... machining process, and its failure affects the manufacturing process adversely. The prediction of cutting tool life by considering several factors that affect tool life is crucial to managing quality, cost, availability and waste in machining processes. Design/methodology/approach This study has...

..., troubleshooting the machine problems, screening the parameters, and modeling the processes. Many industries use this tool to stay competitive worldwide by designing robust products as well as improving quality and reliability of a product. By using strategically designed and statistically performed experiments...

... likely to occur. Tool wear is one such dominant and inseparable component in many of the machining processes, and hence it constitutes a systematic assignable cause. Process capability assessment in such cases becomes tricky as the usual procedure will not give accurate results. A real life case study...