scholarly journals CNC milling of EVA foam with varying hardness for custom orthotic shoe insoles and process parameter optimization

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 5347-5370
Author(s):  
P. W. Anggoro ◽  
A. A. Anthony ◽  
B. Bawono ◽  
J. Jamari ◽  
A. P. Bayuseno ◽  
...  

CNC milling strategy of EVA foam with varying hardness to provide a high degree of surface roughness of orthotic shoe insoles is presented in this work. Machining parameters (tool path strategy, spindle speed, feed rate, and step over) in addition to hardness material and wide tolerance insoles were optimized using a hybrid approach of Taguchi-Response Surface Methodology (TM-RSM). The aim of this research was to develop mathematical models and determine the optimum machining parameters which could be applied for the CNC milling of EVA foam as the insoles. Experiments were performed on a CNC milling machine with a standard milling cutter and run under dry coolants. The effects of the six parameters on the average values of surface roughness were initially analyzed by an S/N ratio of TM. Optimal conditions were established from the TM and then used to determine the optimum values in RSM modeling. The final results indicate the significant improvement of percentages (0.24% and 4.13%) in the surface roughness of the insoles obtained with TM-RSM as compared to the TM analysis. It is envisaged the present study would add to the understanding of production for orthotic shoe insoles through CNC milling.

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190
Author(s):  
Paulus Wisnu Anggoro ◽  
Abet Adhy Anthony ◽  
Mohammad Tauviqirrahman ◽  
Jamari ◽  
Athanasius Priharyoto Bayuseno ◽  
...  

In this study, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foam orthotic shoe insoles with different surface roughnesses (Ra) are investigated in terms of CNC milling strategy. Based on a hybrid Taguchi-response surface methodology (TM-RSM) approach, machining parameters, including tool path strategy, spindle speed, feed rate, and step over, as well as material hardness, are of particular interest. The main aim of this work is to develop mathematical models and determine the optimum machining parameters. Experiments are conducted on a CNC milling machine with a standard milling cutter and run under dry coolants. The optimal conditions are established based on TM and then used to determine the optimum values in the RSM modeling. The main finding of the present work is that there are significant improvements in the Ra, by up 0.24% and 4.13%, and machining time, by up 0.43% and 0.41%, obtained with TM-RSM in comparison to TM analysis.


2010 ◽  
Vol 154-155 ◽  
pp. 721-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Sayuti ◽  
Ahmed Aly Diaa Mohammed Sarhan ◽  
Mohd Hamdi Bin Abd Shukor

Glass is one of the most difficult materials to be machined due to its brittle nature and unique structure such that the fracture is often occurred during machining and the surface finish produced is often poor. CNC milling machine is possible to be used with several parameters making the machining process on the glass special compared to other machining process. However, the application of grinding process on the CNC milling machine would be an ideal solution in generating special products with good surface roughness. This paper studies how to optimize the different machining parameters in glass grinding operation on CNC machine seeking for best surface roughness. These parameters include the spindle speed, feed rate, depth of cut, lubrication mode, tool type, tool diameter and tool wear. To optimize these machining parameters in which the most significant parameters affecting the surface roughness can be identified, Taguchi optimization method is used with the orthogonal array of L8(26). However, to obtain the most optimum parameters for best surface roughness, the signal to noise (S/N) response analysis and Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) methods are implemented. Finally, the confirmation test is carried out to investigate the improvement of the optimization. The results showed an improvement of 8.91 % in the measured surface roughness.


