FAYOUM UNIVERSITY 1st Year

Faculty of Engineering MDP114

Mechanical Engineering Department Manufacturing Processes
Assignment # 4

Assigned on: 31.10.2015 Saturday

Due date : 07.11.2015 Saturday

Solve the following Problems:

1. In a production turning operation, the foreman has decreed that a single pass must be
completed on the cylindrical workpiece in 5.0 min. The piece is 400 mm long and 150
mm in diameter. Using a feed = 0.30 mm/rev and a depth of cut = 4.0 mm, what
cutting speed must be used to meet this machining time requirement?
2. A cylindrical work bar with 4.5 in diameter and 52 in length is chucked in an engine
lathe and supported at the opposite end using a live center. A 46.0 in portion of the
length is to be turned to a diameter of 4.25 in one pass at a speed of 450 ft/min. The
metal removal rate should be 6.75 in3/min. Determine (a) the required depth of cut, (b)
the required feed, and (c) the cutting time.
3. A 4.00-in-diameter workpiece that is 25 in long is to be turned down to a diameter of
3.50 in, using two passes on an engine lathe using a cutting speed = 300 ft/min, feed =
0.015 in/rev, and depth of cut = 0.125 in. The bar will be held in a chuck and
supported on the opposite end in a live center. With this workholding setup, one end
must be turned to diameter; then the bar must be reversed to turn the other end. Using
an overhead crane available at the lathe, the time required to load and unload the bar
is 5.0 minutes, and the time to reverse the bar is 3.0 minutes. For each turning cut an
allowance must be added to the cut length for approach and overtravel. The total
allowance (approach plus overtravel) = 0.50 in. Determine the total cycle time to
complete this turning operation.

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