The Power Consumption of Cutting Metal

Author

James T. Adams

Date of Award

6-1921

Degree Type

Thesis

Major

Mechanical Engineering

Major Professor

W. R. Woolrich

Abstract

There are three questions which must be answered each day in every machine shop by every machinist who is running a metal-cutting machine, such as a lathe, planer or milling machine, name ly:

(a) What tool shall I use?

(b) What cutting speed shall I use?

(c) What feed shall I use?

The answers to these questions should be a combination such that the maximum amount of work could be accomplished while at the same time the power consumed would be as small as possible.

Recommended Citation

Adams, James T., "The Power Consumption of Cutting Metal. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1921.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/14100