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DOE has been conducted to provide force, tolerance, and surface finish data necessary for the performance comparison of a DC servo motor/ballscrew equipped CNC vertical milling machine and a PMBDCLM equipped CNC vertical milling machine. Based on the DOE, a knowledge base has been developed using force, tolerance, and surface finish data. Relationships between force, and spindle speed and feedrate with tolerance and surface finish indices were determined. A heuristic has been developed which represents a guide of applying a set of decisions through the knowledge base to provide a set of operating parameters that will meet user specified tolerance and surface finish requirements for given surfaces. Application of the developed heuristic to a milled part is illustrated. 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Relationships between force, and spindle speed and feedrate with tolerance and surface finish indices were determined. A heuristic has been developed which represents a guide of applying a set of decisions through the knowledge base to provide a set of operating parameters that will meet user specified tolerance and surface finish requirements for given surfaces. Application of the developed heuristic to a milled part is illustrated. A PMBDCLM CNC retrofit for a conventional ballscrew feed drive system has also been developed to improve machine performance and cost.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Tereshkovich, William"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering - (Ph.D.)","degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["George Hanna Abdou","Sanchoy K. 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