Consistency in tool selection for cast milling
Résumé
During a feasibility study of high speed machining, the tool selection is at stake. This study is supported by an industrial project, led in a French plant, where cast iron housings are machined. This paper introduces a design method enabling strategic and operational consistency in tool selection. The method is composed of two models (the model of machining systems, MOMS and the model of problem) and the design procedure. The consistency is ensured by the definition of six couples [performance element-system variable]. They are used to specify the architecture of the tool assemblies, to structure the detailed design, and to evaluate the solutions. An example is developed in the case of a precision boring