Volume : 3, Issue : 1, January - 2014

Utilisation of the Simulated Annealing Method for optimisation of configuration of cutters on the cutterhead

Dagmar Dlouh , Horst Gondek

Abstract :

The paper deals with the application of a new mathematical method to achieving optimum configuration of cutters fixed on cutterheads of winning machines. This method has not been used in this field yet; it significantly simplifies the labour-intensive process of determination of positions of cutters on a cutterhead.