Nowadays, most mining and quarrying industries utilize a diamond wire saw machine for bench cutting operations. This
method uses a metal wire or cable assembled by diamond beads to cut the hard stone into large blocks. Many parameters
classied into controllable and uncontrollable parameters aect the performance of the diamond wire saw cutting meth-
od. The uncontrollable parameters are related to rock engineering properties, and controllable parameters are related to
operational aspects and machine performance. The diamond wire sawing process’s production rate is one of the most
critical parameters inuencing the design optimization and quarrying cost estimation. The cutting rate and wear rate of
diamond beads are the most important factors to evaluate quarries’ production performance. This study aims to deter-
mine the eects of dierent controllable and uncontrollable parameters on dierent quarries’ production rates. Rock
engineering properties like strength, hardness, and abrasivity, and operational aspects, such as cutting angle and drive
wheel diameters, are considered as the main factors aecting the production performance of the diamond wire saw
method. To discover the inuence of these parameters, a detailed investigation in ten quarry operations was carried out.
The relation between cutting rate and diamond bead wear with dierent parameters is estimated. It was observed that
dierent controllable and uncontrollable parameters could increase or decrease the cutting rate and diamond bead wear-
ing. Furthermore, using simple and multiple regression analysis, performa
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