This study aims to optimize the one-dimensional cutting process planning of structural metallic tubes used to build agricultural light aircrafts. Two mixed integer linear programming models are presented to minimize the waste of material cut and considering the possibility of generating surpluses with sizes sufficiently large for reuse (leftovers). The models are solved using a commercial modeling language and an optimization solver. For the validation of the models, two computational experiments were performed with actual data from the portfolio of a light aircraft designed for agricultural purposes, the Ipanema, produced by the Brazilian company Neiva/Embraer. The solutions of the models are compared with the solutions of a constructive heuristic of the literature and the solutions used by the company. The results show that the models are useful for being used in the planning of this cutting process.
Planning of pipe cutting process; Mixed integer programming; Aeronautics industry; One-dimensional cutting and packing problems
