Optimal Parameter Selection for Multi Blade Granite Block Cutting Machine Ensuring High Production

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 a brief overview about granite, its future outlook and current scenario is also discussed in this paper. 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, the 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 is discussed in detail. 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.