2011 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Potejanasak Potejana ◽  
Chakthong Thongchattu

This research proposes a new application of 3-axis CNC milling machine for polishing the 60 HRC hardness steels. The rotary polishing tools are designed by refer to the end-mill ball nose’s design. The diamond powder are coated in rotary polishing tools by resinoid bonding method and concentrated in 4.4 karat/cm2. The Zig-milling tool paths are used to polish the hardness steel. After polishing, the confocal laser scanning microscope is used to analyze the arithmetic mean surface roughness of the hardness steels. The L12 orthogonal array of the Taguchi’s method is selected to conduct the matrix experiment to determine the optimal polishing process parameters. The diamond grit size and cutting speed of the rotary polishing tools, feed rate and step over of the tool path, the depth of polishing process penetration, and polishing time are used to study. The combination of the optimal level for each factor of the hardness steel polishing process are used to study again in the confirmation experiment. The predicted signal to noise ratio of smaller - the better under optimal condition are calculated by using the data from the experiment. The combination of the optimal level for each factor are used to study again in the confirmation experiment and the result show that polishing time was a dominant parameter for the surface roughness and the next was depth of penetration. The response surface design is then used to build the relationship between the input parameters and output responses. The experimental results show that the integrated approach does indeed find the optimal parameters that result in very good output responses in the rotary polishing tools polished hardness mould steel using CNC milling machine. The mean surface roughness of hardness steel polishing process is improved by the diamond rotary tools with the 3-axis CNC milling machine.


Author(s):  
Yongjun Wang ◽  
Ying Huang ◽  
Jian Cao ◽  
N. Venkata Reddy

This paper presents a new configuration for sheet metal incremental forming using DSIF (Double Sided Incremental Forming) to overcome the limitation of single point incremental forming (SPIF). The new process can produce geometrical features on either side of the initial plane of the sheet without changing setup. A component having such challenging features is selected to demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed method and a contour tool path is generated using UniGraphics (UG) surface machining module and formed by mounting the new setup on a CNC milling machine. The final formed shape was scanned and compared to the designed profile. In addition, two more components having cylindrical and spherical geometries are formed to study the effect of geometry on the accuracy of the component that can be produced by using the proposed method. A simple analysis model has been developed to explain the effect of squeezing and stretching to the part elongation during the DSIF process.


2017 ◽  
Vol 261 ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Amin Dadgari ◽  
De Hong Huo ◽  
David Swailes

This paper investigates different machining toolpath strategies on machining efficiency and accuracy in the micro milling of linear and circular micro geometric features. Although micro milling includes many characteristics of the conventional machining process, detrimental size effect in downscaling of the process can lead to excessive tool wear and machining instability, which would, in turn, affects the geometrical accuracy and surface roughness. Most of the research in micro milling reported in literature focused on optimising specific machining parameters, such as feed rate and depth of cut, to achieve lower cutting force, better surface roughness, and higher material removal rate. However, there was little attention given to the suitability and effect of machining tool path strategies. In this research, a tool path optimisation method with respect to surface roughness and dimensional accuracy is proposed and tested experimentally. Various toolpath strategies, including lace(0°), lace(45°), lace(90°), concentric and waveform in producing linear and circular micro geometric features were compared and analysed. Experimental results show that the most common used strategies lace(0°) and concentric reported in the literature have provided the least satisfactory machining performance, while waveform toolpath provides the best balance of machining performance for both linear and circular geometries. Hence, at process planning stage it is critical to assign a suitable machining toolpath strategy to geometries accordingly. The paper concludes that an optimal choice of machining strategies in process planning is as important as balancing machining parameters to achieve desired machining performance.


2012 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 836-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Shajari ◽  
M.H. Sadeghi ◽  
H. Hassanpour ◽  
B. Jabbaripour

Inclined surfaces are commonly used in the aerospace and die/mold industries. For machining this kind of surfaces, many aspects have to be considered as machinability considerations including milling strategies, machining parameters and etc. In machining, achieving better quality is challenging task. Various tool-path strategies during milling operation leads to variable surface roughness on machined samples. The objective of this study is to analyze different machining strategies in 3-axis milling of a typical curved geometry part. The machining parameters used in this study, are cutting speed, feedrate and stepover. This paper also presents an approach to develop a mathematical model for measuring Scallop height size and distribution for different machining strategies to show that Scallop height size has direct relation with Surface roughness measurements in each strategy. Finally the optimized strategy based on the results was determined.


