FEATURE BASED MACHINING TIME

ESTIMATION
1AKASH SHUKLA, 2SHIVANG JANI, 3DR. G.D.ACHARYA
1M.E. (CAD/CAM), 2Asst.professor (MECHANICAL), 3Principal
1, 2, 3Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot

INTRODUCTION
Features are generic shapes useful in some
computer aided application, such as geometry
construction ,process planning, and Design for X (X=
manufacturing)[1]. The feature refers to machining
feature which contains process information. The
information of machining feature includes not only
geometry/topology information but also machining
process information. Machining is any of various
processes in which a piece of raw material is cut into
a desired final shape and size by a controlled
material-removal process. Machining time estimation
plays an important role in manufacturing process
PREPARATION OF DATA LIBRARY EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND VALIDATION FOR SLOT
The manufacturing data library consisting of the different
diameter cutters and corresponding speed and feed for The experimental work i.e. actual machining for the
validation of the estimated machining time for slot feature in
various materials have been prepared. The data for the
developing of the database has been taken from the the proposed system has been performed at the same
industry. The product selected is the T-NUT which as shown
standard data books authored by P.S.Gill and P.S.Joshi also
various technical data available from the manufacturers. This in the figure below :
knowledge based library consists of the standard range of
speed and feed for finishing, roughing and slotting operations
for different materials and set of diameters of cutters. The
sample of the data library prepared is as shown below:
MATERIAL
MACHINE STEEL, HARD BRASS AND BRONZE, ELECTROLYTIC COPPER MILD STEEL FORGINGS
(20-30 C)

planning and scheduling. SPEED

FINISHING

FEED
SPEED
ROUGHING

FEED
SPEED
SLOTTING

FEED
60-80 SFM

Test Product
50-75 SFM 40-75 SFM
DIA. OF CHIP LEAD CHIP LEAD CHIP LEAD
cutter RPM PER TOOTH RPM PER TOOTH RPM PER TOOTH
1/16 3667-4888 .0002 -.0005 3056-4584 .0002 -.0005 2445-4584 .0002-.0004

3/32 2750-3259 .0002 -.0005 2037-3056 .0002 -.0005 1630-3056 .0002-.0004

1/8

3/16
1833-2440

1222-1625
.0002 -.001

.0002 -.001
1528-2292

1019-1528
.0002 -.001

.0002 -.001
1222-2292

815-1528
.0003-.0005

.0005-.0007
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
¼ 917-1222 .0005 -.002 764-1146 .0005 -.002 611-1146 .0007-.0010
5/16 733-978 .0005 -.002 611-917 .0005 -.002 489-917 .0010-.0012

3/8 611-815 .001 -.003 509-764 .001 -.003 407-764 .0012-.0015

7/16

½
524-698

458-611
.001 -.003

.001 -.003
437-655

382-573
.001 -.003

.001 -.003
349-655

306-573
.0015-.0018

.0018-.0020
The results obtained from the proposed system, NX Cam
9/16

5/8
412-543

367-489
.001 -.004

.001 -.004
340-509

306-458
.001 -.004

.001 -.004
272-509

244-458
.0018-.0020

.0020-.0025
and experimental machining have been shown as below for
11/16 337-444 .001 -.004 278-417 .001 -.004 222-417 .0020-.0025

Types of Features[2]
¾

13/16
306-407

284-379
.001 -.004

.002 -.006
255-382

235-353
.001 -.004

.002 -.006
204-382

188-353
.0025-.0030

.0025-.0030
hole and slot feature.
7/8

15/16
262-349

246-326
.002 -.006

.002 -.006
218-327

204-306
.002 -.006

.002 -.006
175-327

163-306
.0025-.0030

.0025-.0030 FOR HOLE:

