Development of Multicriteria Approach to Cutting Tools Selection for Automated Manufacturing Systems

The article is devoted to the development of a generalized formalized approach to the choice of a cutting tool at the stage of pre-production engineering. The relevance of the study, aiming at increasing the efficiency of acquisition of the tooling system for machine tool equipment with CNC, is substantiated. The shortcomings of the heuristic method (most frequently used during the equipment and tools selection) are indicated, the ways of solving this problem are shown. The application limitations of the developed approach are shown, the application of the qualimetric approach is justified. The work uses the theory of sets, mathematical programming, elements of the decision-making theory. An algorithm for multicriteria selection of a cutting tool is developed, and software based on it, which provides the technologist with a ranked list of tools that are optimal for a given process. It is supposed that the developed method can be integrated into existing CALS-systems at manufacturing enterprises.