Preliminary results of a project supported by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) are presented in this paper. Turkey's natural stone industry is firstly summarized. The field performance of a Garrone chain saw used in Basaranlar Marble and Travertine Co located in Denizli-Turkey is summarized. Wear of the cutting tools/bits are analyzed and classified. Tool wear rates are summarized. The study sets the first step of the research project. Although it is not presented in this paper, as a future work, travertine block samples are obtained for performing a set of full-scale laboratory linear rock cutting tests using chain saw cutting tools to deterministically simulate the chain cutting.
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