scholarly journals Parameter Optimisation in Vibration Assisted Turning of Ti6Al4V Alloy using ANOVA and Grey Relational Analysis

Author(s):  
D. Venkata Sivareddy ◽  
P. Vamsi Krishna ◽  
A. Venu Gopal ◽  
C. L. Prithvi Raz

The machining of Ti6Al4V alloy with vibration assisted turning (VAT) is an effective consideration to control the surface integrity of machined components. The effect of cutting and vibrating parameters in a VAT on cutting force, cutting temperature, equivalent stress and compressive maximum circumferential residual stress (MCRS) was studied in the present work. The parameter optimisation of a VAT of Ti6Al4V alloy was achieved with Taguchi based analysis of variance (ANOVA) and grey relational analysis (GRA). The input parameters considered for optimisation of VAT process are cutting speed, feed rate, frequency and amplitude. The finite element (FE) simulations were performed with commercial FE code, ABAQUS. The result shows that the vibrating parameters (frequency and amplitude) play a significant role than cutting parameters (speed and feed rate) in VAT process. The optimum condition for each output response was determined from ANOVA. The optimum condition obtained at 30 m/min of cutting speed, 150 μm of amplitude, 600 Hz of frequency and 0.05 mm/rev of feed rate for cutting force, cutting temperature and MCRS (compressive) while the optimum condition for equivalent stress is 30 m/min of cutting speed, 100 μm of amplitude, 600 Hz of frequency and 0.05 mm/rev of feed rate. The GRA suggests the combination of process parameters 30 m/min of cutting speed, 150 μm of amplitude, 600 Hz of frequency and 0.05 mm/rev of feed rate provides the optimum response.

Author(s):  
Shakeel Ahmed L. ◽  
Pradeep Kumar M.

Reaming is one of the finishing processes that have been widely applied in manufacturing industries. Reaming of Titanium Ti-6Al-4V alloy material is an important and current research topic on manufacturing processes. Optimal process parameter setting is an important element in the machinability study of Titanium Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Optimization has most significant importance, particularly for reaming operations. This research work focuses on the multi-response optimization of reaming process parameters using the Taguchi and Grey relational technique to obtain minimum cutting temperature (T), thrust force (Ft), torque (Mt), surface roughness (Ra) and hole quality. The experiments were performed on Titanium Ti-6Al-4V alloy using uncoated carbide straight shank reamer under wet and cryogenic LN2 conditions. Eighteen experimental runs (L18) based on the Taguchi method of orthogonal arrays were performed to determine the best factor level condition. The environment, cutting speed and feed rate were selected as control factors. Grey relational analysis was used to determine the most significant control factors affecting the output parameters. Grey relational grade obtained from the grey relational analysis was used to solve the reaming process with the optimal levels of the multiple performance characteristics responses were established. The optimum results indicate that the reaming results have been improved in wet coolant than the cryogenic LN2 condition.


2020 ◽  
Vol 866 ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
C. Ye ◽  
X.R. Shi ◽  
L. Chen ◽  
Yong Guo Wang

Reaming is one of the finishing processes that has been widely applied in automotive industry. Reaming parameters were evaluated and optimized based on multiple performance characteristics including tool wear and hole quality. Taguchi’s L16, 4-level, 2-factor orthogonal array (OA) was conducted for this test. It was shown that crater wear and flank wear were seen on the tool surface. Furthermore, the crater wear was also of major significance. Hole quality was discovered to be mostly dependent upon cutting speed and feed rate. TiAlN coated carbide reamer shows the best performance with respect to the tool wear as well as hole quality. Grey relational analysis used as a multiple-response optimization technique found that feed rate was the more influential parameter than cutting speed. The goal of the experimental results was to obtain both minimum diametral error and the value of surface roughness by adopting the optimal combination of the reaming parameters.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-430
Author(s):  
V. Parthiban ◽  
S. Vijayakumar ◽  
M. Sakthivel

