| Course objectives: |
| The aim of the course is to learn the principles of metal cutting and the machining procedures of surfaces with various geometries. |
| Course content and structure: |
| The mechanical, mathematical model of cutting. Theories on the mechanism of chip removal. Deformations during the chip removal. Heat processes in metal cutting. Microcutting processes. Machining with geometrically undefined cutting edges. Tribology of cutting. Optimization problems in the cutting processes. |
| Evaluation method: |
| Written and oral exam |
| Required reading: |
| 1. Milton C. Shaw: Metal Cutting Principles, Oxford University Press, 2005, p6492. Wit Grzesik: Advanced Machining Processes of Metallic Materials, Elsevier, 2008, p446 |
| Suggested reading: |
| 1. König, W.: Fertigungsverfahren. Band 3. Abtragen, 1981. 2. Preger, K.T.: Zerspantechnik. Fridrich Vieweg u. Sohn, Braunschweig, 1999. |