2014 ◽  
Vol 699 ◽  
pp. 64-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.B. Mohd Hadzley ◽  
A. Siti Sarah ◽  
R. Izamshah ◽  
M.R. Nurul Fatin

The increasing productivity demand in machining industry has lead for fast material removal machining technique of pocket milling using different tool path strategies. This project aims to study about the effect of different tool path strategies on tool wear when machining aluminium alloy 7076. Five milling strategies were evaluated outward helical, inward helical, back and forth, offset on part one-way and offset on part zigzag. CATIA V5R19 was used to setup milling path and the machining experiments were carried out on a HAAS’ 3 axis CNC milling machine. The machining was held under wet condition with 2500 rpm cutting speed, 800 mm/min feed rate, 2 mm radial depth of cut and 2 mm axial depth of cut. The results showed that the best tool path strategies are inward helical and offset on part one-way, while the worst tool path strategy is outward helical. Failure to evacuate chip during pocket milling is the main reason to cause rapid tool wear due to temperature rise and higher contact time and area of cutting tool with the chip. Results from this experiment help to guide the machinist to perform pocket milling effectively.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I G.N.K. Yudhyadi ◽  
Tri Rachmanto ◽  
Adnan Dedy Ramadan

Milling process is one of many machining processes for manufacturing component. The length of time in the process of milling machining is influenced by selection and design of machining parameters including cutting speed, feedrate and depth of cut. The purpose of this study to know the influence of cutting speed, feedrate and depth of cut as independent variables versus operation time at CNC milling process as dependent variables. Each independent variable consists of three level of factors; low, medium and high.Time machining process is measured from operation time simulation program, feed cut length and rapid traverse length. The results of statistically from software simulation MasterCam X Milling, then do comparison to CNC Milling machine.  The data from experiments was statistical analyzed by Anova and Regression methods by software minitab 16.Results show that the greater feedrate and depth of cut shorten the operation time of machinery, whereas cutting speed is not significant influence. Depth of cut has the most highly contribution with the value of 49.56%, followed by feedrate 43% and cutting speed 0.92%. Optimal time of machining process total is 71.92 minutes, with machining parameter on the condition cutting speed is 75360 mm/minutes, feedrate is 800 mm/minutes and depth of cut = 1 mm. Results of comparison time machining process in software Mastercam X milling with CNC Milling machine indicates there is difference not significant with the value of 0,35%.


Author(s):  
Dr. V. S. Srinivasa Murthy

Abstract: The purpose of this work is to investigate experimentally the surface roughness and MRR while machining of aluminium 2024 alloy which is prepared by powder metallurgical technique. Aluminium 2024 alloy prepared with different composition such as Pure Al, 1.5 W% of Mg and 2-6 % of Cu powders. Powders are blended with ball milling machine according to the composition required and specimens are prepared in square shape die (25*25mm) by applying uniaxial load of 200Mpa. The sintering process was performed at 594 0C for 60 min and cooled at room temperature. SEM and XRD analysis was carried out to know various characteristics like green density, dimensional changes during sintering, sintering density, mechanical properties and microstructures. Finally the Surface roughness and MRR during machining with CNC milling machine at different depth of cuts was also evaluated. Keywords: Aluminium 2024 alloy, surface roughness, MRR, SEM and XRD analysis


Mechanik ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (12) ◽  
pp. 790-794
Author(s):  
Aleksander Przesmycki ◽  
Tadeusz Sałaciński ◽  
Maciej Winiarski ◽  
Rafał Świercz ◽  
Tomasz Chmielewski

The effect of technological parameters of machining on surface roughness, dimensional and shape accuracy in the process of milling Al2O3 ceramics in hardened state was evaluated. The unique properties of ceramic materials cause more and more interest in them in various branches of industry. Ceramics in the hardened state can be processed using unconventional methods and conventional methods while maintaining the appropriate technological parameters. Ceramics cutting tests were carried out in a hardened state (face and shape milling) on a CNC milling machine using PCD tools. Geometric surface structure study and measurements of geometric dimensions were made.


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