In this work, a propelled dynamic approach, Taguchi grey relational analysis has been employed to estimate the impact of untreated and cryogenically treated and oil-quenched WC-Co tools in high-speed turning of Inconel 713C alloy on cutting force and surface roughness. Taguchi grey relational analysis is executed to maximize the high-speed turning of Inconel 713C alloy taking into account various operating parameters (cutting speed, feed rate, and depth of cut). The L27 orthogonal array has been utilized to determine the signal-to-noise ratio. Analysis of variance was performed to recognize the large number of components influencing surface roughness. The numerical examination showed that feed rate, with percentages as high as 95%, had the most predominant impact on machining performance, followed by cutting speed for untreated and treated WC-Co tools.


2016 ◽  
Vol 836-837 ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Fei Ge ◽  
Hai Xiang Huan ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu

High-speed milling tests were performed on vol. (5%-8%) TiCp/TC4 composite in the speed range of 50-250 m/min using PCD tools to nvestigate the cutting temperature and the cutting forces. The results showed that radial depth of cut and cutting speed were the two significant influences that affected the cutting forces based on the Taguchi prediction. Increasing radial depth of cut and feed rate will increase the cutting force while increasing cutting speed will decrease the cutting force. Cutting force increased less than 5% when the reinforcement volume fraction in the composites increased from 0% to 8%. Radial depth of cut was the only significant influence factor on the cutting temperature. Cutting temperature increased with the increasing radial depth of cut, feed rate or cutting speed. The cutting temperature for the titanium composites was 40-90 °C higher than that for the TC4 matrix. However, the cutting temperature decreased by 4% when the reinforcement's volume fraction increased from 5% to 8%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Tomadi ◽  
J. A. Ghani ◽  
C. H. Che Haron ◽  
M. S. Kasim ◽  
A. R. Daud

The main objective of this paper is to investigate and optimize the cutting parameters on multiple performance characteristics in end milling of Aluminium Silicon alloy reinforced with Aluminium Nitride (AlSi/AlN MMC) using Taguchi method and Grey relational analysis (GRA). The fabrication of AlSi/AlN MMC was made via stir casting with various volume fraction of particles reinforcement (10%, 15% and 20%). End milling machining was done under dry cutting condition by using two types of cutting tool (uncoated & PVD TiAlN coated carbide). Eighteen experiments (L18) orthogonal array with five factors (type of tool, cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut, and volume fraction of particles reinforcement) were implemented. The analysis of optimization using GRA concludes that the better results for the combination of lower surface roughness, longer tool life, lower cutting force and higher material removal could be achieved when using uncoated carbide with cutting speed 240m/min, feed 0.4mm/tooth, depth of cut 0.3mm and 15% volume fraction of AlN particles reinforcement. The study confirmed that with a minimum number of experiments, Taguchi method is capable to design the experiments and optimized the cutting parameters for these performance characteristics using GRA for this newly develop material under investigation.


This paper covers the use of Taguchi based grey relational analysis in EDM process. The analysis is used to determine an optimum combination of process parameters, which involves individual and simultaneous improvement of surface roughness (SR) and the micro hardness (MH) of Ti6Al4V alloy in electric discharge machining (EDM). The tool used in the machining process is TiC/Cu powder metallurgy (P/M) electrode. Taguchi’s L18 mixed orthogonal array is used to plan experimentations which includes the machine tool and electrode parameters as the study parameters. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) for grey relational grade showed that particle size EDM electrode was the most dominant factor (64.13%) followed by peak current (7.41%) in influencing surface quality of EDMed Ti6Al4V alloy. Whereas, peak current is the most influential parameter while evaluating the individual responses of SR and MH. Finally, the optimum combination of process parameters was validated by confirmation experiments that considerably improved the multiple quality characteristics simultaneously.


