Prediction of cutting temperature in orthogonal machining of AISI 316L using artificial neural network.

•Exp. (experimental) and num. (numerical) cutting forces were obtained by the exp. studies and FEM analysis.•The best convergence between exp. and num. cutting forces was provided.•Num. cutting temperatures were predicted by ANN within very low error interval.•Exp. cutting temperatures were obtained using exp. cutting forces.•Exp. temperature results were quite satisfactory.