Parameteric Equation Development for Cutting Cost vs Depth of Cut for Multi Blade Granite Block Cutting Machine

Abstract

The stone processing industry has a very huge market in world. There is only three basic need of a human i.e. food, clothes and shelter, where stone covers big part of shelter, hence the requirement is also high. Basically most of the stone processing industries in India are small scale industry. The basic detail about the stone cutting machine is discussed and along with that parametric equation for relation between Cutting Depth and Electric Power consumption is developed. The study of cutting of granite block by using multi blade circular saw is studied and the process parameters of the multi blade cutting machine is discussed like number of blade, depth of cut, & cutting speed. In this study experiment is conducted on two different materials namely Malpura Black & Rajasthan Black. The number of blades and depth of cut is varied through the experiment and result obtained in the terms of production, cost of electricity and cost of segments. In this paper results with respect to electricity cost is discussed. The results were then used to train the data in PLC unit of the machine in order to preset the cutting feeds for Malpura Black and Rajasthan Black material cutting.