2012 ◽  
Vol 497 ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
Yang Qiao ◽  
Xiu Li Fu ◽  
Xue Feng Yang

Powder metallurgy (PM) nickel-based superalloy is regarded as one of the most important aerospace industry materials, which has been widely used in advanced turbo-engines. This work presents an orthogonal design experiments to study the cutting force and cutting temperature variations in the face milling of PM nickel-based superalloy with PVD coated carbide tools. Experimental results show that with the increase of feed rate and depth of cut, there is a growing tendency in cutting force, with the increase of cutting speed, cutting force decreases. Among the cutting parameters, feed rate has the greatest influence on cutting force, especially when cutting speed exceeds 60m/min. With the increase of all the cutting parameters, cutting temperature increases. However the cutting temperature increases slightly as the increasing of feed rate. Tool failure mechanisms in face milling of PM nickel-based superalloy are analyzed. It is shown that the breakage and spalling on the cutting edge are the most dominate failure mechanisms, which dominates the deterioration and final failure of the coated carbide tools.


2019 ◽  
Vol 969 ◽  
pp. 678-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarat Kumar Sahoo ◽  
A. Bara ◽  
A.K. Sahu ◽  
S.S. Mahapatra ◽  
D.S. Kiran ◽  
...  

In this research work, an efficient optimization technique, grey relational analysis (GRA) has been used to for optimization of wire electrical discharge machining process of Titanium (grade 2) by considering multiple output parameters. This technique combines Taguchi’s orthogonal array with grey relational analysis for the design of the experiment. The central focus of this research is to achieve improved Kerf width, surface roughness and cutting speed. GRA method is implemented to decide the best input parameter that optimizes the output parameters. This study has been conducted by applying Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array. Each experiment has been conducted in altered conditions of input variables. For the optimization of multiple criteria, GRA is suggested as a suitable technique for the optimization of complex interrelationships between multi-performance characteristics. By analysis of variance (ANOVA) it is found that the percentage of contribution of peak current on overall performance is maximum i.e.73.1%.


Author(s):  
P. Lakshmikanthan ◽  
B. Prabu

This study investigates the optimization of CNC turning operation parameters for Al6061 nickel coated graphite (NCG) metal matrix composite using the Taguchi based grey relational analysis method. The turning operations are carried out with carbide cutting tool inserts. According to the Taguchi quality concept, 3-level orthogonal array was chosen for the experiments. The experiments are conducted at three different cutting speeds (125, 175, 225m/min) with feed rates (0.1, 0.15, 0.2mm/rev) and depth of cut (0.5, 1, 1.5mm) and different % of reinforcement (2.5%, 5%, 7.5%), signal to noise ratio and the analysis of variance are used to optimize cutting parameters. The effects of cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut on surface roughness and MRR are analyzed. Mathematical models are developed by using the response surface method to formulate the cutting parameters experimental results shown that machining performance can be improved effectively by using this approach, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) is applied to identify the most significant factor for the turning operations according to the weighted sum grade of the GRG. The predict responses shows the models have more than 95% of confident level of R2 value, from the obtained confirmation experiment result, it is observed, there is a good agreement between the estimated value and the experimental value of the grey relational grade. This experimental study reveals that the grey-Taguchi and RSM can be applied successfully for multi response characteristic performances.


2009 ◽  
Vol 407-408 ◽  
pp. 608-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Yi Liu ◽  
Cheng Long Chu ◽  
Wen Hui Zhou ◽  
Jun Jie Yi

Taguchi design methodology is applied to experiments of flank mill machining parameters of titanium alloy TC11 (Ti6.5A13.5Mo2Zr0.35Si) in conventional and high speed regimes. This study includes three factors, cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut, about two types of tools. Experimental runs are conducted using an orthogonal array of L9(33), with measurement of cutting force, cutting temperature and surface roughness. The analysis of result shows that the factors combination for good surface roughness, low cutting temperature and low resultant cutting force are high cutting speed, low feed rate and low depth of cut.


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