1 229-306 .002 -.006 191-287 .002 -.006 153-287 .0030-.0035

1 1/8 204-272 .002 -.006 170-255 .002 -.006 136-255 .0030-.0035

1¼ 183-244 .003 UP 153-229 .003 UP 122-229 .0035-.0040

1 3/8 167-222 .003 UP 139-208 .003 UP 111-208 .004-.005

1½ 153-204 .003 UP 127-191 .003 UP 102-191 .005 UP

1 5/8 141-188 .003 UP 118-176 .003 UP 94-176 .005 UP

1¾ 131-175 .003 UP 109-164 .003 UP 87-164 .005 UP

1 7/8 122-163 .003 UP 102-153 .003 UP 81-153 .005 UP

2 115-153 .003 UP 96-143 .003 UP 76-143 .005 UP

2 1/8 108-144 .003 UP 90-135 .003 UP 72-135 .005 UP

2¼ 103-136 .003 UP 85-127 .003 UP 68-127 .005 UP

2 3/8 97-128 .003 UP 80-121 .003 UP 64-121 .005 UP

2½ 92-122 .003 UP 76-115 .003 UP 61-115 .005 UP

2 5/8 88-116 .003 UP 73-109 .003 UP 58-109 .005 UP

2¾ 83-111 .003 UP 69-104 .003 UP 56-104 .005 UP

2 7/8 80-106 .003 UP 66-100 .003 UP 53-100 .005 UP

3 76-102 .003 UP 64-96 .003 UP 51-96 .005 UP

Factors considered for machining time Table: Sample data library for CAM Estimator
estimation

LITERATURE REVIEW STRUCTURE OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM

NC machining time is of great importance for the

The structure of the proposed system has been prepared in
production and process planning engineers. It is a
the Visual Basic Studio. The back end of the system
very important and deciding factor for optimum Cutter Diameter, Speed, Feed V/S Total Time
developed is the knowledge based machining data library
production scheduling and effectively and efficiently
prepared in excel. The manufacturing data library consisting FOR SLOT:
predict the productivity of the manufacturing
of the different diameter cutters and corresponding speed
systems[3]. Therefore the accurate estimation of the
and feed for various materials have been prepared. This
machining time is a vital and impacting factor in any
knowledge based library consists of the standard range of
manufacturing sector globally in the recent market.
speed and feed for finishing, roughing and slotting
The study of the research papers expressed that the
operations for different materials and set of diameters of
strategies proposed by different authors considers
cutters.
the accompanying three components for machining
time estimation: Material removal rates, NC
program, and Machine attributes. The current
strategies proposed above can't accomplish the
timeliness, precision and proficiency of time
estimation. The geometry process knowledge for the
different features need to be included in the time
estimation.

OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT

The objectives of this project study are as follows :

To improve the accuracy of time estimation for NC
machining of an engineering component.
To develop a cam estimator which can be used by
any worker group.
To carry out comparative study of the software,
experimental and the proposed prototype system
developed
. EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND VALIDATION FOR HOLE
Project Boundary Conditions
Structure of the proposed system in VB environment
The results of the proposed system and results of NX
Manufacturing have been validated by performing the
experimental work for the same conditions. The product
selected is the impeller of the pump as shown in the figure
below and my work was based on the holes machined on
the inner periphery of the impeller. The machine used is
Vertical Machining Center (VMC) 1050 (JYOTI made). 8
holes have been machined on the periphery of the work
piece having Pitch circle diameter of 101 mm
Test Product
CONCLUSIONS and FUTURE SCOPE
 A prototype system for calculating machining time has
been developed based on feature based techniques.
 The proposed system is much helpful to the Job Work
Industry which has been in the developing stages lately.
 The results indicate that the proposed method is also
feasible and applicable in industry.
 Many new features can be included in the developed
prototype system and other factors affecting time
estimation such as tool path influence can also be
included in the software.
 The factor of depth of cut and its influence can also be
taken into consideration in the CAM Estimator.
 Graphic User Interfacing (GUI) system can also be
included in the proposed system which can directly
identify the features from the CAD model.
References
1. Shah JJ, Anderson D, Kim YS, Joshi S. (2001), A discourse on geometric
feature recognition from CAD models. Journal of Computing and Information
Science in Engineering
2. X. Yan, K. Yamazaki, J. Liu, Recognition of machining features and feature
topologies from NC programs, Computer-Aided Design 32 (2000) 605–616.
3. Changqing Liu, Yingguang Li , Wei Wang, Weiming Shen, A Feature-Based
NC Machining Time Forecasting Model, 15th International Conference on
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2011P.
Machined product and setup for hole