Cutting power model determination for solid wood processing using response surface methodology

Merhar, Miran (author), Hodžić, Damir (author), Hasanagić, Redžo (author), Hurem, Nedim (author), Hodžić, Atif (author)

In this study, a model was developed to calculate the power required for the circumferential cutting of solid wood in the longitudinal direction, considering the relevant technological parameters and mechanical properties of the wood. Based on measurements of different combinations and using the Response surface method (RSM) and Central composite design (CCD), a model was created that, in its derived version, considers the cutting width and depth, the diameter and speed of the tool, the number of cutting edges and sharpness of the cutting edge, the feed rate of the workpiece, and the density and moisture content of the wood. The model can be used to calculate the cutting power of various tree species with densities ranging from 400 to 700 kg/m3, moisture contents from 8 to 16%, and a wide range of cutting-edge sharpness, from a sharp cutting edge with a tip radius of 5 µm to a blunt cutting edge with a tip radius of 35 µm. The model is designed for a rake angle of 20°, the value most frequently used in practise. ANOVA analysis was used to determine the suitability of the model, which is highly significant with an R2 value of 0.93 and an average deviation of the calculated values from the measured values of 8.8%. The model is robust and therefore useful in the wood industry for predicting energy consumption in the processing of solid wood.

• Language: English
• Keywords: cutting force, energy consumption, milling, tool, woodworking
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.02.2026
• Year: 2026
• Number of pages: Str. 1-18
• Numbering: Vol. 17, iss. 2, [article no.] 195
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179443
• UDC: 630*
• ISSN on article: 1999-4907
• DOI: 10.3390/f17020195
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268417539
• Publication date in RUL: 13.02.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Forests
• Shortened title: Forests
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1999-4907
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3872166

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: rezalne sile, poraba energije, rezkanje, orodja, obdelava lesa

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P2-0182
• Name: Razvojna vrednotenja