Theory, Modelling and
Applications, 2008, Elsevier.
2. Shaw MC, Metal Cutting Principles, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, Walton Street,
Textbook and/or Oxford, New York, 1991.
references References:
1. Boothroyd G, Knight WA, Fundamentals of Machining and Machine Tools, CRC Press, Boca
Raton, 2006.
2. Stephenson DA, Agapiou JS, Metal Cutting Theory and Practice, Marcel Dekker, New York,
1997.
If any, mark as (x) Percentage (%)
Midterm exams x 40
Quizzes
Homework
Assessment criteria Projects
Term paper
Laboratory work
Other
Final exam x 60
Week Subject
Introduction to metal cutting, machine tools and machining operations-turning, drilling
1
and milling, abrasive machining
2 Cutting mechanics
3 Cutting forces and their measurement
4 Friction in metal cutting
5 Temperature distribution in metal cutting
6 Cutting tool materials
Course plan
7 Tool life
8 Tool wear
9 Machinability
10 Economics of metal cutting operations
11 Chip control
12 Machine tool vibrations
13 Surface integrity
14 Cutting fluids
Instructor Prof. Dr. Adem ÇİÇEK